Digital British Islam: How do Cyber Islamic Environments impact everyday lives?

200至300年前，广泛而廉价的印刷技术的出现改变了穆斯林背景下的社会、宗教、知识和政治等级制度。获得廉价书籍最终意味着宗教(和其他)知识不再是有文化的社会无法企及的。这导致了许多穆斯林背景下的快速变化：现有的等级制度消散，新的等级制度兴起，包括女权主义在内的革命开始，政权被推翻。穆斯林内部的社会学想象，事实上，所有的背景都发生了永久的变化。我们现在正处于一个更大变革的时代。自1990年代以来，在线数字技术一直普遍存在，它们对宗教社区(实际上是所有社区)的社会生活的影响与印刷媒体一样具有变革性。在这种背景下，这个多学科团队的目标是首次探索数字活动的社会影响，这些活动专注于英国不同穆斯林社区的生活体验。数字英国穆斯林将绘制和询问网络伊斯兰环境(CIE)的指数增长对英国不同穆斯林社区内代际转变的影响，以及它们对穆斯林生活、社会、习俗和信仰的影响程度。这个独特的项目侧重于改变宗教权威、性别和政治机构的叙述和经历，将提供一个平台，用于绘制、解释和理解CIES的多样性、相互联系和影响，并审查“数字”和“真实”之间的相互作用。项目主题为一个雄心勃勃的项目提供了范围，也是在英国穆斯林中发生了可观察到的代际变化的领域--这些变化是由于英国穆斯林越来越多地获得和依赖CIES而促成的。从方法上讲，该项目利用一个多学科团队的专业知识，将先进的数字档案技术与更传统的混合方法相结合，进行焦点小组讨论、访谈、日记征集和全国调查。根植于生活经验，通过咨询研究方法，预计这项研究将直接回应那些可以在政策、组织和社区环境中使用其研究结果的人的关切和需求。由于网络空间超越国界和身份分类，在设定的地理背景下(在这里是英国)绘制CIE地图是复杂的。伊斯兰教固有的跨国性质和英国的穆斯林身份为这项研究提出了进一步的挑战。然而，这也为宗教网络空间中关于身份和地理的新理论提供了机会。最后，这项研究的前提是对那些可以使用其研究结果的人有意义和相关性。预计有四个受众将从这项工作中受益：(I)穆斯林组织和社区，通过为其组织数字战略提供信息的调查结果。(Ii)政策制定者，通过与英国穆斯林有关的政策利益领域的相关调查结果；(Iii)与英国穆斯林社区接触的公共和第三部门组织，通过使他们能够更好地接触/接触/参与不同的穆斯林社区的调查结果；和(Iv)学术界。将通过计划的面向公众和学术影响的活动和资源计划来实现影响，包括在项目期间整理的可持续的、经过整理的和开放获取的CIE档案、政策摘要、帮助社区组织制定其数字战略的资源和教学资源。

The emergence of widespread and inexpensive printing technologies 200 to 300 years ago transformed social, religious, knowledge and political hierarchies within Muslim contexts. Access to inexpensive books eventually meant that religious (and other) knowledge was no longer out of reach for literate societies. This led to rapid change within many Muslim contexts: existing hierarchies dissipated, new ones arose, revolutions including feminist ones started, and regimes were overturned. Sociological imaginings within Muslim, and indeed, all contexts were changed forever.We are now in the midst of an era of even bigger transformation. Online digital technologies have been generally available since the 1990s and their impact on the social lives of religious communities (and indeed all communities) is as transformative as that of print media. Set against this background, this multi-disciplinary team aims to undertake the first-ever exploration of the social impacts of digital activities that focusses on lived experiences of diverse Muslim communities in Britain. Digital British Muslims will map and interrogate the impact of the exponential growth of cyber Islamic environments (CIEs) on intergenerational transformations within diverse UK Muslim communities, and the extent of their influence on Muslim lives, societies, practices and beliefs. Focusing on changing narratives and experiences of religious authority, gender and political agency, this unique project will provide a platform for mapping, interpreting and understanding the diversity, interlinkages and influence of CIEs, examining reciprocal interactions between the 'digital' and the 'real'. The project themes provide scope to what is an ambitious project and are areas in which observable intergenerational transformations among Muslims in Britain have occurred - transformations that are catalysed by growing access to and reliance upon CIEs among Muslims in Britain.Methodologically, this project draws upon the expertise of a multi-disciplinary team to use advanced digital archiving techniques combined with a more traditional mixed methods approach entailing focus group discussions, interviews, diary solicitation and a national survey. Rooted in lived experience, through consultative research approaches, it is envisaged that this research will directly respond to the concerns and needs of those who can use its findings in policy, organisational and community settings. Mapping CIEs within a set geographical context, which in this case is the UK, is complicated due to online spaces transcending national borders and identity categorisations. The inherent transnational nature of Islam and Muslim identities in Britain poses further challenges for this research. Yet this is also an opportunity for new theorisations around identity and geography in religious online spaces. Finally, this research is predicated on being meaningful and relevant to those who can use its findings. It is envisaged that four audiences will benefit from this work: (i) Muslim organisations and communities, through findings that will inform their organisational digital strategies. (ii) Policy makers, through findings relevant to areas of policy-interest in relation to Muslims in Britain (iii) Public and third sector organisations that engage with Muslim communities in the UK, through findings that enable them to better reach/access/engage diverse Muslim communities and (iv) Academia. Impact will be achieved through a planned programme of public-facing and academic impact activities and resources including a sustainable, curated and open access archive of CIEs collated during the lifetime of the project, a policy brief, resources to aid community organisations in developing their digital strategies and teaching resources.