Research on the historical changes of the Empire Games and the Commonwealth Games

• Project/Area Number: 23500735
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sports science
• Research Institution: Kochi University
• Principal Investigator: KAWAMOTO Masahiro 高知大学, 教育研究部・人文社会科学系, 准教授 (20314338)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,080,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥480,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥130,000 (Direct Cost: ¥100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥30,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
• Keywords: コモンウェルス / 英連邦 / エンパイア・ゲームズ / コモンウェルス・ゲームズ / イギリス帝国 / 歴史 / スポーツ

Research Abstract

This research revisits the history of the Empire Games and the Commonwealth Games in the early period before and just after inauguration, and shows new phases from the perspective both of sports history and the Empire and Commonwealth history. The Games have not only been a part of sports culture but created 'another Commonwealth' which is different from the (British) Commonwealth of Nations. This type of Commonwealth have socially made great effects interacted with the political one. It is also revealed that through inspecting the case in Scotland in the 1930s Nationalism in Great Britain was intertwined with the imperialism and national identity in the sports world from the point of view of the relationship between the global sports event and nationalism in the home country.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Revisiting the History of the British Empire Games:From the Early Years through to the Inauguration (2014)
  • Author(s): Masahiro Kawamoto
  • Journal Title: Research Reports of Humanities, Faculty of Humanities and Economics, Kochi University Volume: 20
• [Journal Article] Revisiting the History of the British Empire Games：From the Early Years through to the Inauguration (2014)
  • Author(s): 川本真浩
  • Journal Title: 人文科学研究 Volume: 20
• [Journal Article] British Empire Games and Scotland in the Early Years- National, Imperial, and Sporting Dimensions of the 1930s - (2013)
  • Author(s): Masahiro Kawamoto
  • Journal Title: Research Reports of Kochi University Volume: 62 Pages: 141-147
  • NAID: 40019955672
• [Journal Article] British Empire Games and Scotland in the Early Years―National, Imperial, and Sporting Dimensions of the 1930s― (2013)
  • Author(s): 川本真浩
  • Journal Title: 高知大学学術研究報告 Volume: 62 Pages: 141-147
  • NAID: 40019955672