Agency and Identity in the Urban Built Environment in the Histories and Heritage of Minority Religious Communities: How access to changing urban space

少数民族宗教社区历史和遗产中城市建筑环境的能动性和身份：如何进入不断变化的城市空间

• 批准号: 2444776
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Bath
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2444776
• 关键词: Agency; Identity; Urban; Built; Environment

This research proposes to look at how the experience, identity and sense of belonging for Jewish communities are affected by and interact with their built environment. This will include an analysis of the research already undertaken into the urban built environment of Jewish communities, both active and 'defunct', alongside other interdisciplinary cultural studies concerning other minority faiths, cultures and communities. I will also analyse the current representation of minority heritage in 'traditional' sites of heritage interaction, such as museums, and, more specifically, review how and which aspects of Jewish heritage are presented. This will include looking at discussions surrounding history versus heritage - the narrative of the past versus the values placed on practices, objects or places because of an historical narrative - and how these fit into Jewish communities' experiences. The above research would form the basis of my secondary research, whilst my primary research will focus on engagement with Jewish communities themselves. Whilst there have been studies into architectural buildings and sites of Jewish heritage, Sharman Kadish's Jewish Heritage in Britain and Ireland: An Architectural Guide being the most notable, many of the studies so far have concentrated more on statistical and quantitative analysis over qualitative data (Kadish 2015). There are exceptions, such as the report by Historic England on British Jewish Cemeteries and the challenges around preserving them, but very little qualitative analysis on the relationship between space and heritage for Jewish communities has been undertaken (Barker Langham, 2015). In order to contribute to this gap in knowledge, I propose to use ethnographical methods of data collection, as utilised in the Barker Langham consultation report and other studies in the field of minority cultures and identity. These include conducting interviews, questionnaires and observing and engaging with communities to understand how their access to, and use of, space impacts their ideas of heritage and relates to on their identity. I will look to see if these findings reflect either the work that has already been done in this area and the current presentation of Jewish heritage in wider heritage interactions. I hope to engage with Jewish communities that represent both a geographical spread across the country, differing sizes of communities and different denominations. This would not only allow a comparison in terms of whether being a part of large community impacts on identity but also whether different theological standpoints enhances or diminishes these connections. It is hoped that this research will create a better understanding of the Jewish communities' interaction with their heritage and lead to a deeper understanding of their sense of place, identity, belonging as modern British Jews. Alongside this I hope that it will be able to provide suggestions for future heritage management plans for both Jewish communities and heritage professionals to showcase the diversity of the British Jewish community. Works cited:Barker Langham. (2015). Jewish Burial Grounds: Understanding Values. Report Undertaken for Historic England. [Online]. Available at https://research.historicengland.org.uk/Report.aspx?i=1579. [Accessed 9th October 2020]. Kadish. S. (2015). Jewish heritage in England: An architectural guide. Swindon: English Heritage.

这项研究旨在研究犹太社区的体验、身份和归属感如何受到其建筑环境的影响并与之相互作用。这将包括对已经对犹太社区的城市建筑环境（包括活跃的和“不存在的”）进行的研究进行分析，以及涉及其他少数群体信仰、文化和社区的其他跨学科文化研究。我还将分析当前少数民族遗产在遗产互动的“传统”场所（例如博物馆）中的代表性，更具体地说，回顾犹太遗产的呈现方式和哪些方面。这将包括围绕历史与遗产的讨论——过去的叙述与由于历史叙述而赋予实践、物体或地点的价值观——以及这些如何融入犹太社区的经历。上述研究将构成我的二次研究的基础，而我的主要研究将侧重于与犹太社区本身的接触。虽然对犹太遗产的建筑和遗址进行了研究，但沙曼·卡迪什 (Sharman Kadish) 的《英国和爱尔兰的犹太遗产：建筑指南》(Jewish Heritage in Britain and Ireland: An Architectural Guide) 最为引人注目，但迄今为止的许多研究更多地集中在统计和定量分析而不是定性数据上（卡迪什2015）。也有例外，例如历史英格兰关于英国犹太公墓及其保护挑战的报告，但很少对犹太社区的空间与遗产之间的关系进行定性分析（Barker Langham，2015）。为了弥补这一知识差距，我建议使用人种学数据收集方法，如巴克·朗厄姆咨询报告和少数民族文化和身份领域的其他研究中所使用的那样。其中包括进行访谈、问卷调查以及观察和与社区互动，以了解他们对空间的访问和使用如何影响他们的遗产观念以及他们的身份。我将看看这些发现是否反映了该领域已经完成的工作以及当前犹太遗产在更广泛的遗产互动中的表现。我希望与代表全国各地、不同规模的社区和不同教派的犹太社区进行接触。这不仅可以比较作为大型社区的一部分是否对身份的影响，还可以比较不同的神学立场是否增强或减弱了这些联系。希望这项研究能够更好地了解犹太社区与其遗产的互动，并更深入地了解他们作为现代英国犹太人的地方感、身份感和归属感。除此之外，我希望它能够为犹太社区和遗产专业人士的未来遗产管理计划提供建议，以展示英国犹太社区的多样性。引用作品：Barker Langham。 （2015）。犹太墓地：理解价值观。为历史悠久的英格兰进行的报告。 [在线的]。参见 https://research.historicengland.org.uk/Report.aspx?i=1579。 [2020 年 10 月 9 日访问]。卡迪什。 S.（2015）。英国的犹太遗产：建筑指南。斯温顿：英国遗产。