跳到0分6秒本课程介绍了乡村房屋在四个殖民时期与大英帝国的多种联系。这门课程对我来说是一种教育。但是现在,科琳·福勒(Corinne Fowler)教授,人们为什么要参加这门课程?好吧,英国是一个帝国,已经有四个世纪了,重要的是要进行有关英国殖民过去的循证对话,并思考真正截然不同的殖民活动对我们所谓的建筑遗产产生影响的方式。因此,这将包括我们在英国的国家房屋。这些活动大不相同。
跳到0分钟58秒So we’ve got the obvious trade in colonial goods, like tobacco and sugar and mahogany and so on, but we also have involvement with the East India Company and with the Atlantic world, including the enslavement of African people and all the profits which came from that. So it’s really a question of offering students on this course an access to pioneering historians in the field and also to give people a chance to compare the history that they learn on this course with the history they experienced at school. Historians, writers, and heritage professionals will guide you through the course. The colonial history of country houses is sensitive for many reasons. The course will help you communicate them effectively to others too.
跳到1分53秒本课程展示了乡村房屋如何揭示殖民鸿沟两边的人们的共同历史。