Shining a Light on Women and Children in Antiquity

布赖恩·谢夫顿教授(1919-2012)是一位著名的古典考古学家，他建立了一批具有国际意义的希腊文物收藏品，目前位于大北方博物馆(GNM)。GNM是英格兰东北部领先的考古博物馆，每年有超过45万名游客。谢夫顿收藏品可以说是英国除伦敦、牛津和剑桥之外最重要的希腊和伊特鲁里亚考古收藏品，但对它的研究很少，出版的文物也很少。这个项目旨在揭示收藏品中与古代妇女和儿童生活有关的十件物品。一些选定的对象没有公开展示，而另一些则以最低限度的解释显示。该项目将与公众进行有意义的接触，以产生关于文物和藏品的新知识和研究。CapCo资助的纽卡斯尔材料文化分析套件(NeMCAS)将通过产生关于制造方法、装饰技术、图像和保护历史的新知识，为这些物品和那些与它们互动的人的生活提供新的曙光。仔细调查将有助于更深入地了解物品的实质性，加强对其含义和文化意义的解释。NeMCAS将通过GNM和大北儿童医院(GNCH)为实物和虚拟展览以及学校教育使用的物品的高质量文件和数字模型提供便利。通过NeMCAS的研究，该项目旨在使Shefton藏品首次与科学和当代艺术对话。这项研究将为GNM的九个讲习班方案提供信息；将利用创造性做法让确定的受众参与科学、考古和艺术研究。项目参与者将与学者、博物馆专业人员和创意从业者合作，对藏品进行艺术回应，作为公开展览的一部分，促进合作研究和参与方法。与GNM的伙伴关系将使项目团队能够接触到目标受众(妇女团体和重点第二阶段的小学生)，并确保研究成果得到广泛传播。参与战略将从一开始就嵌入到研究中。主要利益攸关方(国民总收入和目标受众)将通过重点小组和讲习班确定研究方向。这些将指导研究的发展，以产生关于谢夫顿收藏的新知识和资源。研究的成果将包括一个混合展览：画廊对GNM和数字展览的干预，以及公共活动和教育资源的创建。观众将积极参与决策，鼓励各方就展览和公众活动的内容发表不同的意见，通过这些活动进一步传播项目结果。项目不同阶段的形成性评估点将确保项目既具有咨询性质，又具有协作性。一名专职专家将监督整个项目的评价过程，并分析所产生的数据，以衡量项目的影响。

Professor Brian Shefton (1919-2012) was a leading Classical archaeologist who established an internationally significant collection of Greek artefacts now located in the Great North Museum (GNM). The GNM is the leading archaeological museum in the North East of England with over 450,000 visitors a year. The Shefton Collection is arguably the most important British collection of Greek and Etruscan archaeology outside London, Oxford and Cambridge yet there has been little research conducted on it and very few objects have been published.This project aims to bring to light a group of ten objects from the Collection which relate to the lives of women and children in antiquity. Some of the selected objects are not on public display while others are displayed with minimal interpretation. The project will meaningfully engage with the public to generate new knowledge and research about the objects and Collection. The CapCo-funded Newcastle Material Culture Analytical Suite (NeMCAS) will shine new light on the 'lives' of these objects and those who interacted with them by producing new learning about methods of manufacture, decorative techniques, iconography and conservation histories. Close investigation will facilitate a deeper understanding of the objects' materiality enhancing the interpretation of their meaning and cultural significance. NeMCAS will facilitate high-quality documentation and digital models of the objects which will be used for both physical and virtual exhibitions and for schools' education through the GNM and Great North Children's Hospital (GNCH).Through NeMCAS research the project aims to bring the Shefton Collection into dialogue with science and contemporary art for the first time. The research will inform a programme of nine workshops in the GNM; creative practice will be used for engaging identified audiences with scientific, archaeological and artistic research. Project participants, working with academics, museum professionals and creative practitioners, will generate artistic responses to the Collection to be included as part of the public exhibition, facilitating collaborative research and engagement methods.The partnership with the GNM will enable the project team to reach targeted audiences (women's groups and Key Stage 2 primary school pupils) and ensure the research outcomes are widely disseminated. The engagement strategy will be embedded in the research from the outset. Key stakeholders (the GNM and targeted audiences) will shape the direction of the research through focus groups and workshops. These will guide the development of the research to generate new knowledge and resources about the Shefton Collection.Outcomes of the research will include a hybrid exhibition: a gallery intervention in the GNM and digital exhibition alongside public events and the creation of educational resources. Audiences will be actively involved in the decision making to encourage a diverse range of voices on the content of the exhibitions and the public events through which the project findings will be further disseminated.Formative evaluation points at various stages of the project will ensure that the project is both consultative and collaborative. A dedicated specialist will oversee the evaluation process throughout the project and analyse the resulting data to measure the impact of the project.