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The Language of In-Between in Safety

October 18, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

One of the tragic outcomes of zero language in safety is the fixation on binary thinking (https://safetyrisk.net/the-binary-barnacle/ ; https://safetyrisk.net/non-binary-decision-making-in-risk/ ). It’s always about zero or 1. It’s always black or white, fast or slow (thanks Kahneman) no in-between. … [Read more...] about The Language of In-Between in Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: in-between, language, Polanyi

Utopian Language and the Quest for Perfection in Safety

October 14, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Idealism is the unrealistic pursuit of perfection. In philosophy, Idealism privileges the world of ideas over matter and energy. Hannah Arendt wrote in The Origins of Totalitarianism (1951), ‘the self-compulsion of ideological thinking ruins all relationships with reality’. This is what the … [Read more...] about Utopian Language and the Quest for Perfection in Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: idealism, language, utopia

Identity and Safety

August 3, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The term identity politics has its source in the 1970s and defines the political identity of groups under various forms of oppression. Often this expression ‘identity politics’ is used pejoratively (https://www.vox.com/identities/2016/12/2/13718770/identity-politics ) and coupled with other silly … [Read more...] about Identity and Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: AIHS BoK Chapter on Ethics, discourse analysis, identity, language, transdisciplinarity

Linguistics and Safety

August 1, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

When I was teaching Linguistics in Secondary and Tertiary contexts, I would always repeat the well-known aphorism: ‘say what you mean and mean what you say’. How unfortunate that the safety industry has no interest in Linguistics and thinks it is fine to speak gobbledygook to people … [Read more...] about Linguistics and Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Semiotics Tagged With: language, linguistics

Doing Away With Health and Safety–Language and People

July 30, 2022 by Admin 1 Comment

‘Whenever Safety is used as an adjective whatever follows is moronic’ - Dr Rob Long In his book “Drift Into Failure”, the attention Sidney Dekker gives to the importance of language is critical as he states: ‘What we need is a language that can help us get to a more functional account … whose … [Read more...] about Doing Away With Health and Safety–Language and People

Filed Under: Communication and Consultation, Psychological Health and Safety Tagged With: dekker, language, safety 2

Culture Silences in Safety – Language

July 18, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

When culture is defined as ‘what you DO around here’ it pushes the most important element of culture (Language) to the background. This also helps Safety speak nonsense to people and to speak safety code (https://safetyrisk.net/deciphering-safety-code/ ). Safety code is a form of language that … [Read more...] about Culture Silences in Safety – Language

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Culture Silences Tagged With: language

Linguistics, Language and Meaning in Risk

April 20, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Linguistics, Language and Meaning in Risk When we study Linguistics in SPoR (https://cllr.com.au/product/linguistics-flyer-unit-21/ ) we look at language, the acquisition of language and the purpose of language. Language is the bedrock of culture in all its forms: spoken, written, unwritten, … [Read more...] about Linguistics, Language and Meaning in Risk

Filed Under: Learning, Robert Long, Semiotics Tagged With: language, linguistics

Listening to the Symbols of Christmas

December 22, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Listening to the Symbols of Christmas A good way to discern what someone is talking about is to listen to their language, words spoken and unspoken. If someone is talking about ‘learning’ or ‘culture’ and doesn’t speak about embodiment, the unconscious, mystery, wisdom, symbolism, mythology, … [Read more...] about Listening to the Symbols of Christmas

Filed Under: Robert Long Tagged With: archetype, Archetypes, language, safety archetype, symbols

What You Profess in Safety

February 9, 2021 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

What You Profess in Safety There is no separation between claiming the word ‘professional’ and what you profess. What one professes determines if one is profess-ional regardless of whether one likes to claim the word as a brand or not (https://safetyrisk.net/not-a-professions-bootlace/ ). … [Read more...] about What You Profess in Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Professional, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: language, paperwork

Linguistics and Risk

February 1, 2021 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Linguistics and Risk Here’s a little experiment for you. Start calling someone a loser and see what happens. Of course, we don’t speak such language, especially to children, because we all know that language creates self-fulfilling prophecies. The language you speak and the text you write are … [Read more...] about Linguistics and Risk

Filed Under: Robert Long, Semiotics Tagged With: language, linguistics, numerics

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