The value of Heritage Diplomacy: how, why and to what end material heritage plays a role in UK diplomacy

我的研究调查了英国遗产外交的实践和影响，特别关注物质遗产（建筑，纪念碑和文物）。本研究将透过访谈、民族志和实践经验，发展新兴的遗产外交话语，弥合文化研究与国际关系之间的鸿沟。在考虑各种外交行为者的作用和动机方面，它将比后者走得更远，在将物质遗产从更广泛的文化环境中分离出来方面，它将比传统的文化研究更深入。研究结果将为理论和实践人员理解遗产资产作为外交杠杆的价值提供信息。

My research investigates the practice and impact of UK heritage diplomacy, focusing specifically on material heritage (buildings, monuments and artefacts). Through interviews, ethnography and the lived practitioner experience, this research will develop the nascent heritage diplomacy discourse, bridging the gap between cultural studies and international relations. It will go further than the latter in considering the roles and motivations of the full range of diplomatic actors, and deeper than conventional cultural studies in disaggregating material heritage from the wider cultural milieu. The results will inform theoretic and practitioner understanding of the value of heritage assets as diplomatic levers.