Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant: Marginalized Women and Development in South India

博士论文改进补助金：印度南部的边缘化妇女与发展

• 批准号: 1260520
• 负责人: Jennifer Cole
• 金额: $ 1.52万
• 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: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-02-01 至 2014-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1260520&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Improvement; Grant; Marginalized; Doctoral; Dissertation; Improvement; Grant; Marginalized

Kimberly Walters (University of Chicago), under the supervision of Dr. Jennifer Cole, will research how individuals who engage in socially stigmatized work leverage international debates about exploitative labor practices. This proposal examines a group of marginalized women in Hyderabad, India as they attempt to not only secure international development funds but to also negotiate a new role for themselves in the ongoing project of Indian nationalism. Walters' research will explore the development industry's influences on culture change and ways in which recipients of "development" turn such initiatives to their own purposes. Her ethnography will problematize the binary between "empowerment" and "victimization" that has polarized various NGOs and other organizations that work with marginalized women, and question the widespread claim that women remain in these social stigmatized occupations only out of economic coercion, and demonstrate ways in which international rehabilitation efforts are entrenching conservative gender roles in India.Walters will collect data through (1) ethnographic observations among community-based organizations (CBOs) and at public events in which these workers collectively represent themselves; (2) interviews with both NGO personnel who seek to "empower" women within this work and those who alternatively seek to "rehabilitate" them; with leaders who interface between the development industry and workers; with workers who are the targets of development strategies; and with politicians, police, and judges who control the allotment of social services that Indian citizens require; and (3) written and visual materials through which multinational organizations, NGOs and unions represent themselves to various publics.The findings of Walters' research will be relevant to public health officials and to the Indian legal system, which is presently considering various legislation related to labor reform of labor practices.

在詹妮弗·科尔（Jennifer Cole）博士的监督下，金伯利·沃尔特斯（Kimberly Walters）（芝加哥大学）将研究如何从事有关剥削性劳动惯例的社会污名化工作利用国际辩论的个人。该提案研究了印度海得拉巴的一群边缘化妇女，因为她们不仅试图确保国际发展资金，而且还试图在印度民族主义正在进行的项目中为自己谈判新角色。沃尔特斯（Walters）的研究将探讨发展行业对文化变化的影响以及“发展”接受者将这种计划转变为自己的目的的方式。她的民族志将使与边缘化妇女合作的各种非政府组织和其他组织之间两极分化的“赋权”和“受害”之间的二进制问题构成问题，并质疑广泛的说法，即妇女在这些社会污名化的职业中仍然只有经济过量的污名化的职业，并且在经济上只能脱离经济上的污名化职业，并在国际康复工作中表现出了一定的习惯。组织（CBO）以及这些工人共同代表自己的公共事件； （2）与寻求在这项工作中“增强”妇女的非政府组织人员以及那些寻求“恢复”她们的人的访谈；与发展行业与工人之间接触的领导者；与发展策略的目标的工人；与政治家，警察和法官一起控制印度公民要求的社会服务的分配； （3）跨国组织，非政府组织和工会代表各种公众的书面和视觉材料。沃尔特斯研究的发现将与公共卫生官员和印度法律制度有关，目前正在考虑与劳动劳动惯例有关的各种立法。