The Becket Connection: employing the Becket story and 2020 anniversary as catalysts to transform heritage, tourism, education and community engagement

贝克特连接提供了一个独特的机会，通过中世纪最着名和最有争议的人物之一的故事，为当地，国家和国际观众带来历史和遗产的创造性合作和技术创新。2020年将纪念托马斯贝克特出生900周年，他在坎特伯雷大教堂被谋杀850周年，他的遗物被"翻译" 800周年。这个三周年纪念恰逢"坎特伯雷大教堂"，这是一个耗资2470万英镑的保护，教育和解释项目（2021年完工），将确保创造的资源的长期遗产。此外，由市理事会召集的一个新成立的遗产论坛正在寻求重振该市的世界遗产，并通过将游客众多的大教堂与该市许多其他杰出的历史遗址更紧密地联系起来，扩大和加强坎特伯雷的旅游业。这一后续举措的推动力是：-对贝克特的中世纪崇拜和2014 - 17年AHRC "朝圣和英格兰大教堂"（PEC）项目产生的当今游客需求的新理解-基督教与文化研究中心（约克大学）的数字可视化专业知识-与大英博物馆，坎特伯雷考古信托基金，坎特伯雷博物馆和画廊，伦敦博物馆的合作-教育需求-新兴的遗产/旅游目标。与PEC合作伙伴的合作以及与市理事会、商业和社区团体、坎特伯雷的遗产、旅游和文化机构的广泛协商，揭示了重要的新遗产旅游、教育和社区参与的可能性。PEC项目对大教堂内的四个关键地点（包括贝克特的神殿）进行了详细的数字重建，这已经改变了人们对坎特伯雷朝圣经历的看法。后续提案将创建一个新的数字模型，整个大教堂设置在中世纪的坎特伯雷，从而将内部模型置于更广泛的地理文化背景下，包括中世纪朝圣路线和主要建筑。成果这一创新的、互动的大教堂/城市模型（由其他PEC研究数据放大）将为关键的遗产、教育、文化、商业和当地社区合作伙伴带来七个主要成果：连接大教堂和城市--用于新的永久性大教堂展览，揭示大教堂、贝克特的圣地和城市之间的多层次关系，这座城市是为了满足对贝克特的崇拜和朝圣者的需求而发展起来的。- 为坎特伯雷提供一个更加综合的旅游项目提供视觉基础，加强大教堂、城市和丰富多样的遗产地之间的联系。连接贝克特与他的时间新的在线/闪存驱动器教育资源（特别是历史，文学和RE课程）塑造贝克2020博物馆展览/活动与大英博物馆合作（为一个大型展览提供数字资产），坎特伯雷博物馆和伦敦博物馆通过文字和图像探索贝克特今天的故事支持戏剧，诗歌，艺术和手工艺工作坊，与马洛剧院和坎特伯雷之旅，以激发创造性的当代反应贝克特的故事，从所有年龄组和背景连接贝克特和皮尔格里玛今天塑造游客步道和服务，为2020年，当大教堂还举办国际兰贝斯会议加强坎特伯雷-伦敦旅游链接将贝克特的崇拜与他对伦敦及其景观的影响联系起来，用于贝克特2020网站使用历史的视角来告知当前的宗教活动为圣地管理者，法定顾问举行的会议（包括历史英格兰），历史学家，神学家，社会科学家，审查目前的行动，以恢复圣地和文物，以圣公会大教堂

The Becket Connection offers a unique opportunity to model creative collaboration and technological innovation in bringing history and heritage to life for local, national and international audiences, through the story of one of the most famous and controversial figures of the Middle Ages. CONTEXT2020 will mark 900 years since the birth of Thomas Becket, 850 years since his murder in Canterbury Cathedral, and 800 years since the 'translation' of his relics. This triple anniversary coincides with 'The Canterbury Journey', a £24.7 million conservation, education and interpretation project at the Cathedral (completion 2021) which will ensure a long-term legacy for resources created. Moreover, a newly-founded Heritage Forum convened by the City Council is now seeking to reinvigorate the city's World Heritage site, and broaden and enhance Canterbury's tourism offer by connecting the much-visited Cathedral more closely to the city's many other outstanding historic sites. This Follow-on initiative is driven by:- new understanding of Becket's medieval cult and present-day visitor needs generated by the 2014-17 AHRC 'Pilgrimage and England's Cathedrals' (PEC) project- the digital visualisation expertise of the Centre for the Study of Christianity & Culture (Univ. of York)- collaboration with the British Museum, Canterbury Archaeological Trust, Canterbury Museums & Galleries, Museum of London- educational needs- newly emerging heritage/tourism goals. Collaboration with PEC partners and wide-ranging consultation with the City Council, business and community groups, heritage, tourism and cultural bodies in Canterbury, have revealed significant new heritage-tourism, educational and community engagement possibilities. The PEC project created detailed digital reconstructions of four key sites inside the cathedral (including Becket's shrine) which are already changing perceptions of pilgrim experience at Canterbury. The Follow-on proposal will create a new digital model of the whole Cathedral set in the medieval City of Canterbury, thus placing the interior models in a broader geocultural context, including medieval pilgrim routes and key buildings. OUTCOMES This innovative, interactive Cathedral/City model (amplified by other PEC research data) will have seven main outcomes for key heritage, educational, cultural, business and local community partners:CONNECTING CATHEDRAL AND CITY - Use in the new permanent Cathedral exhibition, revealing the multi-layered relationship between the Cathedral, Becket's shrine, and the city which grew in response to his cult and pilgrim needs. - Providing a visual foundation for presenting a more integrated tourism offer for Canterbury, enhancing connections between the Cathedral, the City, and the rich multiplicity of heritage sites. CONNECTING BECKET WITH HIS TIMEA new online/Flash Drive education resource (particularly for History, Literature and RE curricula)SHAPING BECKET 2020 MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS/ACTIVITIESCollaboration with the British Museum (providing digital assets for a major exhibition), Canterbury Museums and Museum of LondonEXPLORING THE BECKET STORY TODAY THROUGH WORD AND IMAGESupporting drama, poetry, art and craft workshops, with the Marlowe Theatre and the Canterbury Journey, to stimulate creative contemporary responses to the Becket story from all age-groups and backgroundsCONNECTING BECKET AND PILGRIMAGE TODAYShaping visitor trails and services for 2020, when the Cathedral also hosts the international Lambeth ConferenceENHANCING CANTERBURY-LONDON TOURISM LINKSConnecting Becket's cult to his influence on London and its landscape for the Becket 2020 websiteUSING HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES TO INFORM CURRENT MANAGEMENTConference for managers of sacred sites, statutory advisors (including Historic England), historians, theologians, social scientists, reviewing current moves to restore shrines and relics to Anglican cathedrals