Widening participation and increasing access to Cultural Heritage Activities in Georgia: Magnifying Impact.

扩大格鲁吉亚文化遗产活动的参与范围和机会：扩大影响力。

• 批准号: AH/X008738/1
• 负责人: Emma Loosley Leeming
• 金额: $ 11.43万
• 依托单位: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FX008738%2F1
• 关键词: Widening; participation; increasing; access; Cultural

Since the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 post-Soviet societies have had to negotiate their post-Communist identities during a period of challenging geopolitical changes, and the Republic of Georgia has suffered particularly badly due to the reluctance of Russia to accept Georgian independence. In fact approximately 20% of Georgian territory is currently occupied by Russia and this situation means that there are additional political, societal and economic strains on Georgian society caused by decades of being enmeshed in a frozen conflict. A series of economic shocks, most recently the global downturn caused by the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, has negatively impacted all aspects of Georgian society where a largely agrarian economy had been diversifying to attract funding from eco-tourism and tours for wine-lovers and outdoor pursuits enthusiasts. The sudden cessation of foreign currency from tourism, linked to cuts in foreign aid (for example ending Global Challenges Research Fund) coming as it did as Covid rates spiralled out of control, have led to an even more precarious financial position for the heritage sector in Georgia. The Georgian National Museum (GNM) is currently in crisis over the condition of the State Art Museum ( https://www.agenda.ge/en/news/2021/2068) which is part of the GNM and a significant Tbilisi landmark and, even more seriously, due to the fact that the Minister of Culture is trying to bring all cultural heritage agencies under the control of the ruling Georgian Dream political party (https://news.artnet.com/art-world/employees-fired-from-state-run-museums-in-georgia-2124928). The union reports that specialist posts are being filled by prosecutors rather than museum professionals and the situation is currently ongoing and unresolved.In the face of these severe financial and societal challenges, the work of the Education Department of the GNM is more important than ever before. The PI, Co-Is, and education team have been liaising with schoolteachers across the country on what kind of teaching packs they need to help them incorporate archaeological and art historical materials in their lesson plans. This outreach has involved running day courses at the Museum of Georgia in Tbilisi to teach good practice in using museum contexts for educational purposes - teachers who have attended now have the skills to plan lessons for teaching in museums or other heritage sites and have learned how to use enquiry-based learning and object-based learning methodologies to encourage independent learning techniques. As well as supporting teachers and also offering sessions to curatorial staff, so that they learn how to engage with teachers in a more productive and collegiate manner, the project has thus far involved day trips and summer schools for children who are internally displaced (domestic refugees), from ethnic or religious minorities, from remote rural communities or who are in the social care system.All these methods have been developed since a pilot project began in 2017 with seed funding from the University of Exeter. The receipt of an AHRC Networking Grant in 2019 allowed us to expand the project further and reach more communities across Georgia but ended in March 2022, with the societal need for this outreach work now greater than ever. The 2020 war between Azerbaijan and Armenia has enflamed local tensions and destabilised the situation in southern Georgia where there are sizable communities of ethnic Azeris and Armenians living in the same territories. Therefore, the GMN has approached the PI and UK Co-I to ask if the earlier work could be expanded substantially in Samtskhe-Javakheti and Kvemo Kartli provinces with the aim of promoting inclusivity and diversity via local schools. This impact follow-on funding is intended to promote the peaceful co-habitation of disparate communities through an educational programme that highlights the centuries of co-operation and interaction in the region.

自1991年苏联解体以来，后苏联社会在一个挑战地缘政治变化时期不得不谈判其后共产主义的身份，乔治亚共和国由于俄罗斯不愿接受佐治亚人的独立而遭受了特别严重的苦难。实际上，目前约有20％的格鲁吉亚领土被俄罗斯占领，这种情况意味着，由于在冰冻的冲突中被吸引而造成的格鲁吉亚社会还有其他政治，社会和经济压力。一系列经济冲击，最近是由于199日大流行的影响而引起的全球衰退，对格鲁吉亚社会的各个方面产生了负面影响，在这些方面，在很大程度上，农业经济多样化，以吸引生态旅游业和葡萄酒群和户外户外运动爱好者的资金。旅游货币从旅游业突然停止，与外国援助的削减有关（例如，结束全球挑战​​研究基金），因为与之相关的速度蓬勃发展，这导致了佐治亚州遗产部门的财务状况更加不稳定。格鲁吉亚国家博物馆（GNM）目前因国家艺术博物馆的状况（https://wwwww.agenda.ge/en/news/news/2021/2068）处于危机状态，这是GNM的一部分，是Tbilisi Landmark的一部分，这是一个重要的Tbilisi Landmark，甚至更加认真的，由于文化的统治，所有文化的统治者都在统治着所有文化的统治者，因此该统治者的统治地位是统治者的统治者。派对（https://news.artnet.com/art-world/employees-fired-fired-from-state-run-museums-in-georgia-2124928）。工会报告说，专业职位是由检察官而不是博物馆专业人士填补的，而且情况目前正在进行和尚未解决。 PI，Co-IS和教育团队一直在全国范围内与学校老师联系，以帮助他们将考古和艺术历史材料纳入其课程计划中。这种外展活动涉及在第比利斯佐治亚州乔治亚州博物馆的跑步日课程，以教授良好的练习，以将博物馆的环境用于教育目的 - 现在参加过的教师具有计划在博物馆或其他传统网站上教学的技能，并已经学会了如何使用基于基于对象的学习和基于对象的学习方法来鼓励独立的学习技术。除了为教师提供支持，还向策展员工提供会议，以便他们学习如何以更有生产力和大学的方式与老师互动，到目前为止，该项目还涉及一日游和夏季学校，为内部的儿童（家庭难民）（家庭难民），远离种族或宗教少数群体，远离农村社区或从事社交护理系统中的人与杂种的计划。 2019年获得AHRC网络赠款的收到使我们能够进一步扩大该项目并吸引更多的佐治亚州社区，但于2022年3月结束，现在对这项外展工作的社会需求比以往任何时候都要大。 2020年阿塞拜疆和亚美尼亚之间的战争弥补了当地的紧张局势，并破坏了乔治亚州南部的局势，那里有相当大的阿塞拉国人民和亚美尼亚人居住在同一地区。因此，GMN已与PI和UK Co-I联系，询问Samtskhe-Javakheti和Kvemo Kartli省是否可以大大扩展早期工作，以通过当地学校促进包容性和多样性。这种影响的后续资金旨在通过一项教育计划来促进不同社区的和平合同，该计划突出该地区的合作和互动数百年。