Island Cultural Archives: Knowledge Transfer Opportunities in the Hebrides.

岛屿文化档案馆：赫布里底群岛的知识转移机会。

• 批准号: AH/F001118/1
• 负责人: Kathryn Burnett
• 金额: $ 2.08万
• 依托单位: University of the West of Scotland
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2007 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FF001118%2F1
• 关键词: Island; Cultural; Archives; Knowledge; Transfer

Recent historic events in the Outer Hebrides have provided a new and hitherto unparalleled context to address the academic issue of knowledge transfer and archival research potential in partnership with community cultural custodians. As the result of a successfully negotiated 'community buyout' of the lands and assets of South Uist Estates (the biggest in Scotland under the Scottish Parliament's land legislation), the island communities of South Uist, Benbecula and Eriskay, through Stòras Uibhist, their community company, entered 2007 with all the physical and cultural resources of their islands in community ownership. Community leadership has identified that transfer of ownership of both the physical and cultural resources requires strategic development both by way of necessity, as well as in response to the potential to 'grow' the wealth.Culture resources are arguably only ever 'on loan' to any generation and it is incumbent on a people to make good their custodianship. Local historical societies, island cultural organisations, and cultural entrepreneurs are acutely aware of the value of what they hold in trust. With the new ownership status, however, the community is presenting itself as open to collaboration to ensure this worth is not only more fully appreciated but also made more accessible (and sustainable) in a current digital age. Three workshop events held on South Uist are proposed. The central theme is of knowledge transfer opportunities for Island Cultural Archives. Keynote addresses will be made on each of the three themed events (Oral Tradition; Deserted Settlement; Visual Legacies), and offer focus for the various community archives. The workshops participants are drawn from museums and archive staff and custodians, community cultural organisations and academics from a range of disciplinary fields. In Workshop One the participants will examine the research potential of the 'Oral Tradition' with particular reference to the Gaelic music and song heritage of the islands. This is perhaps the most 'established' cultural resource arena for the place and as such it presents a rich seam of activity, debate and practice. One area for exploration relates to the capturing of contemporary creative activity and working with digital media possibilities for a 'heritage in the making'.In Workshop Two, the focus will shift to the crucial socio-political arena of 'settlement'. The theme of 'Deserted Settlement' presents an opportunity to relate archival records, and museum artefacts, to living memories. This is a particularly exciting area for development as the digital media technologies offer new opportunities to the community to identify, record, and reflect on their history and culture. Implicit in this agenda is the current 'settlement' challenges to small island and remote communities in retaining, and welcoming, residents and raises interesting questions for how academic and media practice expertise can contribute to the wider debate on rural and island life. This is of special importance in terms of the 'new community ownership' status of the islands in question.Workshop Three, 'Visual Legacies', explores visual archives within the Outer Hebrides: paintings, still photography, creative and documentary film, and community activity recordings. This theme brings together academic partners who are leaders in this field and offers a highly engaging arena for ongoing and new partnership.As an innovative development in the nature of community and academic relations for the area this project could provide a template for further application in similar situations. Specifically, should the findings suggest a demand for greater HEI community interface (and all preliminary indications are good) via archives such as estate papers and visual texts, further research projects on South Uist and similar island communities are envisaged.

最近在外赫布里底群岛的历史事件提供了一个新的和前所未有的背景下，以解决知识转让和档案研究潜力的学术问题，与社区文化保管人的伙伴关系。由于成功地谈判了对South Uist Estates（根据苏格兰议会的土地立法，这是苏格兰最大的庄园）的土地和资产的“社区买断”，South Uist、本贝库拉和Eriskay岛屿社区通过其社区公司Stuberras Uibhist进入2007年，其岛屿的所有物质和文化资源都归社区所有。社区领导人已经认识到，物质和文化资源所有权的转移需要战略发展，这既是必要的，也是对财富“增长”潜力的回应。文化资源可以说只是"租借“给任何一代人，一个民族有责任履行其监护权。当地的历史学会、岛屿文化组织和文化企业家敏锐地意识到他们所信任的东西的价值。然而，随着新的所有权地位，社区正在展示自己对合作的开放态度，以确保这种价值不仅得到更充分的理解，而且在当前的数字时代更容易获得（和可持续）。建议在南尤伊斯特举办三次讲习班活动。中心主题是岛屿文化档案馆的知识转移机会。主题演讲将在三个主题活动（口头传统;定居点;视觉遗产）中的每一个上进行，并为各种社区档案提供重点。工作坊的参与者来自博物馆和档案馆的工作人员和保管人，社区文化组织和来自一系列学科领域的学者。在第一个工作坊中，参与者将研究“口头传统”的研究潜力，特别是盖尔音乐和岛屿的歌曲遗产。这也许是最“建立”的文化资源竞技场的地方，因此，它提出了丰富的接缝的活动，辩论和实践。其中一个探索领域涉及捕捉当代创意活动，并与数字媒体合作，以实现“创造中的遗产”的可能性。在工作坊二，重点将转移到“定居”的关键社会政治竞技场。“定居”的主题提供了一个机会，将档案记录和博物馆文物与生活记忆联系起来。这是一个特别令人兴奋的发展领域，因为数字媒体技术为社区提供了识别，记录和反思其历史和文化的新机会。这一议程中隐含的是目前小岛屿和偏远社区在留住和欢迎居民方面面临的“定居”挑战，并提出了学术和媒体实践专业知识如何有助于更广泛地讨论农村和岛屿生活的有趣问题。第三个工作坊“视觉遗产”探讨了外赫布里底群岛的视觉档案：绘画、静态摄影、创意和纪录片以及社区活动记录。该主题汇集了在该领域处于领先地位的学术合作伙伴，并为正在进行的和新的伙伴关系提供了一个高度参与的竞技场。作为该领域社区和学术关系性质的创新发展，该项目可以为类似情况的进一步应用提供模板。具体来说，如果调查结果表明需要通过遗产文件和视觉文本等档案来提供更大的HEI社区界面（并且所有初步迹象都是好的），则可以设想对南尤伊斯特和类似岛屿社区进行进一步的研究项目。