An Oral History of England and Team GB Women's International Hockey Representatives 1951to the 2016 Olympics

1951 年至 2016 年奥运会英国和英国女子国际曲棍球代表队的口述历史

• 批准号: 2122672
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Wolverhampton
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2018 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2122672
• 关键词: Oral; History; England; Team; GB

This project will produce a collective biography of women who have represented England at the 41 Wembley international matches between 1951 and 1991, at the Women's Hockey World Cup between 1974 and 2016 and as part of Team GB at the Olympic Games from 1980 to 2016. The research will compare the development of the women's game with that of the men's, and will also include the significant male contribution to the development of women's hockey. Research will include collected oral histories of England International players from 1951 to the 2016 Olympics and, where appropriate, their family members and the administrators, medical and coaching staff who enabled the players to travel on behalf of their national teams. This is significant because women's work as national representatives of England and, at the Olympic Games as Team GB, used to be amateur but is now increasingly professional. This chronology evidences women's improved specialisation as elite players and a consequent broader public recognition, as shown by the gold medal in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.This will be the first thesis of its kind on women's hockey and it is timely and topical since some of the earlier post-World War Two representative players are now elderly or deceased. Importantly, international women's hockey developed as part of the All England Women's Hockey Association since 1895; as part of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) since 1924 and as part of professional league competition beginning at about the same time. As several commentators have indicated, although ostensibly led by key female administrators, women's hockey has long been supported by significant male administrators, coaches, medical and coaching staff as well as the family and friends of representative players.This project will unlock personal and institutional sporting heritage. Together with what already exists, the acquisition of the oral histories will enable THM to have the largest collection of artefacts related to women's hockey anywhere in the world.The All England Women's Hockey Association held early international tours against Australia and New Zealand before World War One and during the inter-war period. However, after 1948, more people began to travel by land, sea and air for leisure and pleasure. Sport was part of this story and mega events began to grow like the Olympic Games and World Championships. An important part of the project will be to uncover women's experiences of touring as representatives of their country as, from the 1950s onwards. However, aside from Jean Williams' work on women's cricket, hockey and football, very few academics have captured what being 'on tour' meant to the individuals concerned; even less work has looked at women's experiences. 'Crossing the Equator' for the first time was, and remains, a pivotal moment in any traveller's life however. So, the changing status of women's hockey gives an insight into the changing nature of women's lives (work and leisure) and those of increasing numbers of girls. Oral history can help to fill voids in the extant textual collections. As well as using the text-based material at The Hockey Museum, the student will undertake interviews using Oral History Society guidelines. This will create supplementary archival sources for future researchers to remain at The Hockey Museum, thereby creating new knowledge.

该项目将为1951年至1991年代表英格兰参加41场温布利国际比赛、1974年至2016年参加女子曲棍球世界杯以及1980年至2016年作为英国队成员参加奥运会的女性撰写集体传记。这项研究将比较女子曲棍球运动与男子曲棍球运动的发展，还将包括男子对女子曲棍球发展的重大贡献。研究将包括从1951年到2016年奥运会期间收集的英格兰国际球员的口述历史，以及在适当的情况下，他们的家庭成员和管理人员，医疗和教练组，他们使球员能够代表他们的国家队旅行。这一点意义重大，因为妇女作为英格兰国家代表以及在奥运会上作为英国代表队的工作过去是业余的，但现在越来越专业。2016年里约奥运会的金牌证明了女子曲棍球作为精英运动员的专业化程度的提高，以及随之而来的更广泛的公众认可。这将是第一篇关于女子曲棍球的论文，它是及时和热门的，因为二战后早期的一些代表性球员现在已经年老或去世。重要的是，国际女子曲棍球自1895年以来作为全英女子曲棍球协会的一部分发展;自1924年以来作为国际曲棍球联合会（FIH）的一部分，并作为职业联赛的一部分，大约在同一时间开始。正如几位评论员所指出的那样，尽管女子曲棍球表面上是由主要的女性管理者领导的，但长期以来一直得到重要的男性管理者、教练、医疗和教练组以及代表性球员的家人和朋友的支持。加上现有的资料，这些口述历史将使THM拥有世界上最大的与女子曲棍球有关的文物收藏。全英女子曲棍球协会在第一次世界大战前和两次世界大战之间举行了早期的国际图尔斯巡回赛，对阵澳大利亚和新西兰。然而，1948年后，更多的人开始通过海陆空旅行来休闲和娱乐。体育是这个故事的一部分，大型活动开始增长，如奥运会和世界锦标赛。该项目的一个重要部分将是揭示妇女自1950年代以来作为其国家代表进行巡回演出的经历。然而，除了让·威廉姆斯在女子板球、曲棍球和足球方面的研究外，很少有学者了解“巡回演出”对相关个人意味着什么;关注女性经历的研究就更少了。然而，第一次“穿越赤道”过去是、现在仍然是任何旅行者一生中的关键时刻。因此，女子曲棍球地位的变化使人们深入了解妇女生活（工作和休闲）的变化性质以及越来越多的女孩的变化性质。口述历史可以帮助填补现存文本收藏的空白。以及使用基于文本的材料在曲棍球博物馆，学生将进行采访使用口述历史学会的指导方针。这将为未来的研究人员留在曲棍球博物馆创造补充档案来源，从而创造新的知识。