From our book: Poetics and Risk, Feeling Into Being (pp. 5-6). A bit of reading to help understand what Poetics is. Armstrong, I., (1993) Victorian Poetry, Poetry, Poetics and Politics. Routledge. New York. Bachelard, G., (1964) The Poetics of Space. Beacon Books. Boston. Bailes, S., … [Read more...] about So, You Want to Know About Poetics in Risk
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Launching Poetics and Risk Book – A Video
As part of the launch of our book Poetics and Risk, Feeling Into Being, we decided to talk about the book and what we learned as a collection of authors. For the majority of the group, this was their first time as an author and being published. So, we made a video about our experiences and what … [Read more...] about Launching Poetics and Risk Book – A Video
Book Launch – Poetics and Risk, Feeling Into Being
Well, hot off the press is book No 17 in the series on the Social Psychology of Risk. A project with 10 authors from all over the globe writing on Poetics and Risk, Feeling into Being. Your free download is here: … [Read more...] about Book Launch – Poetics and Risk, Feeling Into Being
Imaginology and Envisioning Risk
Imagination (Phantasie) can become fantastic. “The fantastic is generally that which leads a person out into the infinite in such a way that Philosophy and Imagination leads him away from himself and thereby prevents him from coming back to himself” - Kierkegaard Safety 2 (Hollnagel) talks about … [Read more...] about Imaginology and Envisioning Risk
Poetics and Risk Workshop, From Language to Doing
We had a lovely group from all over the globe (Australia, USA, Brazil, NZ, Austria, Portugal, Italy etc) join together this week to discuss and learn about Poetics. The study of Poetics is about developing skills in language and being sensitised to language. We started by defining Poetics and … [Read more...] about Poetics and Risk Workshop, From Language to Doing
Free 2 Hour Workshop – Poetics With Dr Long
Free 2 Hour Workshop – Poetics With Dr Long 9am (Canberra Time) Wednesday 10 December We offer you a free special 2-hour workshop with Dr Long 9am (Canberra Time) Wednesday 10 December. If you want to join in, register here: admin@spor.com.au Those who register will receive a free copy of … [Read more...] about Free 2 Hour Workshop – Poetics With Dr Long
Poetics and Risk Part XIII – Poetic Disciplines
Poetic disciplines are those things that cannot be measured. Semiotics Human Movements Law Poetry Dance Art Music Theatre Social Psychology Biology Performance Humanities History Geography Theology Metaphysics Knowing Multimodalities … [Read more...] about Poetics and Risk Part XIII – Poetic Disciplines
Contra-diction and Poetics in Risk
There is so much to learn about the development and nature of language. It is certainly not helped in safety by trying to turn language into some kind of mathematical equation (Usability Mapping). The beginning of understanding language is by studying and understanding the following: … [Read more...] about Contra-diction and Poetics in Risk
Poetics and Risk Part XI – Poetics and the Collective Unconscious
Jung and his Understanding of Myth and Symbols show a collective unconscious, a collective knowledge, even though they have not met each other and share forms of the mandala, totems. So, what is it that they share in common, that cannot be seen or measured? Sheldrake calls it Morphic Resonance … [Read more...] about Poetics and Risk Part XI – Poetics and the Collective Unconscious
The Nature of ‘Safety Speak’
A collection of us are writing our next book Poetics and Risk, Feeling Into Being at the moment and we expect it to be released early next year. The book is about the importance of language in risk and being sensitised to making meaning (semiosis). Our contributors to the book are from: … [Read more...] about The Nature of ‘Safety Speak’