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Covid-19, Cricket and Lessons in Safety

There are few activities in Australian culture as sacralised as cricket, afterall it is played on ‘hallowed’ turf and when something is ‘hallowed’ it has been made ‘holy’ and ‘consecrated’. Here are some examples: · https://www.tripadvisor.com.au/ShowUserReviews-g255100-d256584-r521581576-Melbourne_Cricket_Ground_MCG-Melbourne_Victoria.html · https://www.scgt.nsw.gov.au/sydney-cricket-ground/heritage/ · https://constructor.com.au/adelaide-ovals-hallowed-turf-made-free-for-the-public/… Read the rest
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Politics and Power in Safety

If one is interested in understanding politics and power the place to start is with Foucault (https://aeon.co/essays/why-foucaults-work-on-power-is-more-important-than-ever ). You can find some of his works here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301216441_Michel_Foucault_A_brief_introduction_to_major_Foucaultian_themes https://monoskop.org/images/4/43/Foucault_Michel_Discipline_and_Punish_The_Birth_of_the_Prison_1977_1995.pdf https://monoskop.org/images/5/5d/Foucault_Michel_Power_Knowledge_Selected_Interviews_and_Other_Writings_1972-1977.pdf One of the driving dynamics in the study of Social Psychology… Read the rest