ABSTRACT

The article reflects on moving workspaces into homes during and after the Covid-19-induced lockdown. In our qualitative research in India, we investigate the processes of place-making and redrawing of boundaries between paid and unpaid care work. Through interviews and autoethnographic reflections, we analyse the process of new workspace making. We examine the erasing of the home from the workspace where historical hierarchies of gender and caste mediated the (re) organising of work boundaries between paid knowledge and unpaid care work. The study is based in a context where social and physical infrastructure for paid knowledge work could not be assumed to be available in homes. The paper contributes to the literature on place-making with stories from a new context.

摘要

这篇文章反思了在 Covid-19 引发的封锁期间和之后将工作空间搬进家中的情况。在印度的定性研究中，我们调查了场所营造和重新划定有偿和无偿护理工作之间界限的过程。通过访谈和自我民族志反思，我们分析了新工作空间的制作过程。我们研究了家庭从工作场所中消失的情况，其中性别和种姓的历史等级制度调解了有偿知识和无偿护理工作之间的工作界限（重新）组织。这项研究的背景是，不能假设家庭中具备有偿知识工作的社会和物质基础设施。该论文通过新背景下的故事为场所营造文献做出了贡献。