Nottingham Playhouse: A Cultural History and Analysis of its Community Engagement

诺丁汉剧场：文化历史及其社区参与分析

• 批准号: 2545602
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Nottingham Trent University
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2019
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2019 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2545602
• 关键词: Nottingham; Playhouse; Cultural; History; Analysis

This project will be undertaken in partnership with Nottingham Trent University (NTU) and Nottingham Playhouse (NP) to develop a cultural history of the NP alongside a comprehensive analysis of the impact of the community-facing life of the theatre, mapping NP's community and outreach initiatives through engaging with both archival and community-based research. Exploring the pre-identified research questions using methodologies derived from Public Sociology methods such as ethnography and Participatory Action Research to complement Cultural History methodologies. Ultimately, I would make a toolkit encompassing recommendations for different outreach and engagement strategies and map a policy for NP by extrapolating from the data and information the research uncovers. I will ensure, wherever I am able, to introduce elements of co-production in both research and dissemination. I will employ a historiographic approach to the archival research, which provides a framework for the ethnographic study of the NP through archival research (Ventresca and Mohr, 2001). Archive study will involve visits to: the Nottingham Evening Post (Nottingham), British Library (London), TNA (Surrey) and the MACE archives (Lincoln), though more sites may be identified through this research. The archival work currently is estimated at 12 weeks. Developing a cultural history of the NP as an organisation through the archive materials will be most successful if the experiences of the groups and individuals can be established and show the progress of the NP, assisting in the evaluatory element of the CDA (collaborative doctoral award). I envisage needing more specific training in archival work that could be undertaken with The National Archives, a M4C partner. The CDA will build upon my academic development during BA and MA where I was able to develop concrete cultural engagement experience in conducting two previous research projects for Nottingham-based arts and culture organisations. At the National Video Game Arcade, I developed a feedback strategy for their Pixleheads education programme, and Place at the Renewal Trust, where I began to create an evaluation strategy for their participatory community arts programmes. As I have outlined, I have relevant experience of working within this sector in a research capacity and strong qualitative methodological skills to apply to this project. In regard to the identified need to disseminate work-in-progress, I run a blog on critical-digital culture focusing on "how the values people hold interact with their use of technology" and am comfortable using different digital tools such as, WordPress and video editing software (Adobe Creative Suite) to create accessible content that engages different audiences. The context of this CDA lies in the work already being undertaken at the NP, particularly within the participation initiatives. The democratisation of all aspects of theatre within the NP is in line with emerging development of cultural democracy within the arts sector as a whole. The report 'Towards Cultural Democracy' (Kings College London, 2017) outlines the need to identify cultural capability to move towards cultural democracy and this is what this project would aim to facilitate for the NP. I have contacted The NP and they have advised me of the identified key groups that they would like the initial research to focus upon: Areas of deprivation and low engagement - 50/50 tickets, pay what you can work with people with disabilities - Enabled Upstart work with older people of all backgrounds - Encore group for the over 50s work in schools - Taking work into classrooms, Arts Mark partnership and Schools Massive

该项目将与诺丁汉特伦特大学 (NTU) 和诺丁汉剧场 (NP) 合作开展，以发展 NP 的文化历史，同时全面分析剧院面向社区生活的影响，绘制 NP 的社区和外展地图通过参与档案和社区研究来采取举措。使用源自公共社会学方法（例如民族志和参与行动研究）的方法来探索预先确定的研究问题，以补充文化史方法。最终，我将制作一个工具包，其中包含针对不同外展和参与策略的建议，并通过研究发现的数据和信息推断来制定 NP 政策。我将确保尽可能在研究和传播方面引入联合制作的要素。 我将采用史学方法进行档案研究，这为通过档案研究对 NP 进行民族志研究提供了一个框架（Ventresca 和 Mohr，2001）。档案研究将涉及访问：《诺丁汉晚报》（诺丁汉）、大英图书馆（伦敦）、TNA（萨里）和 MACE 档案馆（林肯），不过通过这项研究可能会确定更多地点。目前档案工作预计需要 12 周。如果可以建立团体和个人的经验并展示 NP 的进步，并协助 CDA（合作博士奖）的评估要素，那么通过档案材料发展 NP 作为一个组织的文化历史将是最成功的。我设想需要在档案工作方面进行更具体的培训，这些培训可以与 M4C 的合作伙伴国家档案馆一起进行。 CDA 将建立在我学士和硕士学位期间的学术发展基础上，我在为诺丁汉艺术和文化组织开展之前的两个研究项目时积累了具体的文化参与经验。在国家电子游戏中心，我为他们的 Pixleheads 教育计划制定了反馈策略，并在复兴信托基金中，我开始为他们的参与性社区艺术计划制定评估策略。正如我所概述的，我拥有在该领域工作的相关经验、研究能力和强大的定性方法技能，可应用于该项目。关于传播正在进行的工作的确定需求，我运营了一个关于批判性数字文化的博客，重点关注“人们所持有的价值观如何与他们对技术的使用相互作用”，并且很乐意使用不同的数字工具，例如 WordPress 和视频编辑软件 (Adobe Creative Suite)，用于创建吸引不同受众的易于访问的内容。该 CDA 的背景在于 NP 已经开展的工作，特别是在参与倡议方面。国家剧院各方面的民主化与整个艺术领域文化民主的新兴发展是一致的。 《迈向文化民主》报告（伦敦国王学院，2017 年）概述了确定文化能力以迈向文化民主的必要性，这正是该项目旨在为 NP 提供便利的目标。我已经联系了 NP，他们向我建议了他们希望初步研究重点关注的已确定的关键群体： 贫困和参与度低的领域 - 50/50 门票，支付你可以与残疾人一起工作的费用 - 启用暴发户与各种背景的老年人合作 - Encore 小组为 50 岁以上的学校工作 - 将工作带入课堂、Arts Mark 合作伙伴关系和 Schools Massive