INTERVIEW WITH GLEN THOMPSON (English version)

Abstract Glen Thompson is a research fellow in the History Department at Stellenbosch University (Stellenbosch, South Africa). His PhD dissertation was titled Surfing, Gender and Politics: Identity and Society in the History of South African Surfing Culture in the Twentieth-Century . He has published several journal articles and book chapters on the history of surfing, among other topics. He also runs the website https://writingsurfinghistory.org.za/ . In this interview, which took place in Muizenberg (in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa), on January 16, 2019, he speaks about his academic career, sports history in South Africa, research interests, surfing, and sport archives. Keywords: Sport History. Historiography. South Africa. Surfing. Apartheid and post-apartheid. Entrevista com Glen Thompson Resumo Glen Thompson e pesquisador associado no Departamento de Historia da Universidade Stellenbosch (Stellenbosch, Africa do Sul). Sua tese de doutorado intitulou-se Surfing, Gender and Politics: Identity and Society in the History of South African Surfing Culture in the Twentieth-Century . Ele publicou varios artigos em revistas cientificas e capitulos de livros tratando da historia do surfe, entre outros assuntos. Ele tambem edita o site https://writingsurfinghistory.org.za/ . Nesta entrevista, realizada em Muizenberg (Cidade do Cabo, Cabo Ocidental, Africa do Sul) em 16 de janeiro de 2019, ele fala sobre sua carreira academica, historia do esporte na Africa do Sul, interesses de pesquisa, surfe e arquivos com documentacao sobre esporte. Palavras-chave: Historia do Esporte. Historiografia. Africa do Sul. Surfe. Apartheid e pos-apartheid.