Etiquette / code of conduct

Etiquette:

Welcome to the Alternative Art Education (Slow) Marathon! 

This event will be taking place online via Zoom. Please make sure you have downloaded the free software and installed any updates ahead of the event. You can download it here. Read more on how to use Zoom here.

On entering, please rename yourself with your first name and pronoun (e.g. Femi they/them) by clicking on Participants, finding your name and selecting Rename. All attendees are muted on arrival. Please ask questions and post comments via the chat, and facilitators will tell you when to unmute and speak. 

Please set up your computer and other devices (e.g. mobile phones) so as not to make noises on receiving messages or notifications during the event (e.g. close any inactive tabs, mute email inboxes, instant messengers etc.). We recommend you position yourself as close to the wifi hub as possible to ensure a good connection, and if possible ask other members of your household not to stream content at the same time. 

Code of Conduct: 

We aim to foster a productive, collaborative experience. We do not tolerate the following:

• Screen-shotting or screen-recording at any point of the conference without the expressed permission from leaders or owners of the work
• Spam in chat windows or contact forms, including reposting the same word/content repeatedly in order to disrupt the conversation
• Harassment, bullying, and intimidation

We have a zero-tolerance policy for harassment and bullying, which we define as:

• Negative comments about race/ethnicity, gender (including gender identity), sexual orientation, disability, age, religion, physical appearance, citizenship, or other protected categories (alt: Racist, sexist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist, xenophobic, antisemetic, Islamophobic and classist behaviour and language)
• Intimidation or threats, including of the moderators
• Misusing screen-sharing capabilities
• Sharing images especially to threaten or sexually harass
• Unwelcome sexual attention
• Threatening or other endangerment of minors
• Any activity meant to convey or cultivate hostility
• Ad hominem insults or other attacks
• Encouraging the above behaviour

Please also avoid the following:

• Interrupting speakers and fellow attendees
• Use of any GIFs but especially flashing GIFs in the chat

Enforcement

If you violate the code of conduct we retain the right to make you leave the session and you will not be permitted to rejoin.

We welcome reports of harassment.

Contact Form

Please complete this form if you have any questions or concerns, or if you would like to report harassment at this event. Please add your email if you require a response. All data collected through this form will be used to respond to your message and then deleted within 24 hours.

Code of conduct based on material from Space Science In Context, Autography Rules of Engagement, and Artquest Z-crit.