Doctoral Dissertation Research: Disability, Technology, and Labor

博士论文研究：残疾、技术和劳动力

基本信息

批准号：
2213722
负责人：
Stefan Helmreich
金额：
$ 1.31万
依托单位：
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
Standard Grant
财政年份：
2022
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2022-08-01 至 2024-07-31
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2213722&HistoricalAwards=false
关键词：
Doctoral Dissertation Research Disability Technology

项目摘要

Definitions of disability vary significantly across time and space. A key consideration in defining disability revolves around what an individual is able to produce as a result of their labor. What forms of labor are deemed useful and valuable change in relation to technology. Thus, technology affects how people labor, in turn impacting how disability is defined. This doctoral dissertation research project investigates how variation in technological labor intersects with different forms of disability to affect how disability is understood, valued, and experienced. In addition to training a doctoral student in scientific cultural anthropology, this research disseminates research broadly to academic and non-academic audiences, including policy experts and stakeholders with disabilities. The central question of this research concerns the relationship between digital labor and definitions and valuations of disability. The investigators conduct twelve months of ethnographic research among organizations employing persons with disabilities. They use participant observation, participatory research, interviews, and document analysis to understand 1) what forms of labor are understood to be most critical for productivity; 2) how work environments affect experiences of disability among employees with disabilities; and 3) how broader political and cultural variation in the valuation of certain technologies affect valuations and definitions of disability. This multi-level investigation of work and disability will inform understandings of what factors predict how disability is accommodated and valued.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

残疾的定义因时间和空间的不同而有很大差异。定义残疾的一个关键考虑因素是个人通过其劳动能够生产什么。相对于技术而言，哪些形式的劳动被认为是有用且有价值的变化。因此，技术影响人们的劳动方式，进而影响残疾的定义。这个博士论文研究项目调查了技术劳动的变化如何与不同形式的残疾相交叉，从而影响人们对残疾的理解、重视和体验。除了培训科学文化人类学博士生外，这项研究还向学术和非学术受众广泛传播研究成果，包括政策专家和残疾利益相关者。这项研究的核心问题涉及数字劳动力与残疾的定义和评估之间的关系。调查人员在雇用残疾人的组织中进行了为期十二个月的人种学研究。他们利用参与观察、参与性研究、访谈和文件分析来了解：1）什么形式的劳动被认为对生产力最关键； 2) 工作环境如何影响残疾员工的残疾经历； 3) 对某些技术的评估中更广泛的政治和文化差异如何影响残疾的评估和定义。这种对工作和残疾的多层次调查将有助于了解哪些因素可以预测残疾如何得到照顾和重视。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。