Understanding the Changing Formations of Race and Racism in Contemporary Britain through the Prism of Anti-Racist Organising

我提出的研究旨在了解反种族主义组织的种族主义观念在过去五十年中发生了多大程度的变化，以及这揭示了当今英国种族和种族主义的演变形式。它将基于三个主要案例研究，分布在这段时间内活跃的不同反种族主义团体中。首先，我打算考察一个在战后英国“黑人权力”时期活跃的已不复存在的团体。第二，一个长期存在的反种族主义组织，活跃于上世纪八九十年代。第三，在过去十年中出现了一个新的反种族主义组织。我打算在可能的情况下对这些组织的现任和前任成员进行半结构化的采访，并进行档案研究。我的研究的关键目标是发展的变化/概念化的连续性的理解已经发生了随着时间的推移，在这些案例研究中，为了确定在英国种族主义的形成更广泛的变化。受批判现实主义和Roy Bhaskar作品的影响，我的目标是利用存在于经验层面上的概念的变化/连续性来确定使这些变化/连续性成为可能的社会结构机制。例如，这些可能包括文化、经济和政治政策方面更广泛的变革和变化。这不仅有助于确定发生了什么变化，还有助于确定发生变化的原因。此外，我的目的是揭示这些变化/连续性在多大程度上是相互关联的，无论是在概念层面还是在物质层面。

My proposed research aims to understand the extent to which antiracist organisations' conceptions of racism have changed over the past fifty years, and what this reveals about the evolving formations of race and racism in Britain today. It will be based on three main case studies, spread across different antiracist groups that have been active during this time. I intend to examine, firstly, a defunct group that was active during the immediate post-war years of 'Black Power' in Britain. Secondly, a longstanding antiracist organisation that was active during the 1980s and '90s. Thirdly, a new antiracist organisation that has emerged during the last decade. I intend to conduct semi-structured interviews with current and former members of these organisations where possible, as well as undertaking archival research. The key goal of my research is to develop an understanding of the changes/continuities in conceptualisation that have taken place over time, across these case studies, in order to identify broader changes in the formations of racism in Britain. Influenced by critical realism and the work of Roy Bhaskar, I aim to use the changes/continuities in conception that exist on an empirical level to identify the mechanisms of social structure that have made these changes/continuities possible. These could include, for instance, broader transformations and constancies in culture, economy, political policy. This will help to establish not just what has changed, but why. Furthermore, I aim to reveal the extent to which these changes/continuities are related to each other, whether at a conceptual level or at material level.