Tale-Enders: Gathering the narrative heritage of Welsh Cricket

格拉摩根大学的乔治埃沃特·埃文斯讲故事中心与格拉摩根板球俱乐部合作，对威尔士板球的遗产及其对社区的影响进行了创新性的新研究。该项目的领导者之一，迈克尔·威尔逊教授写道，“体育研究打开了这个时代社会历史的窗口”[1]，这是对威尔士板球新博物馆不久将在卡迪夫的SWALEC体育场开幕的恰当证明。该项目恰逢卡迪夫举办英格兰-澳大利亚测试赛，并庆祝板球为球员和社区成员提供的丰富文化收益。卡迪夫作为东道主的角色有助于对一项运动与其球迷之间不断发展的关系进行相关研究，而“TaleEnders”是一个旨在纪念威尔士口头板球遗产并使其能够被更广泛的社区所接受的项目。考虑到这一点，最近美国研究和地理研究生索菲·莱斯利，在迈克·威尔逊教授的监督下，整理了六个不同的威尔士俱乐部的故事和记忆，从球员到茶艺女郎到场地管理员，并以视频采访的形式收集了他们的证词，音频采访，书面记录和数字故事。该团队还建立了一个从世纪末到现在的威尔士俱乐部板球的摄影记录，并将其放入Flickr. com的公共领域。“TaleEnders”的驱动力来自于这样一种理解，即每个人都有一个故事要讲，一个故事总是会导致另一个故事。为此，研究人员直接接触人们，并在博物馆和网上以数字方式展示他们的发现。它鼓励直接的个人反应，并确保有机进化到更大的“故事”。“TaleEnders”不仅使更广泛的社区受益，而且还参与其中，并通过鼓励新的故事和评论继续这样做。通过“TaleEnders”，威尔士更加意识到其与Glemorgan板球俱乐部的密切个人联系，并对体育的社区方面有更广泛的了解。计划明年再让六个板球俱乐部参与进来，建立未来的知识转移链接，沿着在线培训计划，以及自我存档和共同策划的工具，以确保该项目继续发展。

The George Ewart Evans Centre for Storytelling at the University of Glamorgan, in association with Glamorgan Cricket Club, has conducted innovative new research into the heritage of Welsh Cricket and its influence on the community. One of the project's leaders, Professor Michael Wilson, writes that 'a study of sport opens the window onto the social history of the age'[1], a fitting testament to the new Museum of Welsh Cricket opening shortly at Cardiff's SWALEC Stadium. The project coincided with Cardiff's hosting of the England-Australia Test match and celebrates the rich cultural gains that cricket offers both players and community members alike. Cardiff's role as host makes for pertinent research into the evolving relationship between a sport and its fans and 'TaleEnders' is a project that aims to commemorate Wales' oral cricketing heritage and make it accessible to the wider community. With this in mind recent American Studies and Geography graduate Sophie Leslie, under the supervision of Professor Mike Wilson, collated stories and memories from six diverse Welsh clubs ranging from players to tea ladies to groundsmen, and collected their testimonies in the forms of video interviews, audio interviews, written accounts and digital stories. The team also built up a photographic record of Welsh club cricket from the late nineteenth century right up to the present day and put it into the public domain of Flickr.com. 'TaleEnders' was driven by the understanding that everybody has a story to tell, and that one story invariably leads on to another. To this end researchers approached people directly and displayed their findings digitally, both at the museum and online. It encouraged direct personal responses and ensured an organic evolution to the greater 'story'. 'TaleEnders' not only benefited the wider community but involved it, and continues to do so by encouraging new stories and comments.Through 'TaleEnders' Wales has become more aware of its close personal ties with Glemorgan Cricket Club and has a wider appreciation for the community aspect of sport. There are plans for six more cricket clubs to get involved next year, future Knowledge Transfer links to be established, an online training programme to be set up along with tools for self-archiving and co-curating to ensure that the project continues to evolve.