Living in the Grey Zones: The Experiences of Foreign and Commonwealth Army Wives in North Yorkshire

生活在灰色地带：北约克郡外国和英联邦军队妻子的经历

• 批准号: 2606959
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of York
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2606959
• 关键词: Living; Grey; Zones; Experiences; Foreign

Aims - The aim of this project is to explore the experiences of the wives of foreign personnel serving in the British army in North Yorkshire. Their liminality can shed light on the intersections of gender and race with violence and conflict in modern Britain, highlighting the interactions of militarism and citizenship with gendered and neo-colonialist discourses. The subjectivities of these women (negotiating public/private, military/citizen, migrant/citizen divides) allow insights which reflect the tensions in policies and discourses on modern British security, identity and belonging. Research Questions - How do the wives of foreign army personnel experience and negotiate their relationship with the army, military and civilian communities in North Yorkshire?How do the participants practise and understand their identities within the United Kingdom and its army? What role do gender and race play in the construction and experience of violence, conflict and militarism in Britain?How do the intersecting issues of militarism, race and gender inform and shape understandings of citizenship and belonging in military communities in North Yorkshire and what does this tell us about contemporary Britain?Rational and Impact -An exploration of those at the margins of societies and militaries can highlight continuing gendered and racialised inequalities in security and wider policy. A focus on the experiences of the wives of foreign army personnel can allow us to explore contemporary identities in Britain and how they interact with and are shaped by encounters with violence and conflict. These findings will reflect wider issues of belonging and citizenship as Britain struggles to find and articulate its place (and the place of people in it) in the 21st century in the aftermath of Brexit and attempts to reckon with Britain's colonial past. By filling the gaps that exist in research on military wives and military migrants this project can have a substantial impact on existing academic knowledge and can reshape debates as the nation moves forward. In addition, a comprehensive understanding of the lived realities of the participants can facilitate better infrastructures (e.g. transport links), more effective provisions (e.g. language training) and support (e.g. mental health). Better informed and targeted policies are more effective economically. This can have wide ranging benefits for the armed forces, civilian organisations and governmental bodies; including schools, charities and healthcare providers. Methodology - The project will use semi-structured, qualitative interviews with the wives of foreign personnel and members of military and civilian communities in North Yorkshire including charities and military welfare organisations. I intend to use convenience sampling to recruit those most readily available to participate using stakeholder and gatekeeping organisations. These will be episodic interviews, combining answers to pre-set questions with a narrative approach. I will use critical discourse and thematic analysis to analyse the interviews. The interview questions will be designed in consultation with stakeholder groups. Collaboration will be supported throughout by bi-monthly meetings after which I will create a report shaped by and for the stakeholders.

AIMS-该项目的目的是探索在北约克郡英国军队服役的外国人员的妻子的经历。它们的局限性可以揭示性别、种族与现代英国暴力和冲突的交集，突出军国主义和公民身份与性别化和新殖民主义话语的互动。这些妇女的主观性(谈判公共/私人、军事/公民、移民/公民的划分)使人们能够洞察到关于现代英国安全、身份和归属的政策和话语中的紧张关系。研究问题--外国军人的妻子如何体验和谈判他们与北约克郡军队、军队和平民社区的关系？参与者如何实践和理解他们在英国及其军队中的身份？性别和种族在英国暴力、冲突和军国主义的构建和经历中扮演着什么角色？军国主义、种族和性别等相互交织的问题如何影响和塑造人们对北约克郡军事社区公民身份和归属感的理解？这告诉我们关于当代英国的什么？理性和影响--对那些处于社会和军队边缘的人的探索，可以突显安全和更广泛政策中持续存在的性别和种族主义不平等。关注外国军人妻子的经历可以让我们探索英国的当代身份，以及她们如何与暴力和冲突的遭遇互动并被塑造。这些发现将反映出更广泛的归属和公民身份问题，因为英国正在努力寻找和阐明自己在21世纪的地位(以及人们在其中的地位)，并试图正视英国的殖民历史。通过填补军人妻子和军人移民研究方面存在的空白，该项目可以对现有的学术知识产生重大影响，并可以随着国家的进步重塑辩论。此外，全面了解参与者的生活现实可以促进更好的基础设施(例如交通连接)、更有效的提供(例如语言培训)和支持(例如心理健康)。更知情、更有针对性的政策在经济上更有效。这可能会给军队、民间组织和政府机构带来广泛的好处；包括学校、慈善机构和医疗保健提供者。方法-该项目将使用半结构化、定性的访谈方式，采访外国人员的妻子以及北约克郡的军队和平民社区成员，包括慈善机构和军事福利组织。我打算使用便利抽样来招募那些最容易参与的人，利用利益相关者和把关组织。这些采访将是插曲式的，将对预设问题的回答与叙事方法相结合。我将使用批评性话语和主题分析来分析采访。面试问题将在与利益攸关方团体协商后设计。在整个过程中，我将通过每两个月一次的会议来支持协作，之后我将创建一份由利益相关者制定并为其制定的报告。