Voices from the Periphery: (De-)Constructing and Contesting Public Narratives about Post-Industrial Marginalization (VOICES)

来自外围的声音：关于后工业边缘化的公共叙事的（去）建构和争论（VOICES）

• 批准号: AH/Y007603/1
• 负责人: Antje Glück
• 金额: $ 43.97万
• 依托单位: Bournemouth University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2024
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2024 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FY007603%2F1
• 关键词: Voices; Periphery; De; Constructing; Contesting

Summary of the VOICES project'Post-industrialism' is often understood in public and academic discourse as code for decay,deprivation, poverty, unemployment, extremism and racism. These stereotypical andstigmatizing images of post-industrial communities usually enter a society's consciousnessthrough the media. However, whether residents of post-industrial communities identify withthese public narratives, even perceive themselves as outsiders, disempowered anddisadvantaged-in other words, as 'marginalized'-is one of the research gaps that theVOICES project seeks to fill. Using a systematic research design informed by critical discoursetheory and social structure/inequality research, the project aims to contrast an elite-centeredwith a grassroots perspective on the marginalization of post-industrial milieus: first, byexamining the role of the media as key agents in the public construction of post-industrialmarginalization and the formation of post-industrial marginalized identities; and second, byexploring the modes of subjectification of residents of post-industrial centers against thesedominant mass-mediated narratives. Two thematic work packages will investigate fiveinterrelated areas to analyze cultural manifestations such as marginalization: media regulation,media production and representation (top-down perspectives), media consumption, and theidentity of post-industrial milieus (bottom-up perspectives). The study will compare threecommunities in Northern England (Middlesbrough, Rotherham and Redcar) and EasternGermany (Eisenhüttenstadt, Weisswasser and Lauchhammer), all of which have seen thedecline of historically identity-forming industrial work. The lived realities of these post-industrialcommunities will be made tangible through a citizen science approach, including qualitativestorytelling salons, in-depth interviews, focus groups and diaries-ultimately with the goal ofproviding a more nuanced perspective of post-industrial milieus and their self-perceptions,experiences, feelings and views, including those that may have a negative impact on a nation'sdemocratic culture. On the media front, critical discourse analyses of relevant news and socialmedia, as well as interviews with journalists and focus groups, are planned to identify potentialmarginalization drivers within both countries' media systems. Through this holistic, systematicand comparative approach, the scientific aim of the VOICES project is to (re)conceptualize'media marginalization' to make the concept fruitful for future research at the intersection ofsocial structure/inequality research, media and communication studies. The main impact of theproject is to develop recommendations to mitigate media marginalization and to give voice toand listen to people from publicly marginalized communities through a variety of outputs suchas digital storytelling salons, podcasts and journalist guidelines for reporting onmarginalization.

声音项目摘要“后工业主义”在公共和学术话语中常常被理解为腐朽、匮乏、贫困、失业、极端主义和种族主义的代号，这些后工业社区的刻板印象和污名化形象通常通过媒体进入社会意识。然而，后工业社区的居民是否认同这些公共叙事，甚至认为自己是局外人、被剥夺权力和处于不利地位——换句话说，他们是否认同这些公共叙事？ “边缘化”是VOICES项目试图填补的研究空白之一，该项目利用批判性话语理论和社会结构/不平等研究的系统性研究设计，旨在对比以精英为中心和草根阶层的边缘化观点。后工业环境：首先，审视媒体作为后工业边缘化公共建设和后工业边缘化身份形成的关键推动者的作用；通过探索后工业中心居民的主体化模式，反对这些占主导地位的大众媒介叙事，两个主题工作包将调查五个相互关联的领域，以分析边缘化等文化表现形式：媒体监管、媒体生产和再现（自上而下的视角）。 、媒体消费和后工业环境的认同（自下而上的视角） 该研究将比较英格兰北部（米德尔斯堡、罗瑟勒姆和雷德卡）和德国东部的三个社区。 （Eisenhüttenstadt、Weisswasser 和 Lauchhammer），所有这些都见证了形成历史身份的工业工作的衰落。这些后工业社区的生活现实将通过公民科学方法变得具体，包括定性讲故事沙龙。访谈、焦点小组和日记——最终目的是提供后工业环境及其自我认知、经历、计划对相关新闻和社交媒体进行批判性话语分析，以及对记者和焦点小组的采访，以识别可能对国家民主文化产生负面影响的感受和观点。通过这种整体、系统和比较的方法，VOICES 项目的科学目标是（重新）概念化“媒体边缘化”，使该概念在社会结构/不平等研究的交叉点上取得丰硕成果。媒体和该项目的主要影响是提出建议，以减轻媒体边缘化，并通过数字讲故事沙龙、播客和报道边缘化的记者指南等各种产出，向公共边缘化社区的人们发出声音并倾听他们的声音。