Heritage, Time, Industrial Change, and Inequality in the Rural British Idyll

在回应在文化研究中强调政治经济学和阶级的呼声时，我将时间和遗产的讨论结合在一起，在面对日益加剧的社会两极分化的情况下研究叙事构建。我的问题是：在面对工业变革和经济不平等的英国农村，时间的经验和遗产的项目是如何塑造历史和地点的叙述的？在我提议的康沃尔郡Newlyn和Mousehole的实地考察中，传统的渔业在经济意义上已逐渐被旅游业和服务业所取代。从事人种学和历史调查，我的目标是研究该地区日益加剧的不平等和士绅化的机制和叙述。这将需要研究农村工业变革、农村福利国家的相互作用、紧缩政策和Covid-19大流行对这些社区的影响，以及与不平等有关的时间和地点的异质经历。我计划对英国渔业社区的脱欧进行一项新颖、深入、历史和民族志方面的研究，并了解怀旧情绪是如何为金融或政治目的而积极产生的。我想探索资本驱动的渔村发展成为“真实的目的地”，并通过与当地遗产团体的接触，探讨当地政治和身份问题。

While responding to calls for a foregrounding of political economy and class in the study of culture, I bring togetherdiscussions of time and heritage in my proposal to examine narrative-construction in the face of increasing socialpolarisation. I ask: How are experiences of time and projects of heritage shaping narratives of history and place in theface of industrial change and economic inequality in rural Britain? In my proposed field sites of Newlyn and Mousehole,Cornwall, the traditional fishing industry has been gradually replaced in economic significance by tourism and the servicesector. Engaging in both an ethnographic and historical investigation, I aim to examine the mechanisms and narratives ofincreasing inequality and gentrification in the area. This will entail a study of rural industrial change, rural welfare stateinteraction, and the impact of austerity policy and the Covid-19 pandemic in these communities, as well as ofheterogeneous experiences of time and conceptions of place in relation to inequality. I plan on developing a novel, indepth, historical and ethnographic examination of Brexit in British fishing communities, and building an understanding ofhow nostalgic sentiment might be actively produced for financial or political ends. I want to explore the capital-drivendevelopment of fishing villages into 'destinations of authenticity' and, through an engagement with local heritage groups,matters of local politics and identity.