2020 xpub1 Collaboration, Conflict & Consent

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Pad: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/2020-09-16xpub1

Cecil Rhodes Statue: Proposals

1. DIGGING DEEPER 👍 👍 👍 👍
2. Although we cannot change this fact, 👍
3. 𝕗𝕣𝕖𝕖𝕫𝕖 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍

Attempting to visualise my points on the Ethercalc - Kendal

✸process of getting consent

✸evaluation of the process of getting consent in a group project

Links & references

Day 1

1.1 INTRO

• Rhodes statue
  • https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/jun/17/end-of-the-rhodes-cecil-oxford-college-ditches-controversial-statue
• 'Gay cake' scandal
  • For analysis, see:

https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-and-opinion/judgment-in-gay-cake-case/5067886.article

• ‘No Platforming’ controversy.
  • UK National Union of Students policy: https://www.nusconnect.org.uk/resources/nus-no-platform-policy-f22f
  • In defence of no-platforming (6min):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmCpKDgj7Mg- A critique of no-platforming:

https://www.newstatesman.com/sarah-ditum/2014/03/when-did-no-platform-become-about-attacking-individuals-deemed-disagreeable

1.2 INTRODUCTIONS

1.3 THE TROUBLE WITH GENIUS

• Theories of authorship
  • For references see: Greenhalgh, E. (2010) ‘Open Wide’ dissertation http://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mw-mediadesign/images/3/3b/OpenWideDissertation.pdf
  • And: Daniel Defoe, quoted in: Rose, M. (1994). Authors and Owners: The Invention of Copyright. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard
• Paternity
  • Image: memorial painting of William Lee (d.1637) and his 197 descendants: one of the earliest known ‘family tree’ paintings. In St Helen’s church Abingdon-on-Thames. Photo: Rex Harris, Flickr

1.4 OPEN WIDE

• Video – Human Microphone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvJqLo_o7AM
• Video: Carl Rogers on non-directive listening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m30jsZx_Ngs
• Activity: active listening
  • References:
    • Rogers, C. (1990) Client Centred Therapy
    • Rogers, C. (2004) On Becoming a Person

1.5 CREATIVE ASSIGNMENT

Day 2

2.1 DECISION-MAKING SYSTEMS

• Some examples of decision making systems
• Activity: testing out different decision making systems

2.2 THE GROAN ZONE

• Theory of consent-based decision making + critiques of 'final outcome'
  • For project examples, see http://eleanorg.org/art
  • For theory, look up Seeds for Change web resources.
  • For writing on consent, see Yes Means Yes (2018) incl Millar's essay 'Towards a Performance Model of Sex' https://ducttapedance.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/toward-a-performance-model-of-sex-by-thomas-macaulay-millar/

2.3 HOMEWORK

• Assignment: further prototype a solution OR decision-making system to decide Rhodes statue fate.