Doctoral Dissertation Research: Engineering the Hog - Cultures of Industrialization within the American "Factory" Farm

博士论文研究：生猪工程——美国“工厂”农场的工业化文化

• 批准号: 0921337
• 负责人: Joseph Masco
• 金额: $ 1万
• 依托单位: University of Chicago
• 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: 2009-09-01 至 2010-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0921337&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Engineering; Hog

This dissertation project funded by the Science, Technology & Society Program is a study of workplace cultures within the American "factory" farm. It asks how 20th century factory models are being unsettled by the ongoing experiment to translate them onto the production of an unusual object: the genetics of the industrial hog. This project expands scholarly knowledge in three domains: 1) the role of the applied biosciences in relation to finance capitalism; 2) how a de-industrializing American economy entails shifts in the logics underlying primary production; 3) the cultural processes inherent to translating forms of social organization across domains (i.e. turning farms into factories). The research is based on 20 months of archival work, surveys, interviews and participant-observation across key nodes of the hog industry: universities, industry journals, conferences, expositions, and corporate agribusinesses in the Oklahoma Panhandle.Intellectual Merit: Much work within Science and Technology Studies focuses on the relation between the laboratory and society, or how the diffusion of academic scientific knowledge entails new social collectivities. By contrast, this research provides a case study of applied science. It analyzes how the genomic sciences are opening spaces for industrial development within the United States, the stakes and motivations behind a scientific practice designed to transform rural society, and the emergence of mass-production operations modeled on the speculative principles and cultural logic of venture capitalism.Broader Impacts: Results are published in peer-reviewed journals and a book for scholarly audiences. Another book is to be written about corporate agriculture for a broader public audience. Findings are presented to ommunities, government agencies, and other constituencies outside academia. The project also is one of the first studies of organization and innovation within agribusiness. As such, the study may contain data for use in legislation on migration, food policy, and scientific funding.

这项由科学，技术与社会计划资助的论文项目是对美国“工厂”农场内的工作场所文化的研究。它询问正在进行的实验将20世纪工厂模型不安，以将其转化为不寻常物体的生产：工业猪的遗传学。该项目扩大了三个领域的学术知识：1）应用生物科学在金融资本主义方面的作用； 2）非工业化的美国经济如何在初级生产的逻辑中发生变化； 3）跨领域转化社会组织形式的文化过程（即将农场变成工厂）。这项研究基于20个月的档案工作，跨猪行业的关键节点的调查，访谈和参与者观察：大学，工业期刊，会议，博览会，展览和企业企业的农业综合企业在俄克拉荷马州Panhandle.Intellectal.intlectal.intlectal.intlectal.intlectal.intlectlo.Intellectial.intlectal. Interical：在科学和技术研究中的大量工作集中于实验和社会之间的相关性，或社会之间的相关性，或社会之间的相关性。相比之下，这项研究提供了应用科学的案例研究。它分析了基因组科学如何为美国境内的工业发展开辟空间，旨在改变农村社会的科学实践背后的赌注和动机，以及以风险投资主义的投机性原理和文化逻辑为模型的群众生产行动的出现。BROADER的影响：结果：结果：在Peer-Review review review ted Inseccience和一本书中发布了一本书，并获得了一本书。另一本书是为更广泛的公众观众而写的有关公司农业的文章。调查结果介绍给了学术界以外的欧洲政府机构和其他选区。该项目也是农业综合企业中组织和创新的首批研究之一。因此，该研究可能包含用于移民，食品政策和科学资金的立法的数据。