Past, present and future: connecting communities with shared histories

过去、现在和未来：将具有共同历史的社区联系起来

基本信息

批准号：
AH/M008665/1
负责人：
Matthew Hilton
金额：
$ 9.96万
依托单位：
University of Birmingham
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2015
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2015 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FM008665%2F1
关键词：
Past present future connecting communities

项目摘要

The project will stimulate impact amongst new audiences and partners by staging active encounters with the Mendelsohn archive: 3,000 images taken when Mendelsohn was a student at CCCS in the 1960s, and interviews she conducted with her subjects. Undertaken in collaboration with project partners - Flatpack Film Festival, Ikon Gallery, Library of Birmingham (LoB), Ort Café and Some Cities - activities will consist of: A 'pop up' outdoor exhibition in Balsall Heath, the Birmingham district where the Mendelsohn photographs were taken, run by Flatpack.A local discussion event at Ort Café in Balsall Heath, and a symposium at the LoB.Two photography workshops with hard-to-reach communities run by Some Cities, a local photography collective.A major exhibition at Ikon, the most prominent art gallery in the region.The project follows on from the original project in encouraging audiences to engage with the legacy of CCCS by thinking critically about society. It moves beyond it, however, by working in innovative ways with hard-to-reach communities in order to challenge stereotypes about the areas in which they live, engage communities in thinking critically about their own lives, and form a definition of culture inclusive of ordinary people's experiences.First, the project will connect hard-to-reach communities with their shared histories via the Mendelsohn archive. Second, it will encourage communities to think critically about their own experiences and aspirations. Third, the project will enable communities to form visual representations of these experiences and aspirations via photography. Fourth, it will challenge stereotypes regarding life in inner-city areas and the meaning of 'culture'. And fifth, the project will develop the working practices of partner organisations, both in terms of their way of working with hard-to-reach audiences and their own understandings of culture. The local discussion event and 'pop up' exhibition will engage Balsall Heath communities with the Mendelsohn archive and facilitate knowledge exchange between academics and communities. The exhibition will reach audiences who do not usually engage with impact activities while the photographic focus will help facilitate an engagement with those who do not speak English as a first language and can therefore be excluded from activities reliant on written material; an interpreter will be employed to facilitate communication as necessary. By engaging with their shared histories, communities will be encouraged to think critically about their own experiences and, through the photography workshops, form a visual record of their lives in Balsall Heath.The Ikon exhibition and LoB symposium will challenge audiences more generally to modify preconceptions of 'culture' and life in inner-city areas. Ikon's reputation means the exhibition will reach audiences from across the country, while the LoB attracts 2,000,000 annual visitors. By putting Mendelsohn's photographs of Balsall Heath and those produced by current residents in these artistic and civic contexts, the project will challenge both negative stereotypes about inner-city areas and conservative understandings of culture that discount the experiences of ordinary people. The project will thus also develop the practices of partner organisations to include active engagement with communities such as those in Balsall Heath. The project will be based at the Centre for Modern British Studies (MBS), University of Birmingham (UoB). Partly inspired by CCCS, MBS is committed to developing new forms of impact. In the context of anxieties over community cohesion, the project represents a timely intervention that celebrates diversity and stimulates dialogue about community aspirations. Its legacies will be ensured by the production of an exhibition catalogue as well as the deposition of the new archive of photographs alongside the Mendelsohn archive in the Cadbury Research Library, UoB.

该项目将通过与门德尔松档案的积极接触来激发新观众和合作伙伴的影响力：门德尔松 20 世纪 60 年代在 CCCS 就读时拍摄的 3,000 张照片，以及她与项目合作伙伴 Flatpack Film 合作进行的采访。节日、Ikon 画廊、伯明翰图书馆 (LoB)、Ort 咖啡馆和一些城市 - 活动将包括：在伯明翰区 Balsall Heath 举办的“弹出”户外展览门德尔松照片的拍摄地，由 Flatpack 运营。在 Balsall Heath 的 Ort Café 举办了一场当地讨论活动，并在 LoB 举办了一场研讨会。由当地摄影团体 Some Cities 举办的两场针对偏远社区的摄影研讨会。该项目延续了最初的项目，鼓励观众通过批判性地思考社会来参与 CCCS 的遗产，但它以创新的方式超越了这一点。和旨在挑战人们对他们所居住地区的刻板印象，让社区批判性地思考自己的生活，并形成包容普通人经历的文化定义。首先，该项目将把难以接触到的社区联系起来。 -通过门德尔松档案向社区传达他们的共同历史。第三，该项目将使社区能够通过摄影形成这些经历和愿望的视觉表现。将挑战对市中心地区生活的刻板印象第五，该项目将发展合作伙伴组织的工作实践，包括他们与难以接触到的受众的合作方式以及他们自己对文化的理解。 “弹出”展览将让 Balsall Heath 社区与门德尔松档案馆接触，并促进学术界和社区之间的知识交流。该展览将吸引那些通常不参与影响力活动的观众，而摄影焦点将有助于促进与那些不发言的人的互动。英语作为第一语言，因此可以被排除在依赖书面材料的活动之外；将雇用一名翻译来促进必要的沟通，通过参与他们共同的历史，将鼓励社区批判性地思考他们自己的经历，并通过摄影研讨会形成视觉记录。 Ikon 展览和 LoB 研讨会将更广泛地挑战观众，改变他们对市中心地区“文化”和生活的偏见，这意味着 Ikon 展览将吸引来自全国各地的观众，而 LoB 也将吸引人们。通过将门德尔松拍摄的巴尔索尔希思照片以及当前居民拍摄的照片置于这些艺术和公民环境中，该项目将挑战对市中心地区的负面刻板印象以及对普通民众项目体验的保守理解。因此，还将发展合作伙伴组织的做法，包括与巴尔索尔希思等社区的积极参与。该项目将设在伯明翰大学现代英国研究中心（MBS）。（UoB）部分受到 CCCS 的启发，MBS 致力于在对社区凝聚力感到焦虑的背景下，采取及时的干预措施，促进多样性并促进有关社区愿望的对话。制作展览目录，并将新的照片档案与门德尔松档案一起存放在大学吉百利研究图书馆。