In India today, many construction sites display a grotesque man-sized dummy, strapped to the outside of the bamboo scaffolding like some wretched left-footed rigger. Its purpose is to scare off the evil spirits that encumber a smooth construction process. In Australia, we do something similar and call it safety signage. It’s usually a tad less macabre and more liberally distributed but not quite as eye-catching. Or could it be that superstition in construction is simply less obvious in our sunburnt country? Continue reading
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