'Me Grandad worra pit mon': The changing face of the South Derbyshire Mining Community, 1947-2022

我的博士学位（2021年10月开始兼职）探讨了南德比郡前采煤区的个人和社会变化，捕捉该地区的遗产，并为理解社区的性质创造了新的跨学科模型。特别是我适应“情感社区”（Rosenwein，2010年）和“情感社区”（Studdert和Walkerdine，2016年）的概念，以提出有关妇女在社区建设中的作用的新问题，以及通过将年轻一代与地区过去联系起来的象征主义层次结构的社区信仰的代际转移。分析该地区采矿历史的机会--这是一个非典型的、不引人注目的地区，有着根深蒂固的社区--将随着最后一批矿工的老龄化而很快消失。除了方法论、性别和代际贡献之外，这项研究还纠正了对采矿社区的理想化描述。虽然对浪漫和理想型社区的信念（丹尼斯，亨里克斯和斯劳特，1969）已经消失，但最适合这种模式的领域仍然占主导地位，扭曲了对社区身份的看法。在学术界之外，博士学位为政策制定者/利益相关者提供了对该地区的新理解，质疑整个矿区社区统一性的简单假设。从这些背景中发展出五个研究问题：-社会活动和关系以何种方式塑造了南德比郡情感社区的感觉？-物理景观如何灌输情感社区？男性和女性如何体验社区？经验是如何重叠的？社区的概念是如何代际传递的？7 / 22-重新发现这一地区的特殊性如何改变对煤田社区概念的思考？在我的第一年里，我完成了一份文献综述草案;获得了项目批准;同意了论文结构，包括社会关系，地点，性别和代际转移的章节;与南德比郡矿业保护集团建立了密切的联系，他们高度支持研究，提供援助和数据;并进行和转录了两次采访。我的核心方法是口述历史，已经建立了10个采访对象（通过我当地的社区联系确定）。这个数字将反映年龄的多样性，与不同矿井的联系，参与的时间和社会状况，为这种规模和性质的项目提供强大的研究基础。我还将使用来自东米德兰口述历史档案馆的相关访谈（Carswell和Roberts，1992; Bell，2006），以及之前从我的本科论文（南德比郡矿业社区口述历史，1945-2000）中收集的访谈（伦理上认可的）。这些访谈提供了来自现已去世的矿工的不可替代的数据。我已经开始对手头的18个面试进行初始NVivo编码，并参加了相关的编码课程。我也将利用自我民族志来反思我自己的经历和文化知识，产生一个生活在那里的人对该地区的独特见解。支持档案分析的工作已经开始，涉及报纸（如《伯顿纪事报》）、地方历史收藏（贝丽尔·格林宁和肖档案馆）、贸易目录、地图、照片和实物（如纪念品）和建筑物（格雷斯利老大厅-矿工福利俱乐部）。使用口头访谈之外的数据为研究提供了三角测量，产生了鲁棒性和生活经验的进一步维度。

My PhD (commenced part-time October 2021) explores individual and societal changes in the formercoalmining area of South Derbyshire, capturing the heritage of the region and creating newinterdisciplinary models for understanding the nature of community. In particular I adapt concepts of'Emotional Communities' (Rosenwein, 2010) and 'Affective Communities' (Studdert and Walkerdine,2016) to ask new questions about the role of women in community building and the intergenerationaltransference of community beliefs through hierarchies of symbolism that link younger generations toregional pasts. The opportunity to analyse the area's mining history - an atypical, non-striking region withdeeply rooted communities - will imminently pass as the last miners age.As well as methodological, gendered and intergenerational contributions, the research is a corrective toidealised portrayals of mining communities. Though the belief in a romantic and ideal-type community(Dennis, Henriques, and Slaughter, 1969) has dissipated, areas fitting this model most closely stilldominate, skewing perceptions of community identity. Beyond academia, the PhD provides newunderstandings of the region for policymakers/stakeholders, contesting simplistic assumptions ofcommunity uniformity across mining areas.Five research questions develop from these contexts:- In what ways did/do social activities and relations shape senses of emotional community in SouthDerbyshire?- How did/does the physical landscape instil emotional community?- How did/do men and women experience community? How do experiences overlap?- How do concepts of community transfer intergenerationally?7 / 22- How does rediscovering the particularities of this area change thinking about concepts of coalfieldcommunity?During my first year I have: completed a draft literature review; gained project approval; agreed a thesisstructure, including chapters on social relations, place, gender and intergenerational transference;developed strong contacts with South Derbyshire Mining Preservation Group who are highly supportive ofthe research, providing assistance and data; and conducted and transcribed two interviews.My core method is oral history, with 10 interviewees (identified through my local communityconnections) already set up. This number will capture diversity of age, connections to different pits,length of participation and social situation, providing a strong research base for a project of this size andnature. I will also use related interviews (Carswell and Roberts, 1992; Bell, 2006) from the East MidlandsOral History Archive, alongside previously collected interviews (ethically approved) from myundergraduate dissertation (An Oral History of the South Derbyshire Mining Community, 1945-2000).These interviews offer irreplaceable data from miners who have now passed away. I have begun initialNVivo coding of the 18 interviews in hand and attended relevant coding courses. I will also utiliseautoethnography to reflect on my own experiences and cultural knowledge, yielding unique insight of theregion by someone who has lived there. Supporting archival analysis has begun and involves newspapers(e.g. The Burton Chronicle), local history collections (Beryl Greening and Shaw Archives), tradedirectories, maps, photographs, and physical objects (e.g. memorabilia) and buildings (Gresley Old Hall -Miners' Welfare club). Using data beyond the oral interviews provides the research with triangulation,producing robustness and further dimensions of lived experiences.