Rodney Harrison Heritage Priority Area Leadership Fellowship

我对优先领域领导的核心看法是，遗产不应被理解为‘停留在过去’的东西，而应被理解为一系列高度可变的实用和话语领域，这些领域采用多样化和权变的战略来建设有弹性和可持续的未来。同样重要的是致力于跨学科，承认有必要发展和扩大现有的和新兴的网络，以新的和创新的方式将学者、从业人员和公众作为共同研究人员联系起来。很明显，从单一学科的角度研究遗产是不可能的。鉴于承认人类世时代是人类成为变化的主要地质力量的时代，同样不可能再争论‘自然’和‘文化’之间的划分是有意义的。我对这一主题的发展设想是基于对跨越传统界限的遗产的更广泛的理解，使“自然”和“文化”遗产的研究和实践更密切地相互对话，同时困扰和寻求探索其他传统二分法之间的联系，例如，“物质”和“非物质”遗产，以及“西方”和“非西方”方法。它在方法上具有很强的可比性，旨在将遗产与我们时代最重要的全球挑战联系起来。研究项目的内容将包括编写一本综合专著；进一步发展目前的试点研究项目；以及研究“死后”思维对遗产研究的影响的新的研究路线。这三项活动的目的都是通过以下方式补充拟议的领导活动：提出广泛的遗产观点；展示遗产如何与关键的全球挑战(特别是全球粮食安全、变化世界中的全球不确定性/安全、与环境变化共存以及终身健康和福祉)交织在一起；展示比较方法对遗产研究的价值；发展与主要国际、国家和地区遗产组织的联系；以及示范遗产组织和公众作为共同研究人员积极和创造性地参与的研究计划。

Central to my vision for the leadership of the priority area is the idea that heritage should not be understood as something which is 'stuck in the past', but rather as a series of highly variable practical and discursive fields which employ diverse and contingent strategies for building resilient and sustainable futures. Equally important is a commitment to interdisciplinarity, and the acknowledgement of the need to develop and expand existing and emergent networks which connect scholars, practitioners and publics in new and innovative ways as co-researchers. It is clear that it is not possible to study heritage from a single disciplinary vantage point. In the light of the acknowledgement of the Anthropocene epoch as one in which humans have become the primary geological force of change, it is similarly no longer possible to argue that the divisions between 'nature' and 'culture' are meaningful. My vision for the development of the theme draws on an expanded understanding of heritage which works across traditional boundaries, bringing 'natural' and 'cultural' heritage research and practice into closer conversation with one another, whilst simultaneously troubling and seeking to explore the connections between other conventional dichotomies; 'tangible' and 'intangible' heritage, and 'western' and 'non-western' approaches, for example. It is strongly comparative in approach, and aims to connect heritage with the most important global challenges of our time. The research project element would comprise the writing of one synthetic monograph; further development of a current pilot research project; and a new line of research into the implications of 'posthumanities' thinking for heritage studies. All three of these aim to complement the proposed leadership activity by making an argument for an expansive view of heritage; by showing how heritage intersects with key global challenges (particularly Global Food Security, Global Uncertainties/Security in a Changing World, Living with Environmental Change and Lifelong Health and Wellbeing); by demonstrating the value of comparative approaches to heritage research; by developing connections with key heritage international, national and regional organisations; and by modelling programmes of research in which heritage organisations and publics are engaged actively and creatively as co-researchers.