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"Looking after the Babes" - Class, Gender, and the Nature of Scientific Improvement - a case study of the Aylesbury Duck Industry circa 1820-1920.

“照顾宝贝” - 阶级、性别和科学进步的本质 - 大约 1820-1920 年艾尔斯伯里鸭业的案例研究。

基本信息

批准号：
2096209
负责人：
金额：
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依托单位：
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Studentship
财政年份：
2018
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2018 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2096209
关键词：
Looking after Babes Class Gender

项目摘要

The key element of this research will be to investigate the notion of scientific improvement and progression, and how this is perceived and defined by gender and class. The Aylesbury Duck Industry will be used as a case study to explore these ideas in depth.This industry had a brief empire; rising and falling within a hundred years. Women played a key role within the industry, but their contribution remains hidden. This research will explore that hidden role and what impact it had on the women themselves and the course of the industry.The Aylesbury Duck Industry was exclusive to the Vale of Aylesbury and has not previously been investigated. Originating in the rural towns of Buckinghamshire it could be described as the agricultural equivalent of the domestic "putting-out" system of the proto-industrial revolution. It was an industry of agricultural labourers, cottagers and farmers with distinct social and economic divisions of labour; the ducklings were raised by the labourers while separate duck breeders provided the eggs.During the agricultural depression the industry displayed the classic characteristics of a successful alternative agriculture. The important economic and entrepreneurial contribution of women was largely hidden during the peak production years, instead the focus was on their nurturing and family instincts and how these could be utilised in improving the general morals of the rural population and middle-class urban women. This research will provide a unique perspective into the development of the use of gender to define and direct both the course of the industry and its subsequent historical and economic analysis.The Aylesbury Duck Industry will frame the exploration of the apparent contradictory relationship between women's work and technological progress. Within the industry there was a lack of investment and education in scientific methods of poultry-rearing and technological changes such as refrigeration and incubators. This research will investigate if this lack of scientific progression by the industry was perpetuated and encouraged from the desire to maintain women's domestic status. I will examine the concept of scientific progress and advancement within agriculture to establish how it was defined in gender terms. As the production became more developed was this expressed in masculine terms as skilled work suitable for men? A resultant push of women into more domestic roles until the industry started to show signs of decline may find a parallel with the progress and identity of the Danish Dairy Industry.My proposed research has much relevance to society today with the continued lack of women in science and how they are portrayed in the media.

这项研究的关键要素将是调查科学进步和进步的概念，以及性别和阶级如何看待和定义这一点。艾尔斯伯里鸭业将被用作深入探讨这些想法的案例研究。这个行业有一个短暂的帝国;在一百年内兴起和衰落。妇女在该行业中发挥了关键作用，但她们的贡献仍然被掩盖。这项研究将探讨这种隐藏的作用，以及它对妇女本身和行业的进程产生了什么影响。艾尔斯伯里鸭业是艾尔斯伯里谷独有的，以前没有被调查过。它起源于白金汉郡的乡村城镇，可以被描述为工业革命前国内“外包”制度的农业等价物。这是一个由农业劳动者、农民和农民组成的产业，有着明显的社会和经济分工;小鸭由劳动者饲养，而单独的养鸭人提供蛋。在农业萧条时期，该产业显示出成功的替代农业的典型特征。在生产高峰期，妇女在经济和企业方面的重要贡献基本上被掩盖了，相反，重点是她们的养育和家庭本能，以及如何利用这些本能来提高农村人口和城市中产阶级妇女的总体道德水平。这项研究将提供一个独特的视角到使用性别的发展来定义和指导的过程中的行业及其随后的历史和经济分析。艾尔斯伯里鸭业将框架的妇女的工作和技术进步之间的明显矛盾关系的探索。在家禽业内部，缺乏对家禽饲养的科学方法以及冷藏和孵化器等技术变革的投资和教育。这项研究将调查该行业缺乏科学进步的情况是否因维持妇女家庭地位的愿望而长期存在和受到鼓励。我将研究农业中的科学进步和进步的概念，以确定它是如何从性别角度定义的。随着生产的发展，这是否用男性的术语来表达，即适合男性的技术工作？由此产生的推动妇女进入更多的家庭角色，直到该行业开始出现衰退的迹象，可能会发现与丹麦乳制品行业的进步和身份的平行。我提出的研究与当今社会有很大的相关性，科学界的女性仍然缺乏，以及她们在媒体上的形象。