Ecologies of Modern Heritage: Studying the Cultural and Material Environments of Recent Historical Change

在遗产科学领域开展跨学科合作的一个基石是确定共同的研究领域，在这个领域中，以科学和艺术/人文学科为基础的研究人员可以在平等的基础上开展合作。因此，确定遗产的物质、环境和人文层面之间的重叠点是发展跨越学科边界的研究的关键第一步。这一研究集群专注于对现代遗产的多学科研究，并采用“遗产生态”的理念来促进在其解释和表现方面的新合作。为了响应EPSRC和英国遗产基金会最近资助的两个研究项目的结果，现代遗产生态学汇集了从工程学、生态学、微生物学和保护到规划、人类学、考古学和创意艺术的顶尖研究人员，并与来自高等教育以外的一系列利益相关者接触，包括专业遗产部门。该集群将运营5个月，举办两个以巴克斯布莱奇利公园遗址为案例的密集遗址专题研讨会。该小组将与英格兰遗产和布莱奇利公园信托基金合作开展，这两个组织都将派代表参加小组指导委员会。布莱切利公园是一个标志性的国际公认的历史遗迹，尤其与科技史和20世纪军事史联系在一起。将非物质遗产、该遗址的国际历史意义和当代文化和经济价值与保护和管理收藏品、建筑和景观的物质结构的要求协调起来，是布莱奇利公园信托基金当前面临的紧迫挑战，也是许多其他遗产利益攸关方共同面临的挑战。该专题组将测试和发展“遗产生态学”这一概念，将其作为发展跨越学科界限的遗产科学研究的准则，并取得社会和经济影响。它将促进4-5个研究小组之间的新的合作(从一个核心参与者小组中发展)，这将导致更多的赠款申请，无论是通过遗产科学计划还是通过响应模式的呼叫，来自多国参与者。还将鼓励、特别是通过项目网站更广泛地参与多国办事处。分组的讲习班活动将记录在简报中，这些简报将在项目网站上提供。讲习班的成果将通过开放大学主办的公开讲习班(距离布莱切利公园约10分钟车程)传播，将通过2009年7月的遗产科学会议以及通过与“解释和陈述”小组的其他小组联络，邀请广泛的遗产利益攸关方参加。该群组不仅将对遗产科学在现代遗产方面的挑战和潜力有新的理解，而且还将致力于为解释和表现布莱奇利公园做出切实的贡献。

A cornerstone of developing interdisciplinary collaboration in heritage science is the definition of shared fields of enquiry, in which science- and arts/humanities-based researchers can collaborate on an equal footing. Defining points of overlap between the material, environmental and human dimensions of the heritage is therefore a crucial first step in developing research that crosses disciplinary boundaries. This Research Cluster focuses on the multi-disciplinary study of modern heritage, and employs the idea of 'heritage ecologies' to facilitate new collaborations in their interpretation and representation. Responding to the outcomes of two recent research projects funded by EPSRC and English Heritage, Ecologies of Modern Heritage brings together leading researchers - from engineering, ecology, microbiology and conservation to planning, anthropology, archaeology and the creative arts - and engages with a range of stakeholders from outside higher education, including the professional heritage sector.The Cluster will operate over 5 months, convening two intensive site-specific workshops that use the site of Bletchley Park, Bucks as a case study. The Cluster will be carried out in partnership with English Heritage and the Bletchley Park Trust, who will both be represented on the Cluster Steering Committee. Bletchley Park is an iconic and internationally-recognised historic site, associated especially with the history of technology and 20th-century military history. Reconciling intangible heritage, the international historical significance and contemporary cultural and economic values of the site, with the demands of conservation and management of the material fabric of collections, buildings and landscapes is a current and pressing challenge for the Bletchley Park Trust, and one that is shared by many other heritage stakeholders. The Cluster will test and develop the idea of 'heritage ecologies' as a rubric for the development of heritage science research that crosses disciplinary boundaries, and that achieves social and economic impact. It will facilitate new collaborations between 4-5 Research Teams (developed from within a Core Group of participants) that will lead to further grant applications, whether through the Heritage Science programme or through responsive-mode calls, from Cluster participants. Broader participation in the Cluster will be also be encouraged, promoted especially through the project website. The Cluster's workshop activities will be documented in briefing notes, which will be made available through the project website. The outcomes of the workshops will be disseminated through a public workshop hosted by Open University (some 10 minutes from Bletchley Park), to which a wide range of heritage stakeholders will be invited, through the Heritage Science conference in July 2009, and through liaison with other Clusters in the 'Interpretation and Representation' cell. The Cluster will not only develop new understanding of the challenges and potentials of heritage science in relation to modern heritage, but will also aim to leave behind a tangible contribution to the interpretation and representation of Bletchley Park.