Doctoral Dissertation Research: Bodies, Computers, and Productivity in South Korea

博士论文研究：韩国的身体、计算机和生产力

• 批准号: 1155399
• 负责人: Keith Murphy
• 金额: $ 1.42万
• 依托单位: University of California-Irvine
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-01 至 2014-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1155399&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Bodies; Computers

University of California at Irvine doctoral candidate, Stephen C. Rea, supervised by Dr. Keith M. Murphy, will investigate the relationship between somatic skill and everyday computer use in two seemingly distinct realms: the information technology (IT) sector and computer gaming culture. The research will be conducted in South Korea among IT workers and computer gamers, two groups who utilize similar physical, technical, and social skills in the operation of computers, but who have radically different social statuses. Whereas IT workers are praised for the contributions that they make to the growth of the South Korean economy, computer gamers are often regarded as lazy and unproductive, garnering the label of "pye-in," a slang term meaning "garbage people." South Korea is an ideal location for this research because of the intensity with which computer technology dominates both work and leisure activities.The study will address these issues through the use of traditional and innovative social scientific research methods, including: participant observation with South Korean IT workers and computer gamers in their everyday lives; ethnographic interviews; archival research in South Korean media technology archives; and analytical videography of IT workers and gamers using computers. These methods will help answer questions about how the cultivation or eradication of specific physical, technical, and social skill sets, as well as the discourses about such practices, impacts cultural concepts of productivity and of the appropriate relationship between individuals and computers. This study is important because it will further scientific understanding of the technological socialization of workers in post-industrial economies; the roles of computer technology in everyday life; and the effects of discourses and practices around cultural concepts of productivity on human physical development. Supporting the research also supports the education of a graduate student.

美国加州大学欧文分校博士生史蒂芬·C·Rea，由基思M. Murphy将在两个看似不同的领域调查身体技能和日常电脑使用之间的关系：信息技术（IT）部门和电脑游戏文化。这项研究将在韩国的IT工作者和电脑游戏玩家中进行，这两个群体在电脑操作中使用相似的身体，技术和社交技能，但他们的社会地位截然不同。虽然IT工作者因对韩国经济增长的贡献而受到赞扬，但电脑游戏玩家通常被认为是懒惰和低效的，被贴上了“垃圾”的标签。“南韩是进行这项研究的理想地点，因为电脑科技在工作和消闲活动中占主导地位，研究将透过传统和创新的社会科学研究方法探讨这些问题，包括：参与观察南韩资讯科技工作者和电脑游戏玩家的日常生活;民族志访问;南韩媒体科技档案的档案研究;和分析视频图表的IT工作者和游戏玩家使用计算机。这些方法将有助于回答以下问题：特定的身体、技术和社会技能的培养或根除，以及关于这些实践的讨论，如何影响生产力的文化概念以及个人与计算机之间的适当关系。这项研究很重要，因为它将进一步科学地理解后工业经济体中工人的技术社会化;计算机技术在日常生活中的作用;以及围绕生产力文化概念的话语和实践对人类身体发展的影响。支持研究也支持研究生的教育。