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:

1. Out_of_stone

1. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yYQkJCFZBX6HGkInrfu6Q3J3t5L7IpG5jPho0rGeKf4/edit?usp=sharing

Manifestos for working together

Please paste your manifesto, or a link to it, here:

Visual Manifesto of Breakout Group 3

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YYGJQRx8Y03wzrSq0rT9pVQBGVrQafJD7PI7JZ2Ks-U/edit

• https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mediadesign/File:Creative_ecosystem.jpg

Reference: https://www.instagram.com/p/CGStFKMl_w-/

   WE WANT TO CREATE A CREATIVE ECOSYSTEM. SOMETHING THAT PROVIDES INTERCONNECTEDNESS, ANDFREE EXCHANGES OF IDEAS. 

   THERE IS A CORE, WHICH IS THE CREATIVE NECESSITY. AROUND IT THERE IS THE FREEDOM TO SHARE WITHOUT JUDGEMENT. ON A BROADER CIRCLE THERE ARE BASIC NEEDS LIKE HOUSING AND BEING HEALTHY AND CREATING A NICE STUDIO

   THE GROUP WILL HELP US AS A PLATFORM FOR NOURISHING EACH OTHER, SHARING, ENHANCING EACH ONES SELF AWARENESS AND THE AWARENESS OF THE GROUP.

   WE WILL CREATE A SAFE SPACE TO COMMUNICATE WITHOUT JUDGMENT, COMPETITION. 

   IT IS A FREE SPACE, YOU ALWAYS HAVE THE CHANCE TO PROPOSE IDEAS AND LETTING THIS IDEA BE TAKEN FROM THE OTHERS.  

   NOTHING IS SET IN STONE

   IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT EACH OTHER'S FEELINGS.

   NOTHING IS IMPOSED ON ANYONE. 

   THERE ARE NO BIG OR SMALL ROLES. DOING THE DISHES IS AS IMPORTANT AS COOKING. JUST THE PRESENCE OF EACH PERSON IS IN ITSELF SOMETHING GREAT.

   WE WILL CREATE PLAYFUL WAYS OF COMMUNICATION, POSSIBLY A GAME WITH HAND SIGNS THAT PROVIDE THE POSSIBILITY FOR EVERYONE TO VOICE THEIR OPINION OFTEN - TO COMMUNICATE AGREEMENT, DISAGREEMENT, WHETHER THEY WANT TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT TOPIC OR ADD SOMETHING ELSE.

Links & references

Day 1

1.1 INTRO

• Rhodes statue
  • https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-53487991#:~:text=The%20controversial%20statue%20of%20Cecil,see%20the%20statue%20taken%20down.
  • 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

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