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

目的-这个项目的目的是探索在北约克郡的英国军队服役的外国人员的妻子的经历。他们的局限性可以揭示现代英国性别和种族与暴力和冲突的交集，突出军国主义和公民与性别和新殖民主义话语的相互作用。这些女性的主体性（在公共/私人、军队/公民、移民/公民的分歧上进行谈判）让我们得以洞察现代英国安全、身份和归属的政策和话语中的紧张关系。研究问题-外国军队人员的妻子如何体验和谈判他们与北约克郡军队，军事和平民社区的关系？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、冲突和军国主义的建构和经历中扮演了什么角色？军国主义、种族和性别的交叉问题是如何影响和塑造北约克郡军事社区对公民身份和归属感的理解的？这告诉了我们关于当代英国的什么？理性与影响——对社会和军队边缘人群的探索，可以突显出安全和更广泛政策中持续存在的性别和种族化不平等。关注外国军人妻子的经历可以让我们探索当代英国人的身份，以及她们如何与暴力和冲突互动，并受到暴力和冲突的影响。这些发现将反映出归属和公民身份等更广泛的问题，因为在英国脱欧之后，英国正在努力寻找和阐明自己在21世纪的位置（以及人们在其中的位置），并试图理清英国的殖民历史。通过填补关于军人妻子和军人移民的研究空白，这个项目可以对现有的学术知识产生重大影响，并可以在国家前进的过程中重塑辩论。此外，全面了解参与者的生活现实有助于改善基础设施（例如交通联系）、提供更有效的服务（例如语言培训）和支助（例如心理健康）。信息更充分、更有针对性的政策在经济上更有效。这可以为武装部队、民间组织和政府机构带来广泛的好处；包括学校、慈善机构和医疗机构。方法-该项目将采用半结构化的定性访谈，与北约克郡的外国人员的妻子以及包括慈善机构和军事福利组织在内的军事和平民社区成员进行访谈。我打算使用便利抽样来招募那些最容易获得的参与者，使用利益相关者和把关组织。这些访谈将是情景式的，用叙述的方式回答预先设定的问题。我将使用批判性话语和主题分析来分析访谈。面试问题的设计将与利益相关者团体协商。合作将通过双月会议全程支持，会议结束后，我将编写一份由利益相关方撰写并为其撰写的报告。

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.