Maricevic, Maja;
(2023)
In Between the Cracks: research functions of the UK national
cultural organisations.
Doctoral thesis (Ph.D), UCL (University College London).
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Abstract
This thesis advances our knowledge of research functions in the UK national cultural organisations in the second half of the 20th and the first decades of the 21st century. Based on archival research and interviews with professionals in the UK national cultural organisations and relevant governmental bodies, the thesis explores the current state of research and how research functions in the UK national cultural organisations relate to the UK cultural and science policy. The thesis also considers the nature of institutional relationships with the UK government, especially in relation to the governmental fragmentation related to different functions of the UK national cultural organisations. The thesis considers the effect of this fragmentation on institutional research functions. Using three case studies, from the British Museum, the British Library and the Natural History Museum, the thesis looks at the changes in research functions in the context of institutional changes in the second part of the 20th century, with a series of critical junctures identified during the 1990s. At this time, the changes in funding, policy, and organisational priorities, led to a change from traditional curatorial research models towards more projectbased, shorter term, externally funded research models. The case studies explore the role of institutional governance in relation to institutional research functions and investigate the changing understanding of research in the UK national cultural organisations. The thesis creates a new framework for this neglected area of research, showing the importance of connecting our understanding of research functions in the UK national cultural organisations with government policy and the context of broader institutional changes, thus opening new directions for future research and policy development.
| Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Qualification: | Ph.D |
| Title: | In Between the Cracks: research functions of the UK national cultural organisations |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © The Author 2023. Original content in this thesis is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Any third-party copyright material present remains the property of its respective owner(s) and is licensed under its existing terms. Access may initially be restricted at the author’s request. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of Archaeology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10181719 |
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