ABSTRACT

Drawing on the positive connotations associated with home from humanistic geography (Relph 1976 Relph, E. 1976. Place and Placelessness. London: Pion. [Google Scholar]; Tuan 1977 Tuan, Yi-Fu. 1977. Space and Place: The Perspective of Experience. Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press. [Google Scholar]; Cresswell 2015 Cresswell, T. 2015. Place: A Short Introduction. 2nd ed. Malden, MA: John Wiley & Sons. [Google Scholar]) and Western culture (Rybczynski 1986 Rybczynski, W. 1986. Home: A Short History of an Idea. New York, NY: Viking. [Google Scholar]; Mallett 2004 Mallett, S. 2004. “Understanding Home: A Critical Review of the Literature.” The Sociological Review 52: 62–89.[Crossref], [Web of Science ®] , [Google Scholar]), this paper explores how and why workers engage in placemaking activities to make their workspaces into homes. Using photo elicitation interviews with workers in many occupations, the results show that workers use various practices including personalization and reconfiguration of one’s workspace, creating positive meanings, carving out private spaces, and creating community to create home at work. The humanistic geography literature suggests that workers undergo these activities in order to thrive and live an authentic human existence. In light of changes to work, organizations, and society, it seems that work may be an increasing source of attachment for workers and that homemaking at work facilitates this connection.

摘要

从人文地理学中汲取与家相关的积极内涵（Relph 1976 雷尔夫，E. 1976 年。地方和无地方。伦敦：皮恩。 [谷歌学术] ; 段1977 段毅夫。 1977 年。空间与地方：经验的视角。明尼苏达州明尼阿波利斯：明尼苏达大学出版社。 [谷歌学术] ; 克雷斯韦尔2015 克雷斯韦尔，T. 2015 年。地点：简短介绍。第二版。马萨诸塞州马尔登：约翰威利父子公司。 [Google Scholar] ) 与西方文化 (Rybczynski1986) Rybczynski, W. 1986 年。主页：一个想法的简史。纽约，纽约：维京人。 [谷歌学术] ; 马利特2004 Mallett, S. 2004 年。“理解家：文学评论。” 社会学评论52：62 - 89。[Crossref]、[Web of Science®]、 [Google Scholar])，本文探讨了工人如何以及为何参与场所营造活动以将他们的工作空间变成家。通过对许多职业的工人进行照片启发式访谈，结果表明，工人使用各种实践，包括个人化和重新配置工作空间、创造积极意义、开辟私人空间以及创建社区以在工作中创造家庭。人文地理学文献表明，工人进行这些活动是为了茁壮成长并过上真正的人类生活。鉴于工作、组织和社会的变化，工作似乎可能成为工人越来越多的依恋来源，而工作中的家务劳动促进了这种联系。