'Belief' in Cultural Relations

该研究金的目的是探讨信仰如何被用作国际文化关系中的一项主要原则，并考虑其对人民和政策的影响。这涉及文化间对话和影响日常生活的许多问题：语言技能、移徙、融合、多样性和社会开放。该项目将考虑“信仰”能否以及如何发展为当代文化关系的核心价值，以及它在制定未来文化间对话活动和项目的新方法方面的重要性。该奖学金由国际公认和受人尊敬的社会人类学家，屡获殊荣的研究员和受欢迎的主题演讲者以及全球学术会议和大学的客座讲师Abby Day博士举办。她是英国社会学协会宗教社会学研究小组的主席，也是美国人类学协会、美国地理学家协会、英国宗教研究协会、英国社会学协会、国际宗教社会学协会和宗教科学研究协会的成员。她最近的研究开发了跨文化背景下的信仰更广泛的理解，由世界上最受尊敬的出版商之一，牛津大学出版社于9月出版。戴博士在肯特大学和苏塞克斯大学担任研究职务。该研究员最初的重点将是审查关键的学术文章，新闻报道，政府出版物和其他材料，以确定一些可能阻碍与其他文化，观点或世界观接触的误解。研究员将确定“信仰”一词作为宗教和非宗教术语的常见含义和用途，并考虑它如何符合一些人所描述的宗教信仰和所谓的“文明冲突”的最近兴起。她作为一个出版和资助的研究人员的背景给了她的经验和网络进行这样的审查系统，广泛，创造性和深入。该研究员将与英国理事会和澳大利亚人权委员会在联合王国，特别是在北非和近东的工作人员合作，更多地了解当地的信仰问题，以及这些问题如何帮助或阻碍文化间对话。通过分享研究技能和填补知识空白，研究员将帮助工作人员确定和回应辩论。一系列员工培训和参与活动将产生本地化的材料，帮助员工更好地与媒体和关键决策者以及有影响力的公众沟通。该研究员是一位经验丰富的促进者，她的研究记录表明她有能力参与并借鉴人们的正式和非正式知识和经验。与国际学术网络和会议/研讨会的合作将扩大辩论和分析，以解决有关信仰，文化和身份的关键概念，在更广泛的讨论宗教，多元化和社区的背景下。该研究员是一位经验丰富的会议/研讨会组织者和期刊和书籍出版物的编辑。

The Fellowship's aim is to explore how belief is being used as a major principle in international cultural relations and consider its impact for people and policy. This relates to intercultural dialogue and many issues that affect everyday lives: language skills, migration, integration, diversity, and openness in society. The project will consider whether and how 'belief' can be developed as a core value in contemporary cultural relations, and how important it might be in developing a new approach to future intercultural dialogue activities and projects. The Fellowship is held by Dr Abby Day, an internationally recognised and respected social anthropologist, award-winning researcher and popular key-note speaker and guest lecturer at academic conferences and universities worldwide. She is Chair of the Sociology of Religion study group within the British Sociological Association and a member of the American Anthropology Association, American Association of Geographers, British Association for the Study of Religions, British Sociological Association; International Society for the Sociology of Religion; and the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. Her recent research developing a wider understanding of belief in cross-cultural contexts was published in September by one of the world's most respected publishers, Oxford University Press. Dr Day holds research posts at the University of Kent and University of Sussex. The Fellow's initial focus will be to review key academic articles, news reports, government publications and other material to identify some of the misconceptions that can block engagement with other cultures, perspectives or world views. The Fellow will then identify common meanings and uses of the term 'belief' as a religious and non-religious term and consider how it fits within what some describe as a recent rise in religiosity and a so-called 'clash of civilisations'. Her background as a well-published and funded researcher gives her the experience and networks to conduct such reviews systematically, broadly, creatively and in depth. The Fellow will work with British Council and AHRC staff in the UK and in, particularly, North Africa and the Near East to learn more about the issues of belief on the ground and how those help or impede intercultural dialogue. By sharing research skills and filling knowledge gaps, the Fellow will help staff identify and respond to debates. A series of staff training and engagement events will result in localised materials than can help staff communicate better with media and key decision makers and influential members of the public. The Fellow is an experienced facilitator and her research record demonstrates her ability to engage with and drawn on people's formal and informal knowledge and experience.Collaboration with international academic networks and conference/seminars will widen the debate and analysis to address key concepts about belief, culture, and identity in the context of wider discussions on religion, pluralism, and community. The Fellow is an experienced conference/seminar organiser and editor of journal and book publications.