Joseph Banks: science, culture and the remaking of the Indo-Pacific world

拟议的项目包括伦敦大学学院(UCL)和国家海事博物馆(NMM)两个牵头合作伙伴，以及项目合作伙伴(皇家学会(RS)、国家肖像美术馆(NPG)、自然历史博物馆(NHM)和大英博物馆(BM))，以发展一个学者和机构网络，研究约瑟夫·班克斯(1743-1820)，库克船长航海中的植物学家和皇家学会主席。我们建议举办四次国际研究活动(三次研讨会和一次会议)，评估班克斯的职业生涯及其在印度-太平洋世界形成中的重要性。这四项活动将使从事不同印度-太平洋地区和不同学科工作的国际学者和利益攸关方汇聚一堂：人类学、艺术史、帝国研究、海洋历史和科学史。这四项活动如下：1)伦敦大学学院的一次特邀讲习班将集中讨论班克斯时代的班克斯史学和科学、文化与印度-太平洋地区之间的关系。2)国家海洋管理委员会的一次应邀讲习班将评估班克斯的海洋收集和网络、他对海洋勘探的倡导以及他在增加欧洲贸易、传教活动和在印度洋和太平洋上的政治活动中的作用。3)在NPG的一次应邀讲习班将审议班克斯在肖像画和讽刺印刷品中的表现，以及图像和艺术在班克斯时代向彼此展示印度-太平洋世界和欧洲的方式中的作用。4)在皇家学会举行的一次会议将是一个对公众开放的更大的聚会，在以前研讨会的基础上，讨论班克斯在将印度洋和太平洋地区连接在一起形成新的科学价值以及商业和殖民开发方面的作用和遗产。此外，作为对其中两个研讨会的补充，NHM和BM将为研讨会与会者主办由馆长领导的研究访问和相关银行相关收藏品的参观。该网络的研究成果还将提供给NMM、NPG和其他项目伙伴机构的面向公众的活动。由上述牵头和项目合作伙伴组成的指导委员会将监督2016年5月至2017年秋季期间的四项活动。该网络的目标是向学术和公众受众展示班克斯，以便他在英国探索、帝国和科学中所扮演的角色得到更好的欣赏、辩论和批判性调查。我们预计，该网络将导致在2017年竞标更大的赠款。

The proposed project brings together two lead partners, University College London (UCL) and the National Maritime Museum (NMM), together with project partners (The Royal Society (RS), the National Portrait Gallery (NPG), the Natural History Museum (NHM), and the British Museum (BM)) to develop a network of scholars and institutions to research Joseph Banks (1743-1820), botanist on the voyage of Captain Cook and president of the Royal Society. We propose four international study events (three workshops and a conference) assessing Banks's career and his significance in the making of the Indo-Pacific world. These four events will bring together international scholars and stakeholders working on different Indo-Pacific regions and in different disciplines: anthropology, history of art, imperial studies, maritime history and the history of science. The four events will be as follows:1) an invited workshop, at UCL, will concentrate on historiography of Banks and the relationship between science, culture and the Indo-Pacific region in Banks's time.2) an invited workshop, at NMM, will assess Bank's maritime collecting and networks, his advocacy of oceanic exploration and his role in increasing European trade, missionary endeavours and political activity in the Indian and Pacific Oceans.3) an invited workshop, at the NPG, will consider representations of Banks in portraiture and satirical prints, and the role of imagery and art in the ways the Indo-Pacific World and Europe were represented to one another in Banks's time.4) a conference, at the Royal Society, will be a much larger gathering open to the public, building on the previous workshops to debate Banks's role and legacies in linking together regions of the Indian and Pacific Oceans to form a new expanse of scientific interest and commercial and colonial exploitation. Furthermore, to complement two of the workshops, the NHM and BM will host curator-led study visits and viewings of relevant Banks-related collections for the workshop attendees. The network's research outputs will also feed into public-facing activities at NMM, NPG, and other project partner institutions. A Steering Committee, consisting of the lead and project partners cited above, will oversee the four events between May 2016 and Autumn 2017. The goal of the network is to present Banks to both academic and public audiences, so that his role in British exploration, empire, and science is better appreciated, debated, and open to critical inquiry. We anticipate that the network will lead to a bid for a larger grant in 2017.