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Revisiting the life of Lucy Garvin, first principal of Sydney Girls High School: expanded biography and use of digital sources
History of Education Review Pub Date : 2021-03-05 , DOI: 10.1108/her-10-2020-0053
Josephine May

Purpose

The article sets out primarily to fill in some of the gaps in the biography of Lucy Arabella Stocks Garvin (1851–1938), first principal of Sydney Girls High School. As a reflexive exercise stimulated by this biographical research, the second aim is to explore the transformative work of digital sources on the researcher's research processes that in turn generate possibilities for expanded biographical studies in the history of education.

Design/methodology/approach

This article encompasses two approaches: the first uses traditional historical methods in the digital sources to provide an expanded biography of Lucy Garvin. The second is a reflexive investigation of the effects of digitisation of sources on the historian's research processes.

Findings

The advent of digital technologies has opened up more evidence on the life of Lucy Garvin which enables a fuller account both within and beyond the school gate. Digital sources have helped to address important gaps in her life story that challenge current historiographical understandings about her: for example, regarding her initial travel to Australia; her previous career as a teacher in Australia and the circumstances of her appointment as principal; her private and family life; and her involvement in extra school activities. In the process of exploring Garvin's life, the researcher reflected on the work of digital sources and argues that such sources transform the research process by speeding up and de-situating the collection and selection of evidence, while at the same time expanding and slowing the scrutiny of evidence. The ever-expanding array of digital sources, despite its patchiness, can lead to finer grained expanded biographical studies while increasing the provisionality of historical accounts.

Originality/value

The article presents new biographical information about an important early female educational leader in Australia and discusses the impact of digital sources on archival and research processes in the history of women's education.



中文翻译:

重温露西加文的生活,悉尼女子高中的第一任校长:扩展传记和数字资源的使用

目的

这篇文章主要是为了填补悉尼女子高中第一任校长 Lucy Arabella Stocks Garvin(1851-1938)传记中的一些空白。作为这种传记研究激发的反思性练习,第二个目标是探索数字资源对研究人员研究过程的变革性工作,这反过来又为教育史中扩展传记研究提供了可能性。

设计/方法/方法

本文包含两种方法:第一种方法是使用数字资源中的传统历史方法来提供露西·加文 (Lucy Garvin) 的扩展传记。第二个是对资料数字化对历史学家研究过程的影响的反思性调查。

发现

数字技术的出现为露西·加文 (Lucy Garvin) 的生平提供了更多证据,从而可以更全面地了解校门内外。数字资源帮助解决了她生活故事中的重要空白,这些空白挑战了当前对她的史学理解:例如,关于她最初到澳大利亚的旅行;她之前在澳大利亚的教师生涯以及她被任命为校长的情况;她的私人和家庭生活;以及她参与额外的学校活动。在探索加文生平的过​​程中,研究人员反思了数字资源的工作,并认为这些资源通过加速和去位证据的收集和选择来改变研究过程,同时扩大和减缓审查的证据。

原创性/价值

本文介绍了澳大利亚一位重要的早期女性教育领导者的新传记信息,并讨论了数字资源对女性教育史档案和研究过程的影响。

更新日期:2021-03-05
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