'Gifts of the World'?: Creating and Contextualising the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust's International Collection

“国际化”是指国家之间的，也是国家之间的。这个项目将探索莎士比亚的国际化，作为一系列不受地理，文化和时间划分限制的互动，使真正的“之间”。我认为这个项目是一个机会，捕捉和策划莎士比亚的文化和政治货币的互动和交流体现在文物的“中间性”。我的分析将质疑莎士比亚和该项目的（文化）生产之间的交汇点：莎士比亚的哪些元素（一般来说，或他的作品）代表或煽动“之间”，在该项目的生产时，在该文化中呼吁，涉及或提出问题。此外，我将质疑互动有什么影响莎士比亚：什么新的意义和新的解释春天从互动，并继续激发和产生更多的再次。因此，“之间”是传播莎士比亚的意义和持续的国际兴趣的肥沃土壤。莎士比亚的中间性和政治/文化货币的学术研究的结果将在一个开放访问的地图上呈现，博客链接，可搜索的网络程序。用户将能够点击查看与每个特定文化互动的完整历史，这些历史将按日期，国家，戏剧，诗歌，人工制品类型以及潜在的社会政治事件进行链接和搜索。这将产生一个全面的数字档案馆，向研究人员、爱好者和公众开放国际收藏。通过界面的创新性和全面性，博物馆将重新成为这类研究和文物的自然存放地，通过展示和扩大其覆盖面，并邀请未来的互动，作为未来收集战略的一部分。此外，通过鼓励国际贡献者的贡献，它将朝着使莎士比亚研究摆脱种族中心主义的限制迈出有意义的一步。在当今时代，不仅文化和宗教冲突，而且对文学重要性的认识也在下降，这个项目强调莎士比亚作为一种媒介，通过庆祝“之间”，更好地了解我们作为一个全球社会，可能是无限有价值的。叙事历史主义将赋予档案馆讲述自己的故事的能力，作为一种综合方法的一部分，通过收藏品的内部叙事实现秩序，而不是从外部对收藏品强加秩序，这是许多策展和学术实践的规范。我还将采用批判性话语分析和数字人文方法/我熟悉通过我目前的MRes研究。作为一名文化考古学家和策展人，我不仅适合担任这个角色，还因为我的创造力和资历，而且我对尚未被讲述的故事充满好奇。由好奇心而不是期望或议程引导，应该“解放”未知的历史和跨文化叙事，并确保藏品不被殖民化。

To be 'international' is to be among but also between nations. This project will explore the internationalisation of Shakespeare as a series of interactions that are not limited by geographical, cultural, and chronological divides to make something truly 'between'. I see this project as an opportunity to capture and curate the 'betweenness' of Shakespeare's cultural and political currency as interactions and exchanges manifested in cultural artefacts. My analysis will question the meeting point between Shakespeare and the (cultural) production of the item: what elements of Shakespeare (in general, or his work) represents or instigates the 'between' that appeals to, relates to, or raises questions within that culture at the time of the item's production. Furthermore, I will query what impact the interaction has Shakespeare: what new meanings and fresh interpretations spring from the interaction and go on to inspire and engender more again. Thus the 'between' is the fertile ground that propagates both meaning and continued international interest in Shakespeare.The findings of the academic study of the betweenness and political/cultural currency of Shakespeare will be rendered on a map within an open-access, blog-linked, searchable web program. Users will be able to click to see the full history of the interactions with each specific culture, which will be linked and searchable by date, country, play, poem, artefact type, and potentially by socio-political event. This will result in a comprehensive digital archive which will open up the international collection to researchers, enthusiasts and the public. Through the innovation and comprehensiveness of the interface, the Birthplace will be reinstalled as the natural repository for research and artefacts of this type by exposing and expanding its outreach and inviting future interactions as part of a future collecting strategy. Furthermore, in encouraging contributions by international contributors it will make a purposeful step towards freeing Shakespeare studies from the limitations of ethnocentrism. In the present time of not only cultural and religious conflict, but also declining acknowledgment of the importance of literature, this project, in emphasising Shakespeare as a medium for better understanding ourselves as a global community - by celebrating the 'between' - could be infinitely valuable. Narrative historicism will empower the archive to tell its own story as part of a consolidated methodology that implements order through the internal narrative of the collection, as opposed to imposing order upon the collection from the outside, as is the norm in much curatorial as well as scholarly practice. I would also employ critical discourse analysis and digital humanities method/ologies with which I am conversant through my current MRes studies. My suitability for this role as a cultural archaeologist and curator lies not only in my creativity and credentials, but my curiosity about stories that have not yet been told. Being led by curiosity, rather than expectation or agenda, should 'free' unknown historical and cross-cultural narratives, and insure against colonization of the collection.