The Past We Inherit, the Future We Shape: Investigating Sustainable and Creative Futures for Heritage Organisations with Social Purpose.

研究课题/问题：面对经济紧缩，资金来源和可用资源减少，中小企业文物机构在展示价值方面面临越来越大的压力。一些企业一直在探索如何重新定位，以在经济价值之外实现更广泛的公共和社会利益议程。北极光在这一领域进行了创造性的尝试，与其他中小企业遗产组织一样，它在组织、项目和社区层面面临着实施和可持续性的挑战。最近的研究解决了相关问题，尤其是围绕艺术和文化的价值和好处（例如Crossick & Kaszynska 2016）。然而，在公共政策中，价值仍然以截然不同的方式接近，其强调经济措施和学术研究，主要反对“将文化实践减少为金融代理”（O' brien 2014:79; Belfiore & Upchurch 2013）。此外，在理解遗产如何促进社会、经济和环境价值方面存在重大差距（例如，Bonacchi 2013; Burtenshaw 2017; Jones 2017; Resera & Bentrupperbaumer, 2005）。因此，迫切需要研究中小企业遗产组织如何应对快速变化的经济，并与旨在实现社会目的的新兴经济实践理论进行对话（Mazzucato 2018）。中小企业文物机构如何构建使命、需求和价值的理念？他们如何驾驭遗产和创意经济来实现他们的愿景？遗产研究和公共政策奖学金如何促进这些发展？研究背景，方法和来源，原创性/创新和对知识的贡献：目标是：1。描绘中小企业文物组织运作的政治、政策和资金领域。增加对不断变化的组织优先事项和面向公众价值的实践的认识和理解。3. 检查在组织、社区和项目层面创造可持续发展的风险、挑战和机遇。研究遗产组织如何通过与创意产业的合作和整合来提高其可持续性。为传统中小企业开发新的工作模式，并改进由专业机构（如HES、MGS、Creative Scotland、CIfA、FAME、IHBC）制定的政策和指导。为了回答这些问题，我将认真对待“合作”的主张（Estalella和Criado 2018），在广泛定性的民族志方法中结合基于调查的定量分析。我将融入北极光并参与他们的项目，以了解该组织的优先事项、实践、挑战和机遇。这种明确的干预主义方法（Pink and Morgan 2013）旨在促进对新兴实践和可持续未来的研究和支持。定性研究方法，包括批判性评估方法（Seale et al. 2004）将用于增加与社区遗产项目相关的经验和价值的知识。

Research question(s)/problem: In the face of economic austerity, with reduced sources of funding and available resources, SME heritage organisations have been under increased pressures to demonstrate value. Some have been exploring how they can re-orientate to fulfil a wider range of public and social benefit agendas in addition to economic value. Northlight is creatively experimenting in this area, and like other SME heritage organisations it faces challenges in implementation and sustainability at organisational, project and community levels.Recent research has addressed related questions, most notably around the value and benefits of arts and culture (e.g. Crossick & Kaszynska 2016). However, value is still approached in profoundly different ways in public policy, with its stress on economic measures, and academic research, which predominantly opposes 'reduction of cultural practices to financial proxies' (O'Brien 2014:79; also Belfiore & Upchurch 2013). Furthermore, there are significant gaps in understanding how heritage contributes to social, economic and environmental values (e.g. Bonacchi 2013; Burtenshaw 2017; Jones 2017, Resera & Bentrupperbaumer, 2005). There is therefore a pressing need for research focusing on how SME heritage organisations respond to rapidly changing economies, in dialogue with emerging theories of economic practice aimed at social purpose (Mazzucato 2018). How are SME heritage organisations framing ideas of mission, need and value? How are they navigating heritage and creative economies to implement their visions? How can heritage studies and public policy scholarship contribute to these developments?Research context, methods and sources, originality/innovation and contribution to knowledge:The objectives are to: 1. Map the political, policy and funding arenas in which SME heritage organisations are operating.2. Increase knowledge and understanding of changing organisational priorities and practices oriented towards public values. 3. Examine the risks, challenges and opportunities for creating sustainability at organisational, community and project levels.4. Investigate how heritage organisations can increase their sustainability through collaboration and integration with creative industries.5. Develop new working models for heritage SME's and improve policy and guidance produced by professional bodies (e.g. HES, MGS, Creative Scotland, CIfA, FAME, IHBC).Methodology and approachTo answer these questions, I will take the proposition of 'collaboration' as method seriously (Estalella and Criado 2018), within a broadly qualitative, ethnographic approach combined with survey-based quantitative analysis. I will be embedded in Northlight and participate in their projects, to understand the organisation's priorities, practices, challenges and opportunities. This explicitly interventionist methodology (Pink and Morgan 2013) is designed to facilitate research into, and support of, emergent practices and sustainable futures. Qualitative research methods, including critical approaches to evaluation (Seale et al. 2004) will be used to increase knowledge of the experiences and values associated with community heritage projects.