This critical sociolinguistic study explores how mining work is governed in the name of security in a mine in Arctic Finland. Although the mining industry is dominated by multinational corporations, mines themselves tend to be concentrated in peripheries where a mobile and multilingual workforce is recruited. Mining is a high‐risk business: industrial accidents and environmental damage can be severe. Discursive practices play a crucial role in risk management. In this study, the nexus of language, security, and production in mining work is analyzed by applying the Foucauldian concept of ‘governmentality’. The data comprise ethnographic observations, work‐related documents, and interviews collected onsite in 2018‐2019. The analysis illustrates how security and production are interwoven in the mine’s safety program that applies the neoliberal logic of responsibilization and disciplinary strategies of surveillance, supervision and regulations. On a broader level, this governmentality apparatus serves the state in securitizing its economy and population.

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以安全为名：北极芬兰多语种地雷中的政府机构

这项重要的社会语言学研究探索了如何以安全的名义管理北极芬兰矿山中的采矿工作。尽管采矿业由跨国公司主导，但矿山本身往往集中在招聘流动和多语种劳动力的外围地区。采矿是一项高风险的业务：工业事故和环境破坏可能很严重。话语实践在风险管理中起着至关重要的作用。在这项研究中，通过运用福柯式的“政府性”概念来分析采矿工作中语言，安全性和生产的关系。数据包括人种学观察，与工作有关的文件以及2018-2019年现场收集的访谈。分析表明，安全和生产是如何结合到矿山安全计划中的，该计划应用了责任的新自由主义逻辑以及监视，监督和规章的纪律策略。从广义上讲，这种政府机构为国家的经济和人口证券化提供了服务。