Peter T
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harmreductionbris.bsky.social
Peter T
@harmreductionbris.bsky.social
On stolen land, Palawa people, (Hobart).Current systems responsible to protect violence against women/children are oppressive/reductionist/neoliberal/colonial/linear. Invest in Transformative Justice, Complex Adaptive Systems. Love to run, swim
FINAL VERSION - PUBLISHED IN CLIODYNAMICS 15(2): 2024. Doi: 10.21237/C7clio.38365
CRISES AVERTED
How A Few Past Societies Found Adaptive Reforms in the Face of Structural-crisis

“Scrutiny of these cases spotlights growing inequality in particular as
a major underlying driver of crisis.”
November 8, 2025 at 2:11 AM
First Diwali in Hobart
October 21, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Complex Adaptive Systems can operate with simple rules, sometimes only 3 rules. Reimagining how our current systems could operate in DFV using simple rules. Let victim/survivors make the rules.
October 13, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Complex Adaptive Systems & Transformative Justice have much in common in push back against neoliberal not for profits, social work
“Distributed Intelligence and decision making does not require a central governing authority”. Self-organising basins of attraction will work it out without more harm.
October 11, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Neoliberalism/Biopolitics- Statutory and Non Governmental Orgini$ation$ (govt) restrict/prevent Social Workers with frameworks, policy, procedures. They contradict core professional commitments to social justice, human dignity, and structural change. Invest in communities not restrictive practice.
October 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
If we End DFV we would not need; Child Protection services, women’s services, children’s services, women’s prisons, youth justice etc. why keep repeating our current approach? neoliberalism (DFV industry $), the birth of the clinic, patriarchy. Let’s invest in community not huge NGO$
October 1, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Richmond Tasmania. Read and coffee. Bridge
September 21, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Good morning from the land of the Palawa people. Moon shine on Kunyani.
September 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Transformative justice is a framework and approach for responding to violence, harm/abuse. Basically, it seeks to respond to violence without creating more violence by trusting in communities . Moving away from punitive, surveillance, toward community-centred healing approaches. Reimagine not reform
September 6, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Foucault’s “The Birth of the Clinic” a lens for understanding how services for disadvantaged operate through mechanisms of power/knowledge/institutional control. The clinical gaze didn’t just observe illness rather added categories, creating new forms of social control. Transformative Justice !!!!
September 6, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Foucault “The Birth of the Clinic” “bioploitics” Health became an industry, to put control/profit (oppression). Today, buzz words in community services, “Trauma Informed/Evidence Based”. The mirage is ingrained. Imagine returning to safety/connection, emergence, adaption, the same pace as trust.
August 30, 2025 at 10:21 PM
-5 this morning on Kunyani.
August 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Pirates Bay Tasmania
August 17, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Eaglehawk neck, Tasmania, spectacular
August 17, 2025 at 12:24 AM
If neoliberalism increases the disparity between the haves and have nots, why do most of our social services mirror neoliberalism, managerial, efficiency cultures. Invest in communities, emergent strategies, transformative justice.
August 9, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Flying home. Mum passed. Sad. She suffered from church and state oppression, having he first born removed. Trauma made her life difficult, the state and church patriarchal rule did not destroy her, she was resilient, resistant, she is the reason I do what i do for work. Loved her so much ❤️
August 8, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Kunyani, Hobart

Complex Adaptive System, what can we learn from this?
August 8, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Nieces and Nephews loved this park. Who could not, well thought out in the most spectacular location
August 5, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Kunyani, was so windy and cold today. Feels like temperature, -4.7.
August 3, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Bellerive TAS. Sparkling Sunday afternoon after a very gloomy wet Saturday
July 27, 2025 at 5:25 AM
South Arm Tasmania. Hard to believe 30km away there is snow on Mt Kunanyi (Mt Wellington)
July 20, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Cold windy knight in Hobart, means incredible beauty in the morning
July 19, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Ferry trip
July 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
After a chilly and windy night heavy frost covers Kunanyi this morning. Kunanyi , the Palawa people’s name, after the invasion known as Mt Wellington. The moon shines near. Beautiful
July 11, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Lake Pedder yesterday. Stunning day
July 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM