Ayahs and Amahs: Transcolonial Servants in Australia and Britain 1780-1945

Ayahs 和 Amahs：1780-1945 年澳大利亚和英国的跨殖民仆人

• 批准号: DP200100375
• 负责人: Prof Victoria Haskins
• 金额: $ 13.37万
• 依托单位: The University of Newcastle
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2020-07-01 至 2024-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP200100375
• 关键词: Ayahs; Amahs; Transcolonial; Servants; Australia

This project looks at female domestic care workers from India and China who travelled to Australia and elsewhere during the period of British colonialism. Accompanying colonial families along circuits of empire between Australia, Asia, and the UK over two centuries, these were extraordinarily mobile women. By exploring the historical experiences and cultural memories of these earliest global domestic workers, the project aims to illuminate a broader transcolonial history of domestic work. Expected outcomes include a number of publications and a website; and the project offers the social and cultural benefits to be gained by advancing our historical understanding of the forgotten cross-cultural relationships that have shaped our world today.

这个项目着眼于来自印度和中国的女性家政护理人员，她们在英国殖民时期前往澳大利亚和其他地方。两个多世纪以来，伴随着殖民家庭在澳大利亚、亚洲和英国之间的帝国巡回演出，这些人都是流动性极强的女性。通过探索这些最早的全球家政工人的历史经历和文化记忆，该项目旨在阐明家政工作更广泛的跨殖民历史。预期成果包括一些出版物和一个网站；该项目提供了社会和文化利益，通过促进我们对已塑造当今世界的被遗忘的跨文化关系的历史了解而获得的社会和文化利益。