Dissertation Research: Waste Management, Environmental Remediation, and the "Culture" of work

论文研究：废物管理、环境修复和工作“文化”

• 批准号: 9400609
• 负责人: Emily Martin
• 金额: $ 1万
• 依托单位: Johns Hopkins University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-04-15 至 1996-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9400609&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Dissertation; Research; Waste; Management; Environmental

9400609 Martin This project supports the dissertation research of a cultural anthropologist from Johns Hopkins University. The student will observe and interview workers in several Department of Energy (DOE) sites where nuclear weapons are dismantled and hazardous materials managed. The project will show how the cultural assumptions of workers affect their conceptions of the value of their work. Specific hypotheses to be tested are that the conversion from weapons to peaceful technology (from "making weapons", a masculine activity, to "cleaning up", a feminine job) is seen by workers as a feminization and deskilling of their activity. Methods include formal interviews of active and retired workers, to assess changes in interpretations of the work over time, as well as interviews with administrators and participant observation in community life. This research is important because the transformation from war-production to civilian goods involves changes in the cultural context of the work place. Increased understanding of how workers conceptualize the value of their work can help decision makers design programs of increased efficiency. ***

9400609 Martin这个项目支持约翰霍普金斯大学的一位文化人类学家的论文研究。 学生将观察和采访几个能源部（DOE）的核武器拆除和危险材料管理地点的工作人员。 该项目将展示工人的文化假设如何影响他们对工作价值的看法。 有待检验的具体假设是，从武器转向和平技术（从“制造武器”这一男性活动转向“清洁”这一女性工作）被工人视为其活动的女性化和非技能化。 方法包括正式采访的积极和退休工人，以评估随着时间的推移，工作的解释的变化，以及与管理人员和参与观察社区生活的访谈。 这项研究很重要，因为从战争生产到民用产品的转变涉及工作场所文化背景的变化。 增加对工人如何概念化他们的工作价值的理解可以帮助决策者设计提高效率的方案。 ***