Gender and labor in the U.S. food system

美国食品系统中的性别和劳动力

• 批准号: 0850056
• 负责人: Patricia Allen
• 金额: $ 15.48万
• 依托单位: University of California-Santa Cruz
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-03-01 至 2012-02-29
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0850056&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Gender; labor; U.S.; food; system

Statistics show significant inequalities in the U.S. food labor sector and that these inequalities are patterned along lines of gender, race, and class. However, we know little about the meaning behind these statistics, such as the mechanisms through which these patterns of inequality are reproduced, how social disparities are experienced, and how the social categories of class, race and gender interact to produce inequity. This research will address these questions and contribute to the discovery of leverage points for change in systems of inequality in the U.S. food system. Our methods include individual interviews and group conversations with men and women employed in the food industry, such as farmers, farm workers, and restaurant workers. Our hypotheses are: (1) inequality regimes are powerful yet invisible in food work, (2) particular structures of the reproduction of inequalities in food work are based on the intersections of paid and domestic labor, and (3) practices that support these structures of inequalities can be categorized and leverage points for change can be identified. The broader impacts of this study include developing both academic and popular learning modalities, including curricula, discussion groups and seminars, informational materials, and a book on gender and food. The integrated, collaborative approach of the research includes an extensive dissemination component that ensures that workers, policy makers, faculty, and students participate in and benefit from the research.

统计数据显示，美国食品劳工部门存在严重的不平等，这些不平等是按照性别、种族和阶级的方式形成的。然而，我们对这些统计数字背后的意义知之甚少，例如这些不平等模式是通过什么机制再现的，社会不平等是如何经历的，以及阶级、种族和性别等社会类别如何相互作用产生不平等。这项研究将解决这些问题，并有助于发现改变美国粮食系统不平等制度的杠杆点。我们的方法包括对在食品行业工作的男性和女性，如农民、农场工人和餐馆工人进行单独采访和小组对话。我们的假设是：(1)在食品工作中，不平等制度是强大的，但却是无形的；(2)食品工作中不平等的特定复制结构是基于受薪劳动力和家政劳动力的交集；(3)支持这些不平等结构的做法可以分类，并可以确定变革的杠杆点。这项研究的更广泛影响包括发展学术和受欢迎的学习方式，包括课程、讨论小组和研讨会、信息材料以及一本关于性别和食物的书。研究的综合协作方法包括广泛的传播部分，确保工作人员、政策制定者、教职员工和学生参与研究并从中受益。