Representations of Northern Identity in Yorkshire Crime and Punishment Museums

Q2 Arts and Humanities

International Journal of Regional and Local History Pub Date : 2017-07-03 DOI:10.1080/20514530.2017.1400718

R. Pickin

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Courtrooms and prisons have historically been the centres of local justice. A number of these buildings now house museums of crime and punishment. These sites often focus on local histories linked to physical structures to present this history to regional, national, and international visitors. For these museums based in the North of England, portrayals of convicts are affected by contemporary understandings of Northern identity and penal heritage. National representations of Northern identity, such as those described by Dave Russell, can feed into these museum interpretations due to the variety of visitors to these sites. The museums also play a part in the construction and encapsulation of identity for local visitors. This paper will focus on observation results from two case study sites in Yorkshire, Ripon Museums, and York Castle Museum, to examine the variety of ways Northern identity is represented within sites linked to crime and punishment history.

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约克郡罪与罚博物馆中的北方身份表征

摘要法院和监狱历来是地方司法的中心。这些建筑中的许多现在是犯罪和惩罚博物馆的所在地。这些网站通常关注与物理结构相关的当地历史，向地区、国家和国际游客展示这段历史。对于这些位于英格兰北部的博物馆来说，罪犯的形象受到当代对北方身份和刑罚遗产的理解的影响。由于这些遗址的游客种类繁多，戴夫·拉塞尔（Dave Russell）所描述的北方身份的国家代表可以融入这些博物馆的解读。博物馆也在为当地游客构建和封装身份方面发挥了作用。本文将重点关注约克郡里彭博物馆和约克城堡博物馆这两个案例研究地点的观察结果，以研究北方身份在与犯罪和惩罚历史相关的地点中的各种表现方式。

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International Journal of Regional and Local History Arts and Humanities-History

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期刊介绍： The International Journal of Regional and Local History aims to publish high-quality academic articles which address the history of regions and localities in the medieval, early-modern and modern eras. Regional and local are defined in broad terms, encouraging their examination in both urban and rural contexts, and as administrative, cultural and geographical entities. Regional histories may transcend both local and national boundaries, and offer a means of interrogating the temporality of such structures. Such histories might broaden understandings arrived at through a national focus or help develop agendas for future exploration. The subject matter of regional and local histories invites a number of methodological approaches including oral history, comparative history, cultural history and history from below. We welcome contributions situated in these methodological frameworks but are also keen to elicit inter-disciplinary work which seeks to understand the history of regions or localities through the methodologies of geography, sociology or cultural studies. The journal also publishes book reviews and review articles on themes relating to regional or local history.