Continuing to Dig: supporting and sustaining innovative community heritage projects in London and the South East

在2012年“挖掘我们所站的地方”项目的基础上，“继续挖掘（我们所站的地方）”项目汇集了来自伦敦大学学院各地的研究人员，他们在社区考古、社区档案、博物馆收藏、公共历史、口述历史、电影研究、地理、文化遗产和福祉方面具有专业知识。以及利用数码科技让公众参与社区文物，与基金资助的一系列社区团体合作，并支持他们的文物活动，这些活动是“我们的故事”计划的一部分。团队成员在社区遗产项目和公众参与活动方面拥有丰富的经验，该项目的目的是将伦敦大学学院的专业知识带给更广泛的受众，深化与社区团体的现有和建立新的伙伴关系，探索将社区遗产活动的不同分支结合在一起的好处，并寻求鼓励年轻人参与社区遗产活动。从历史工作坊的口号“Dig Where You Stand”中获得灵感，该项目基于一个原则，即一个社区的地方感和身份感部分取决于对其过去的理解。基于社区考古、社区档案、当地历史、文化遗产、口述历史、公共地理、社区电影和媒体研究以及数字遗产方面的现有倡议和工作，该团队的研究人员都相信，参与历史和当地遗产可以对维持社区、提高参与遗产活动的人的生活质量和福祉产生深远影响。我们致力于分享我们的知识和专业知识，以发展和维持广泛参与（特别是年轻人）的社区文物活动。有机会与来自伦敦各地（以及更远的地方）的各种HLF资助项目一起工作，提供了与不同社区就许多不同主题进行工作和交流知识的机会，这些主题具有许多不同的灵感和期望的结果。该项目还为伦敦大学学院的研究人员提供了跨部门和学科背景合作的机会。这个项目旨在通过组织一个项目小组和一系列活动，促进不同学科之间的对话、思想和知识的相互交流，并在未来建立学术研究和社区研究之间的合作，从而明确文物工作者和研究人员更紧密合作和跨学科方法的好处。最终，该项目将增加对伦敦大学学院社区遗产专业知识的认可，并导致一些令人兴奋和创新的研究活动和成果，由HLF资助的社区团体和学术界和社区遗产团体之间的一些可持续的长期合作伙伴关系。这一过程和从中获得的经验将被记录在适当的社区遗产会议的会议论文中，在同行评审期刊（国际遗产研究期刊）上发表一篇关于社区遗产合作的文章，并与我们的社区伙伴合作制定实用指南，以鼓励年轻人参与遗产活动。

Building upon the original 2012 Dig Where We Stand project, the Continuing to Dig (Where We Stand) project brings together a team of researchers from across UCL with expertise in community archaeology, community archives, museum collections, public history, oral history, film studies, geography, cultural heritage and wellbeing, and the use of digital technologies in engaging the public in community heritage to work with and support the heritage activities of a range of community groups funded by the HLF as part of the All Our Stories programme. Members of the team have extensive experience of community heritage projects and public engagement activities, and the aim of this project is to bring the expertise located within UCL to the attention of a wider audience, to deepen existing and establish new partnerships with community groups, explore the benefits of bringing together different branches of community heritage activities and seek to encourage the participation of young people in community heritage activities.Drawing inspiration from the History Workshop slogan "Dig Where You Stand", this project is based on the principle that a community's sense of place and identity partly rests on its understanding of its past. Building on existing initiatives and work in community archaeology, community archives, local history, cultural heritage, oral history, public geography, community film and media studies and digital heritage, the researchers in this team all share a belief in the profound impact that engaging with history and local heritage can have in sustaining communities and enhancing the quality of life and well-being of those who participate in heritage activities. We are committed to sharing our knowledge and expertise to develop and sustain broad participation (particularly amongst young people) in a range of community heritage activities. The opportunity to work with various HLF funded projects from across London (and further afield) offers the chance to work and exchange knowledge with various communities on many different subjects with many different inspirations and desired outcomes. The project also gives researchers in UCL the opportunity to work together across departmental and disciplinary backgrounds. This project seeks to make clear the benefits for heritage practitioners and researchers of closer collaboration and interdisciplinary approaches by organising a project team and programme of events designed to stimulate dialogue, the mutual exchange of ideas and knowledge, and build future collaborations between different academic disciplines and between academic research and community research.Ultimately the project should increase the recognition of the community heritage expertise available within UCL and result in some exciting and innovative research activities and outcomes by HLF funded community groups and some sustainable longer term partnerships between academics and community heritage groups. This process and the learning which flows from it will be documented in conference papers at the appropriate community heritage conferences, an article on community heritage collaborations in a peer review journal (the International Journal of Heritage Studies) and practical guidance designed in collaboration with our community partners on strategies for encouraging young people to participate in heritage activity.