Dr. Neale is a Senior Research Fellow at the Alfred Deakin Institute at Deakin University. There, he studies human geography and cultural anthropology. We use his paper, Fuzzy Boundaries: Simulation and Expertise in Bush Fire Management, to help frame our discussion.
Tune in to hear our insights about the safety community and Dr. Neale’s thoughts on bush fire management.
Topics:
Quotes:
“When you’re interacting with somebody, what is your expertise based in?”
“There’s no one way of doing it right and any attempt to wrangle these people, these professionals into being all one type of person, they will resist it.”
“The theme that expresses itself in a particular part of people’s work, expresses itself in many other parts of their work; it’s not a contained problem…”
Resources:
Fuzzy Boundaries: Simulation and Expertise in Bush Fire Management
