So while I don’t often explicitly refer to the late Barry Turner’s work on LinkedIn or regularly post his articles, he’s been the most influential researcher on my own work and is tacitly embedded in my language and thinking.
If you’ve heard of Man-Made Disasters, disaster incubation, perceptual horizon, decoy phenomena, failures of foresight (and lots more), then this is from Barry.
Barry was a forward thinker when it came to applying a sociological and symbolic lens to understanding organisations and disasters, and was involved in a lot of grounded theory work.
I wanted to share a small collection of his work. Unfortunately, there are only a small number that aren’t behind paywalls.
So this ode is a little different. Instead of linking only to full-text, I’ll also link to abstracts. And given the lack of full-texts and Barry’s impact, I’m including works from other authors who leveraged his ideas.
It’s not systematic.
Shout me a coffee
Read These First For a Solid Overview
https://doi.org/10.3390/safety9040068
https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/75724/1468-5973.00072.pdf?sequence=1
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/10245289508523441
Full Text Articles
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1467-954X.1976.tb00583.x
http://eprints.biblio.unitn.it/4319/
https://www.academia.edu/download/30612100/data_20analysis.pdf#page=210
ABSTRACTS AND BOOKS
Freely borrow a digital copy here: https://archive.org/details/manmadedisasters0000turn
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8551.1994.tb00172.x
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1467-6486.1983.tb00211.x
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00164639
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1987-36297-001
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780429282515-27/development-safety-culture-barry-turner
https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED092760
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780203059937-8/rise-organizational-symbolism-barry-turner
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-5973.1994.tb00037.x
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/9781482286465-43/organizational-learning-disasters-turner-toft
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315073606-21/chapter-17-hazard-management-safety-culture-nick-pidgeon-barry-turner-brian-toft-david-blockley
https://www.osti.gov/etdeweb/biblio/226133
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/9781351076333-63/corporate-safety-culture-improving-management-contribution-system-reliability-nick-pidgeon-barry-turner-david-blockley-brian-toft
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1539-6924.1989.tb01254.x
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781315130538-18/failed-artifacts-barry-turner
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/00208825.1983.11656373
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7717.1979.tb00198.x
OTHER AUTHORS
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/240527492_Man-Made_Disasters_20_years_later_Critical_commentary
https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726709339863
https://doi.org/10.1287/msom.2023.0034
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/9780429281587-4/footsteps-turner-jean-christophe-le-coze
http://ndl.ethernet.edu.et/bitstream/123456789/49673/1/44.pdf.pdf
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/9780429281587-2/turner-sociology-disasters-andrew-hopkins
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Silvia-Gherardi-2/publication/292494945_A_cultural_approach_to_disasters/links/56d9ac2008aee1aa5f828ef2/A-cultural-approach-to-disasters
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/9780429281587-4/footsteps-turner-jean-christophe-le-coze
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/20450249.2017.1367559
https://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/23/6/440.short
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/9781315177571-4/two-different-qualitative-cyberneticians-barry-turner-jens-rasmussen-patrick-waterson-jean-christophe-le-coze
https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/meet.1450390126
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kenneth-Gould/publication/351970981_Inside_Hazardous_Technological_Systems_Methodological_Foundations_Challenges_and_Future_Directions/links/6242fb785e2f8c7a0347d840/Inside-Hazardous-Technological-Systems-Methodological-Foundations-Challenges-and-Future-Directions.pdf#page=8
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Constantina_Skanavis/publication/336072031_Implementing_Sustainable_Development_Through_Environmental_Camps_The_Case_of_Skyros_Project/links/5fb17966a6fdcc9ae0580980/Implementing-Sustainable-Development-Through-Environmental-Camps-The-Case-of-Skyros-Project.pdf#page=380
https://www.academia.edu/download/27449259/terrorism_and_the_international_business_boox.yolasite.com.pdf#page=213
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.1201/9780429281587-15/afterword-connoisseurship-sociological-imagination-turner-qualitative-method-nick-pidgeon
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249010918_The_Failure_of_Foresight_in_Crisis_Management_A_Secondary_Analysis_of_The_Mari_Disaster
Posts From My Site Referring To Turner
LinkedIn post: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/benhutchinson2_an-ode-to-barry-turners-legacy-activity-7304939120663965698-HJle?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop&rcm=ACoAAAeWwekBvsvDLB8o-zfeeLOQ66VbGXbOpJU
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