2020 LB1 Collaboration, Conflict & Consent
Welcome! We will be using this pad for organising during the workshop: https://pad.xpub.nl/p/2020-09-28LB1
Rhodes statue: proposals
Please paste a link to your proposal here:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yYQkJCFZBX6HGkInrfu6Q3J3t5L7IpG5jPho0rGeKf4/edit?usp=sharing
Links & references
Day 1
1.1 INTRO
- Rhodes 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:
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
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: https://www.seedsforchange.org.uk/consensus
- 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/
- Democracy in the art world
- Upcoming conference in Belgrade on democratizing the arts: https://www.anotherartworld.org/
Additional references on holistic approach to art/mental health:
- Joan Halifax: 'Shaman, the wounded healer' book https://www.amazon.co.uk/Shaman-Wounded-Healer-Art-Imagination/dp/050081029X
- Introduction to therapeutic shamanism https://vimeo.com/443866205?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=therapeutic_shamanism_free_video_talk_by_paul_francis_and_new_course_dates&utm_term=2020-08-05
- Archaeology of shamanism book: https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ukpeAvyjHmIC&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false
Day 3
3.1 PSYCHOLOGY OF POWER & CONFLICT
- Theory: the need to consider operations of power & roles in groups.
- Reference: Freeman, J. (1970) The Tyranny of Structurelessness.
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/528558
- Theory: Transactional Analysis
- Video & discussion: analysis of role-playing
- History today https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEQcsuXnnnc
-John Bercow ‘Order’ compilation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY7EIZl4raY
- Young ones Cornflakes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLwc9lbJlIQ
- Rebecca’ (film version) Clip (starts 3:24): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH2vljLgNvU
-‘50 Shades of Grey’ (film version). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFK5SV1-Pzg
- References:
- On adult/parent/child modes: Harris, A. ‘I’m OK- You’re OK’.
- Article: intro to parent/adult/child roles
https://medium.com/@NataliMorad/how-to-communicate-better-with-transactional-analysis-d0d32f9d50da
- Theory: Attachment & infant needs
Some useful references on attachment & infant needs, met & unmet:
- Ainsworth, M.: ‘The Strange Situation’ experiment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_6rQk7jlrc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTsewNrHUHU
- Horney, K. ‘Our Inner Conflicts’
- Rebecca Solnit on Donald Trump: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/08/trump-coronavirus-pandemic-dishonest-cruel
- Horney, K. ‘New Ways in Psychoanalysis’
- Bowlby, J. ‘Attachment
- Easy intro to attachment styles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QP-nPJbTgTs’
- Theory: Splitting & Projection
- On transference & projection: Freud. S. ‘Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis’ - Video: Introduction to Splitting & Projection (3min):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3hzrDDBx-Y - For an overview of theory on splitting, see: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Splitting_(psychology) - Video: Transference in Daily Life & Relationships (22min): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDd7iJxn370
- Theory: Drama Triangle
- On Drama Triangle: Intro video (4.5mins): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2-RmyaSM-s - cf ‘St Michael & the Devil’ sculpture by Jacob Epstein, Coventry Cathedral. (Persecutor beomes victim; rescuer becomes persecutor.)
Working together during Corona
- Essay analysing video conferencing as a tool in groups & why it is so exhausting https://jer.openlibhums.org/article/10.16995/jer.67/
- Tools: Jitsi, Slack, e-Consensus, Loomio
- 2011 corporate video on how not to do video conferences https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjqKiLQ771M
- 2020 NYT article on gender differences in digital meetings https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/14/us/zoom-meetings-gender.html
- And a research paper it cites, debunking the idea that digital communication (in text form) is a leveller between genders: https://ella.sice.indiana.edu/~herring/herring.stoerger.pdf
- Blog post manifesto for more equitable online meetings, with discussion of power/priviledge https://aspirationtech.org/files/AspirationPowerDynamicsAndInclusionInVirtualMeetings.pdf
- Academic article on power dynamics in distributed virtual teams https://www.researchgate.net/publication/234798464_Who_shouts_louder_exerting_power_across_distance_and_culture