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

9400609马丁这个项目支持约翰·霍普金斯大学一位文化人类学家的学位论文研究。这名学生将在能源部(DOE)的几个地点观察和采访工作人员，那里的核武器被拆除，危险材料得到管理。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概念。有待检验的具体假设是，从武器向和平技术的转变(从“制造武器”这一男性活动转变为“清理”这一女性工作)被工人视为她们活动的女性化和去杀伤力。方法包括对在职和退休工人的正式访谈，以评估随着时间的推移对工作解释的变化，以及与管理人员的访谈和社区生活中的参与者观察。这项研究很重要，因为从战争生产到民用产品的转变涉及到工作场所的文化背景的变化。加深对员工如何概念化其工作价值的理解，可以帮助决策者设计效率更高的计划。***

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. ***