The Enlightenment Library in an Age of Industrialisation: how Cultural Organisations responded to an Era of Rapid Social Change c. 1750-1914.

知识精英经常光顾的机构，如订阅图书馆，主要是根据出现的新思维方式以及它们对整个社会的贡献方式进行调查的。这些机构的书面历史往往停留在宏观历史层面上。这有效地限制了它们在启蒙运动年表中的相关性，启蒙运动通常结束于19世纪初。虽然启蒙运动经常被视为工业革命的先驱，或者更确切地说，是推动工业革命的引擎，但很明显，这些历史现象在很大程度上被视为单一的运动。根据受众的特定阶级、性别或兴趣，欢乐空间在个人层面上的发展方式在很大程度上仍未被观察到。因此，与德文郡和埃克塞特研究所（DEI）合作的合作博士奖（CDA）将提供一个深入探索这些缺位的绝佳机会。DEI自1813年成立以来积累的各种收藏品无疑将有助于进一步调查该研究所的发展和应对工业变革的方式。当研究19世纪和20世纪DEI及其听众的记录时，教会对该地区的影响也将变得更加清晰。在考虑DEI等机构内部的智力和学术讨论时，重要的是要注意某些人被包括或被排除的程度。尽管公共领域内的机构促进了思想自由，但很明显，这种自由仅限于那些能够进入这些空间的人。因此，将对个人本身进行调查，以了解DEI的性质和成员的主要关切。该项目的主要目的是审视DEI自1813年成立以来的发展轨迹，以及此后的快速社会变革时期。将特别关注这一时期在该地区流行的不断变化的知识、社会、经济和城市运动。因此，问题就出现了，该机构是否陷入了智力颠覆或文化上与社区利益一致的传统。在执行这个项目时也将采用基于社区的办法。因此，通过多种形式的公众参与，DEI国家彩票遗产基金的中心目标将向更广泛的人开放。具体的目标受众将是1)当地家庭，2)社会孤立的个人，3)目前与当地遗产没有联系的学校。通过这种方式，一系列面对面和数字化的讲座、展览和演讲将涵盖不同的主题，吸引更广泛、更多元化的观众参与项目。因此，对DEI历史发展的研究将支持并为当今的发展努力提供信息。

Institutions frequented by the intellectual elite, such as the subscription library, have mainly been investigated in terms of the new ways of thinking that had emerged, and the ways in which they contributed to society at large. The written histories of these establishments oftentimes remains on a macro-historical level. This has effectively limited their relevance within the chronology of the Enlightenment which usually ends at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Though the Enlightenment is often viewed as a precursor to the Industrial Revolution, or rather, an engine which drove it, it is evident that these historical phenomena have largely been examined as unitary movements. The ways in which convivial spaces developed on an individual level in terms of their audiences' given class, gender or interests remains largely unobserved. The Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA) in partnership with the Devon and Exeter Institution (DEI) will therefore provide an exceptional opportunity to explore these absences in depth. The various collections which the DEI has amassed from its inception in 1813 will undoubtedly serve further investigations into the ways in which the institute evolved and responded to industrial change. The influence which the Church had on the area will also become clearer when examining the records of the DEI and its audiences during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. When considering intellectual and learned discussion within institutions such as the DEI, it is important to note the extent to which certain individuals were either included or excluded. Despite the fact that the institutions within the public sphere promoted a freedom of thought, it is clear that this freedom was limited to those who had access to these spaces. The individuals themselves will therefore be probed in order to understand the character of the DEI and the main concerns of the members. The principal aim of this project will be to scrutinise the trajectory of the DEI's development following its inception in 1813 and throughout periods of rapid social change thereafter. There will be a particular focus on the changing intellectual, social, economic, and urban movements which were popularised in the area throughout the period. Questions will thus arise into whether the institution fell into the tradition of being either intellectually subversive or culturally aligned with the interests of the community. Community-based approaches will also be employed in the delivery of this project. Thus, the central objective of the DEI's National Lottery Heritage fund of opening accessibility to a wide range of people will be achieved through many forms of public engagement. The audiences who will specifically be targeted will be 1) local families, 2) socially isolated individuals and 3) schools that are not currently engaged with local heritage. In this way, a series of in person and digital talks, exhibitions and presentations will be used to cover different subjects and attract wider and more diverse audiences to the project. Research into the historical development of the DEI will therefore support and inform present-day development efforts.