Sally Swart, I fully endorse your comments.
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jan 26 01:46:19 1996
by VAXF.COLORADO.EDU (PMDF V5.0-4 #12962)
26 Jan 1996 01:39:20 -0600 (MDT)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 02:19:35 -0600 (CST)
From: jivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Safety in the workplace
In-reply-to: <v01530500ad2ae39857ea@[205.228.188.73]>
To: rosa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Rosa: I am glad to note that the CEO is a warm and genuine man. It does not me
an that he can communicate with the workers. There is obviously a cultural bar
rier to communication. Nobody wants to get hurt unless the rewards outweigh th
e hurt- as is the case in some sports. Your comments about Hispanics indicate
an attitude of Archie Bunker. One suggestion may be to communicate to the work
ers in Spanish and try to find out what motivates them. Another may be to
make the reward unworthy of hurt. Engineer the sources of harm out of the syst
em. I may continue for ever. I give invitational talks on the Cultural Variat
ions of SHE (Safety, Health and Environment) Risks. Different cultures perceiv
e the same risks differently. The cultures could be based on gender, race, nat
ional origin, education level, age, economy security, types of jobs, etc.
The objective of the talks is to sensitize the CEOs and other managers to this
cultural difference. The workers also have to be sensitized to the goals and o
bjectives of the company. The workers have to see their goals accomplished thr
ough the accomplishment of company goals. If you need further discussion write
to me directly. Good luck. Jivan ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jan 26 03:26:18 1996
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Fri, 26 Jan 1996 04:26:35 -0600 (CST)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 04:14:34 -0600 (CST)
Subject: Re:Weeds and Naming
In-reply-to: "Your message dated Thu, 25 Jan 1996 10:57:32 +0000 (GMT)"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here's something Richard. I don't know if it's what you're looking for.
Several years ago I had a wonderfult student from Taos, NM. She did a research
project on the difference between images of cattle in the west and in the
midwest. Cattle in the midwest (e.g. Wisconsin, where we are) are cows. They
are for milking. The icons for them are maternal or cutesy. Ceramic black and
white guernseys with fat lips (as in "cowlip productions") with silly, big-eyed
expressions. They wear bonnets and befriend ducks. Cattle in the west: male.
Spiritual. Death. (Think Southwest art, esp. whatshername (?)). Free ranging,
not in milking barns tended by Lutheran farmers in rubber boots, but out there,
on the range, tended by cowboys in long coats on horseback. Beef.
Masculinity.
In the midwest cattle are fat, domestic women. In the west they are wild
untamable cowboys. The student related this to the boundedness of the land and
of course to gender.
I live in Wisconsin, in the city part of Appleton. But in my heart I relate
best to the cattle in the southwest. I want to be free and unbounded, out on
the range, with the tall grass growing. I don't like lawns. I don't like
domesticity. Southwest cattle are wildflowers.
I would love, by the way, to talk about anthropocentrism, particularly the
difference between a primarily biological ecology and an anthropological
ecology.
cb
>I think 'weeds' are certainly relevant. The way we name things has a lot to do with
>power, particularly anthropocentrism. Is there not a connection here between
>'domestic' and 'wild' flowers and animals???? Anyone.
>Richard :-> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jan 26 08:41:33 1996
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
by WVNVMS.WVNET.EDU (PMDF V5.0-5 #13927)
id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Fri,
26 Jan 1996 10:39:16 -0500 (EST)
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 1996 10:39:16 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Appalachia
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Organization: West Virginia Network
I am a doc student at West Virginia University working in political ecology and
feminist geography (Geography Department). I would like to know if anyone else is
interested in the Appalachian region. anne- marie turnage
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jan 26 19:51:09 1996
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>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Jan 28 02:56:37 1996
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Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 18:58:33 +0000
Subject: Re: Safety in the workplace
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Could it be that these Hispanic workers sense a racist, paternalistic
attitude and (surprise, surprise) are turned off by it?
> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 1996 06:20:42 -0500
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Washington)
> To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Safety in the workplace
> Jivan:
>
> First please note that I am not Robert. I am his girlfriend, my name is Rosa.
>
> Now to the company that I work for: The CEO is a very warm and genuine
> person and has conveyed to the workers his concerns for their own safety.
>
> One of the problems is the attitude that people have in this city (Miami).
> This is a very transient city, and at one time it was very easy to get an
> OK paying job right away. Today the climate has changed, just as it has
> changed in other cities but employees still have the attitude that you (as
> the employer) better cater to my wants. Also the Hispanics that are here,
> but are not safety or environmentally aware, are very hard to motivate to
> observe rules and regulations that they do not see value in.
>
> I don't know how familiar you are with Latin American countries, but there
> safety and environmental issues are not very high on the rpiority list, if
> at all.
>
>
>
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Jan 28 17:30:21 1996
by VAXF.COLORADO.EDU (PMDF V5.0-4 #12962)
28 Jan 1996 17:23:16 -0600 (MDT)
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 18:22:49 -0600 (CST)
From: jivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: WWF Seeks Environmental Scholars
In-reply-to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: The War Against Women <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Digging up my collection old magazines that I save, I came across March 28, 199
4 Issue of US News & World Report. It gives a wealth of information on Women b
eing subjected to violence. poverty and abuse. Anybody has any comments on it?
,
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Jan 28 17:34:12 1996
by VAXF.COLORADO.EDU (PMDF V5.0-4 #12962)
28 Jan 1996 17:27:08 -0600 (MDT)
Date: Sun, 28 Jan 1996 18:31:01 -0600 (CST)
From: jivan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hi
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Just checking if I can get to the list through my names file and the above addr
ess.
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jan 29 04:32:19 1996
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 1996 06:35:10 -0500
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Washington)
Subject: Re: WWF Seeks Environmental Scholars
Hi Jivan:
I remember seeing that issue. Here in Miami we have an intersting
situation. A former county commissioner that was austed from this seat due
to sexual harrassment of his country employees, was shortly hired by the
Easter Seal Society.
Now 12 women at the Easter Seal Society have come forward with accussations
of sexual harrassment. Before the Easter Seal could fire him, he quit.
But the Easter Seal being the generous charity that it is, sent him off
into the un- employment line with a $400,000 severance package.
Have a great week!
