Magdalene Asylums, Prostitution and Law in Scotland, 1797-1956.

苏格兰的抹大拉庇护所、卖淫和法律，1797-1956 年。

• 批准号: ES/Y01023X/1
• 负责人: Jowita Thor
• 金额: $ 13.18万
• 依托单位: University of Strathclyde
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Fellowship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FY01023X%2F1
• 关键词: Magdalene; Asylums; Prostitution; Law; Scotland

The Fellowship will be an invaluable opportunity for me to disseminate knowledge about Scotland's forgotten history of marginalised, working-class women. My thesis was born out of social justice debates on Irish Magdalene asylums and the politics of redress. Magdalene asylums were residential institutions aimed at reforming women deemed in need of religious conversion and resocialisation. The twentieth-century Magdalene asylums in Ireland have dominated the current research field. Most of them were run by Catholic convents and many of them aimed at incarcerating inmates for life. Although they no longer exist, their history has a presentist perspective due to their abusive nature and ongoing debates about the complicity of the Irish state, Catholic Church, and Irish society in the coercive treatment of Magdalene survivors. In Scotland the Magdalene women included former prostitutes, as well as women who engaged in extra-marital sex, were victims of sexual and physical abuse, were former prisoners or who struggled with alcohol addiction. Despite their prolific use, there had been no comprehensive nation-wide study of Protestant Magdalene asylums. My thesis was the first such account for the period of 1797 - 1914 and identified around 25 Magdalene institutions. The last such institution closed in 1956 in Glasgow. Through my detailed historical account, I prepared ground for comparing the historical trajectories of Ireland and Scotland, as well as asking what social and legal factors determined the national differences and the lack of activism on behalf of former Scottish Magdalenes and their memory. During my Fellowship, I will undertake research on the origins of the current laws regulating prostitution in Scotland. It will deliver a genealogy of Scottish laws, of relevant social work and of conceptualisation of prostitution across social classes. My pre-liminary findings show that there is a striking continuity between the Victorian and current laws in Scotland. This research will be an important resource for legal experts, independent government advisors, social workers, and sex workers activists. It will show the need to reframe the current debates by pointing out the continuities during the last 200 years from which we can learn to propose innovative ways of talking about commercial sex. The Fellowship will be a major steppingstone for me towards further grants and fellowships during which I will be able to undertake a major research project on the socio-legal comparative history of prostitution in Scotland and Ireland. The Fellowship will give me time and resources to make my research available to people outside academia. I will popularise the history of Scotland's 'fallen' women, prostitution, and Magdalene asylums through walking tours in collaboration with local tour companies, speaking at BBC Radio/Podcast, and creating a commemorative plaque and information board in the Dalry Cemetery that was located near one of the biggest Magdalene Asylums in Scotland, the Edinburgh Magdalene Asylum. This will have a significant impact on cultivating Scottish historical heritage among tourists, local population and international audience. The activities and research I will undertake during the Fellowship will have a major impact on my career development. It will give me time and resources to enhance my doctoral thesis through additional research, publish my first monograph and a new article, and highlight the social and economic impact of my work. It will help me gain expertise as a historical criminologist - a career path I want to continue. Working with Professor Jane Scoular, who is one of the leading legal voices on commercial sex, and being able to dedicate a lot of time towards public engagement will strengthen my profile as an interdisciplinary researcher.

该奖学金将是一个宝贵的机会，我传播有关苏格兰的边缘化，工人阶级妇女被遗忘的历史知识。我的论文诞生于关于爱尔兰抹大拉的庇护所和补救政治的社会正义辩论。抹大拉庇护所是旨在改造被认为需要改变宗教信仰和重新融入社会的妇女的居住机构。20世纪爱尔兰的抹大拉收容所一直是当前研究的热点。其中大多数是由天主教修道院经营的，其中许多旨在终身监禁囚犯。虽然他们不再存在，他们的历史有一个presentist的角度，由于他们的虐待性质和持续的争论，爱尔兰国家，天主教会和爱尔兰社会的同谋，在抹大拉的幸存者的胁迫治疗。在苏格兰，抹大拉的妇女包括前妓女，以及从事婚外性行为的妇女，是性虐待和身体虐待的受害者，是前囚犯或与酒精成瘾作斗争的妇女。尽管大量使用，但没有对新教抹大拉庇护所进行全国范围的全面研究。我的论文是对1797 - 1914年期间的第一个这样的帐户，并确定了大约25个抹大拉的机构。最后一家这样的机构于1956年在格拉斯哥关闭。通过我详细的历史叙述，我为比较爱尔兰和苏格兰的历史轨迹奠定了基础，并询问是什么社会和法律的因素决定了民族差异，以及代表前苏格兰抹大拉信徒和他们的记忆缺乏行动主义。在我的奖学金，我将进行研究的现行法律规范在苏格兰卖淫的起源。它将提供苏格兰法律、相关社会工作和跨社会阶层卖淫概念化的谱系。我的初步调查结果表明，维多利亚时代的法律和苏格兰现行法律之间有着惊人的连续性。这项研究将成为法律的专家、独立政府顾问、社会工作者和性工作者活动家的重要资源。它将表明有必要通过指出过去200年的连续性来重新定义当前的辩论，我们可以从中学习提出谈论商业性行为的创新方法。该奖学金将是一个主要的垫脚石，我对进一步的赠款和奖学金，在此期间，我将能够进行一个重大的研究项目，对卖淫的社会法律比较历史在苏格兰和爱尔兰。奖学金将给我时间和资源，使我的研究提供给学术界以外的人。我将通过与当地旅游公司合作的步行图尔斯之旅，在BBC电台/播客上发表讲话，并在苏格兰最大的抹大拉庇护所之一爱丁堡抹大拉庇护所附近的戴利公墓创建纪念牌匾和信息板，来普及苏格兰“堕落”妇女，卖淫和抹大拉庇护所的历史。这将对在游客、当地居民和国际观众中培养苏格兰历史遗产产生重大影响。在奖学金期间，我将从事的活动和研究将对我的职业发展产生重大影响。这将给我时间和资源，通过额外的研究来提高我的博士论文，出版我的第一本专著和一篇新文章，并突出我的工作的社会和经济影响。它将帮助我获得作为一个历史犯罪学家的专业知识-我想继续的职业道路。与Jane Scoular教授一起工作，她是商业性行为的主要法律的声音之一，并且能够投入大量时间进行公众参与，这将加强我作为跨学科研究人员的形象。