Housekeeping

For those who joined the series, we shared these considerations and housekeeping rules:

This is an open space, encouraging productive, yet challenging dialogue about complex and often uncomfortable issues. With this in mind, please be thoughtful and engage with integrity.

There is no room for racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism and classism in these seminars. Marginalised folk are under no obligation to educate you, share their experiences, or comfort you during these seminars, and we ask you to be mindful of any assumptions you make about others present at the events. We will have two moderators at our events; one managing the live chat, and the other on hand if any issues arise. Questions will be submitted separately to the live chat, and it is possible to send questions anonymously.

Content Warning: This series may include content that is distressing or uncomfortable, as we address examples of microaggressions in our department, intergenerational trauma and other forms of violences as a result of our discipline’s colonial history.  

If at any time you need to leave the ‘room’, log-off, and take some time for yourself, please feel free to do so. The host can re-admit you (just send them a message if you’re able to so they can keep an eye on the waiting room).

Free Black University: Tickets to all PAPER events were free, but we asked those who are able to make a financial contribution to do so to Free Black University, a project that exists to re-distribute knowledge and act as a space of incubation for the creation of transformative knowledge in the Black community. Every contribution is welcome, but we suggest that those on a fixed salary beyond minimum wage donate £10.