Abstract:

As the First World War drew to a close, its demobilization— or the redistribution of labor in the war’s aftermath— became a pressing question across industries in the United States, including the field of reinforced concrete construction. This essay explores an emerging conceptualization of disability in these years as it informed how other forms of work might be understood. A provocation by Albert Kahn (on the possibility of incorporating injured soldiers into the production of reinforced concrete) and the research of Frank and Lillian Gilbreth (on concrete and on the retraining of disabled soldiers and workers) offer starting points in understanding a new economic subjectivity that was entailed in the work of industrial building.

摘要：

随着第一次世界大战的结束，其复员或战争后劳动力的重新分配成为美国各行各业的紧迫问题，包括钢筋混凝土建筑领域。本文探讨了近年来新兴的残疾概念，因为它告知了人们如何理解其他形式的工作。阿尔伯特·卡恩（Albert Kahn）的挑衅（关于将受伤的士兵纳入钢筋混凝土生产中的可能性）以及弗兰克和莉莲·吉尔布雷思（Frank and Lillian Gilbreth）的研究（关于混凝土以及残疾士兵和工人的再培训），为理解新的经济主体性提供了起点。这是工业建筑工作所必需的。