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Risk forecast as work practice: between codified and practical knowledge

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If the use of meteorological data has progressively expanded in tackling different sources of risk, less developed is by contrast a reflection on how meteorological systems apply in local contexts and to what extent that locality may affect the use and the content of forecasting recipients. By focusing on a wildfire forecasting, I show how forecasting practice cannot be reduced to the implementation of meteorological devices; it rather takes shape in the articulation between the technical device and different sources of knowledge - tacit, practical and 'profane'. This articulation work, this study gives account of, reveals some specific challenges in the introduction of forecasting systems in risk management.

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  • Silvia Bruzzone, 2015. "Risk forecast as work practice: between codified and practical knowledge," Journal of Risk Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 18(2), pages 170-181, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jriskr:v:18:y:2015:i:2:p:170-181
    DOI: 10.1080/13669877.2014.889192
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