Talk:Cultural Theory of risk
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[edit] Confusion with Cultural theory
I am a non-specialist. Can someone who knows what they are talking about sort out the confusion between this article and the possibly unrelated article Cultural theory? If the two subjects do relate, then they should be linked in some way. If they do not, then I recommend setting up a disambiguation page to clear this up.Testbed (talk) 03:18, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
Cultural Theory of Risk uses individual's perceptions of risk (to some concern: Nature, Morality etc) and their interpretation of those risks to then explain how societies chose their cultural objects and practices more generally (laws, aesthetics, dietary practices) (don't eat pig you'll be polluted, don't wear read with green).
Cultural theory is more general than that, and is an academic or even scientific practice/s and schools of thought, which may or may not use a Cultural Theory of Risk to explain culture, (so long as they do not feel polluted by it I guess). Cultural theory would be broad enough to include Sociology, and Anthropology.
Linking them would be a bold thing to do, but only because it may pollute me, my purity may be lost...
Though the key point is that the Cultural Theory of Risk has a different focus, say, to an Economic Theory of Risk, or a Game Theory of Risk... i.e. it is a Cultural Theory of Risk, not a Cultural Theory of Risk.
OR a more practical example is risk management.
The contrast is not with cultural theory but other uses of risk which are more quantifiable and less focussed on what someone feels the risk is depending on their bias, which will be genetic, social and personal in basis. EG Do you think/feel Nature is a) fragile b) robust c)robust within limits or d) completely and utterly random. --Meika (talk) 04:43, 26 April 2008 (UTC)
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- Thank you. I think I am beginning to understand. My suggestions for improving the situation from a Wikipedia persepctive:
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- 1) Add a disambiguation page (i.e. a page which separates CTofRisk from ct and provides links to both pages)
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- 2) Include something in the CTofRisk article such as "(not to be confused with Cultural theory)"
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- 3) Include something at the top of the ct page along these lines: "For the theory of risk known as Cultural Theory, see Cultural Theory of risk"
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Could be helpful, though the For the theory of risk known as Cultural Theory isn't quite right as it isn't a theory of risk, i.e. it's not a theory about risk, it's a theory about culture, in that it uses perceptions of risk held by individuals to map cultural change and attitudes.
I just hope I haven't contradicted myself her, or appear to. --Meika (talk) 09:35, 29 April 2008 (UTC)
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- Well, apologies if I appear to contradict myself, trying to capture my speech in italics doesn't always work I'm afraid. Key point is that here 'perceptions of risk' by individuals are mapped to cultural objects... it's not about the risk itself in absolute terms as might be used in various risk analysis matrices... looks like it could be a bad name that's stuck... --Meika (talk) 12:49, 3 May 2008 (UTC)
