A semantic framework for understanding structural, narrative, and institutional harm patterns across advocacy contexts
A semantic ontology and SKOS vocabulary for structural, narrative, and institutional harm patterns across advocacy contexts.
Advocacy, ontology, SKOS, lived experience, institutional behavior, narrative laundering, gatekeeping
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Terms describing how positivity is weaponized to silence lived experience and dissent
Also known as: Vibes Enforcement
Enforcing 'positive vibes only' to silence lived experience, discomfort, or dissent.
Also known as: Cheerful Dismissal
Dismissing or downplaying distress with upbeat clichés that avoid the truth being expressed.
How access to support and resources is controlled and conditional
Also known as: Compliance-Based Access
Support is only granted if a person adheres to harmful or rigid system rules.
Also known as: Platform Dependency Trap
Replacing human support with failing digital systems that lack accountability.
How systems are designed to circumvent accountability and overwhelm complainants
Also known as: Red Tape Obstruction
Using confusing, repetitive, or untraceable processes to overwhelm or discredit complainants.
Also known as: Polite Exclusion
Barriers built through bureaucratic niceties—processes designed to exist without ever functioning.
How institutional processes force misrepresentation and distortion
Also known as: Form-Based Distortion
Form or portal design forces misrepresentation to qualify for support.
Systems that exist in theory but are built to fail in practice
Also known as: Engineered Disappearance
Systems that exist in theory but are built to quietly fail those they claim to serve.
Appropriation of neurodivergent-created tools and expressions
Also known as: Tool Appropriation
Professionals adopt neurodivergent-created tools and reframe them as clinical IP.
Also known as: Compassion Misrecognition
ND expressions of care are dismissed because they differ from neurotypical scripts.
How lived experiences are co-opted and sanitized for institutional benefit
Also known as: Voice Appropriation
Speaking on behalf of marginalised communities without sharing power, platform, or compensation.
Also known as: Inspirational Rewriting
Transforming painful lived experience into inspirational content that erases systemic context.
How institutions simulate inclusion while maintaining control
Also known as: Simulated Empowerment
Simulating lived-experience inclusion while retaining full institutional control.
Also known as: Compliance Inclusion
Meeting technical accessibility while ignoring cultural, emotional, and practical access.
Mechanisms that control access and dismiss legitimate expertise
Also known as: Silent Rejection Loop
Pathways exist in theory but responses never arrive—effort is erased and access is denied.
Also known as: Credential Dismissal
Lived expertise is disregarded without institutional labels or accolades.
How funding and resource allocation are made symbolic rather than substantive
Also known as: Infrastructure Obfuscation
Standardised publishing platforms make systems appear transparent while hiding critical structural decisions.
Also known as: Symbolic Funding Inclusion
Grant rounds look equitable but are inaccessible in practice—symbolic inclusion without delivery.
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