<div dir="ltr">A safe space includes BACKTRACK 10-RHY 'piss-testing' to ensure that tracks were not found by the birds, bees or shiny shoes, and no LSA was found.�<div><br></div><div>�<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 25 February 2014 19:18, Christoph Maier <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:christoph.maier@ieee.org" target="_blank">christoph.maier@ieee.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div class="">On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Praveen Sinha <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dmhomee@gmail.com" target="_blank">dmhomee@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
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<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>I've been asking this question a lot recently, and I think it's particularly important in the context of noisebridge / sudoroom.� "Safe space" has been used in a lot of contexts, sometimes in feminism, sometimes in mental health, sometimes just on an individual level.�� I've also been getting variants in answers to this question, and I'm really interested in what this means for you in the context of open communities like hackerspaces. <br>
<br>I'd really love to hear your answer:� it doesnt have to be long or complicated, just whatever comes to mind first, and feel free to email me privately.� I may talk about general results at an upcoming 5mof or something similar, but I'll maintain individual privacy and confidentiality to whatever degree you desire.<br>
</div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>In the noisebridge context ...<br></div><div class=""><div>�</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<br>1) what does safe space mean for you?�� <br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>A place free of implicit rules and conventions what constitutes appropriate social behavior.<br></div><div>(that probably implies explicit language, and not playing games by the usual rules ... ISTR having overheard folks whose opinion matters that this is not the way it works)<br>
</div><div class=""><div>�</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>2) if you can think of a time where you felt safe and heard and creative / productive at NB/SR, how were people treating you or others?�</div>
</div></div></blockquote></div><div><br>Discovering noisebridge, ... � la recherche du temps perdu, at 83c Wiese ... <br>�</div><div class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div><div>�� How did it make you feel? <br></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>"Hier bin ich Mensch, hier darf ich's sein."<br><br></div><div>Later visits: noisebridge is a place of constructive reality distortion. <br>
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3) if you can think of a time where where felt unsafe at NB / SR, how were people treating you or others?� How did it make you feel?<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div></div><div>Not couchsurfing at noisebridge often enough to feel unsafe ... <br>
</div><div>Uncomfortable: when others respond standoffish to a Stallmanesque approach to following, and being aware of, implicit social norms, maybe.<br></div><div><br></div><div>I generally feel out of place on playing fields where referees hand out yellow or red cards. No interest in football, thankyouverymuch. <br>
</div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">FWIW <br><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">Christoph<br><br></font></span></div></div></div>
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