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What Does Your Risk and Safety Icon Say?

February 21, 2023 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

What Does Your Risk and Safety Icon Say? One of the many things missing in many discussions and definitions about culture and safety is iconography. It is clear from any casual assessment of what Safety deems iconic for business and conveying the meaning of safety, than an icon of an object. Whilst … [Read more...] about What Does Your Risk and Safety Icon Say?

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Signs, Semiotics, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: Safety Signs, semiotics

An Advanced Understanding of Culture – A Video

January 31, 2023 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

When it comes to a discussion on culture, the risk and safety industry leaves out any discussion of the lost critical elements of culture. These are the safety silences on culture (https://safetyrisk.net/category/safety-culture-silences/ ). In SPoR, we propose a completely different understanding … [Read more...] about An Advanced Understanding of Culture – A Video

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Culture, Safety Culture Silences Tagged With: Anthropology, culture, culture cloud, jung, Lotman, poetics, religion, Semiosphere, semiotics, social psychology

The Search for Meaning in Safety Models

September 1, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

There is a huge chasm between three things: the intent and design (assumed philosophy) of a model, the semiotic diffusion of the model and what humans make of the model. Models and symbols are not neutral nor objective. All models are semiotics and as such seek to explain the inexplicable. This is … [Read more...] about The Search for Meaning in Safety Models

Filed Under: Robert Long, Safety Myths, Semiotics Tagged With: Bradley Curve, Heinrich’s pyramid, models, safety models, semiotics, Swiss Cheese Model

The Sacred Bra Tree

August 7, 2022 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The Sacred Bra Tree “When we begin to understand the significance of Bra Trees and roadside memorials then we might learn something about culture and why zero is such a dangerous sacrament” It’s not likely that you have ever seen a ‘Bra Tree’, a rare species of Australian eucalyptus in the … [Read more...] about The Sacred Bra Tree

Filed Under: Robert Long, Semiotics, Social Psychology of Risk, Zero Harm Tagged With: sacred, semiotics

Semiotics and Corporate Logo Fails

July 15, 2022 by Admin Leave a Comment

See also: Culture Silences in Safety – Semiotics It is unfortunate that some of organisations below didn't have a better understanding of semiotics when they were in the process of designing their corporate logos – scroll down to see the result but a WARNING – some may be offended, but most will … [Read more...] about Semiotics and Corporate Logo Fails

Filed Under: Safety Humor, Safety Photos, Semiotics Tagged With: failures, logos, semiotics, unconscious

Deconstruction and Reconstruction for Safety

April 4, 2021 by Dr Rob Long 2 Comments

Deconstruction and Reconstruction for Safety The discipline of Social Psychology has a unique evolution that emerges out of the disciplines of: Critical Theory, Cultural Theory, Semiotics, Poetics, Social Politics, Ethics, Post-Structuralism, Neo-Marxism, Education, Dialectics, Discourse Analysis, … [Read more...] about Deconstruction and Reconstruction for Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: semiotics

The Poetics of Resistance and Risk

March 6, 2021 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

The Poetics of Resistance and Risk When one is caught in a regime of dictatorial power, where zero is the ideology, much is sustained by the management of Poetics and Semiotics. This is why resistances like the works of Banksy and other graffiti artists are so effective. If you want to pull apart … [Read more...] about The Poetics of Resistance and Risk

Filed Under: Robert Long, Semiotics Tagged With: Banksy, poetics, semiotics

‘Man Up’ Safety

September 9, 2017 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

‘Man Up’ Safety I read some debate today between a man and woman online about who was the toughest. The opening bait started with a journalist stating he was showing up to work with 3 broken ribs and somehow this was to be admired, he stated he was ‘manning up’. Then a female journalist replied … [Read more...] about ‘Man Up’ Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Semiotics, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: Safety, semiotics

Speaking a New Language in Safety

August 14, 2017 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

Speaking a New Language in Safety Dekker wisely recommends that Safety needs a new language (and discourse) for understanding and acting safety (Drift into Failure, pp. 15, 49, 53, 58, 123). He rightly asserts that the language (and grammar) of reductionist (seeking simple binary answers) thinking … [Read more...] about Speaking a New Language in Safety

Filed Under: Robert Long, Semiotics, Social Psychology of Risk, Women In Safety Tagged With: language, semiotics, Women in Safety

New Video Available – Semiotics Walk Workshop

June 20, 2017 by Dr Rob Long Leave a Comment

New Video Available - Semiotics Walk Workshop A semiotic walk is an awareness activity and experience that seeks out how signs and symbols are present and part of the collective unconscious. It is best to undertake such a walk with someone who has some expertise in semiotics, semiosis and an … [Read more...] about New Video Available – Semiotics Walk Workshop

Filed Under: CLLR, Semiotics, Social Psychology of Risk Tagged With: semiotics

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