[Noisebridge-discuss] a safe space, what does it mean to you?

[Charles Tang]

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.




On 25 February 2014 19:18, Christoph Maier <christoph.maier at ieee.org> wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Praveen Sinha <dmhomee at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>
> In the noisebridge context ...
>
>
>>
>> 1) what does safe space mean for you?
>>
>
> A place free of implicit rules and conventions what constitutes
> appropriate social behavior.
> (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)
>
>
>> 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?
>>
>
> Discovering noisebridge, ... à la recherche du temps perdu, at 83c Wiese
> ...
>
>
>>    How did it make you feel?
>>
>
> "Hier bin ich Mensch, hier darf ich's sein."
>
> Later visits: noisebridge is a place of constructive reality distortion.
>
>
>> 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?
>>
>
> Not couchsurfing at noisebridge often enough to feel unsafe ...
> Uncomfortable: when others respond standoffish to a Stallmanesque approach
> to following, and being aware of, implicit social norms, maybe.
>
> I generally feel out of place on playing fields where referees hand out
> yellow or red cards. No interest in football, thankyouverymuch.
>
> FWIW
> Christoph
>
>
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