Awareness

We don’t tolerate any form of discrimination, for us this especially means:

No Racism
No Sexism
No Homophobia
No Transphobia
No Queerphobia
No Ableism

Discrimination and oppression are often intersectional. Intersectionality describes the interaction of several suppression mechanisms. This means the before mentioned forms of discrimination are often complex and interconnected.

We try to solve conflicts without violence and are respectful with each other.

We are signatories of the Charte Aretha (milleseptsans.ch/aretha/).

Power of definition and partiality are two base concepts in handling cases of sexualized violence. They are not concrete sequences of actions but rather ethical concepts. Together they provide a base for handling cases in way that is focused on the concerned person rather than the offender. Here are two short definitions of those two concepts:

Power of definition describes the right of people who have experienced it to define what sexualized violence is. It is about focusing on the subjective experience. Those affected should not come under pressure to justify themselves.

The power to define means the right to self-determination. Each person sets their own boundaries, and therefore they are individual. Sexualized violence is experienced differently due to personal history and the present and affects every person in their specific life situation. Due to these individually different experiences and perceptions of violence, only the persons affected can define when sexualized violence begins, when boundaries are and were crossed and what is perceived as sexualized violence.

Partiality is an internal and actively outwardly directed attitude, primarily in relation to supporting people who have experienced sexualized violence. It means that a reported violation of boundaries is not questioned, but respected and accepted as such. Partiality not only requires reflection on why no "skeptical" questions should be asked, but also means a clear inner attitude and thus an internally determined approach. It is about taking the side of those affected. Partiality with those affected means enabling the power of definition.

Together, these two concepts form the basis for how we deal with incidents of sexualized violence! We position ourselves with those affected and do not question their subjective experience or their personal boundaries.

For the public:

As a part of transition radio’s public, you’re responsible to work towards a safer space as well. Read our concept, behave accordingly to it and be respectful with the people and the infrastructure around you.

Here are some general rules that help everybody being comfortable at the radio:

– Keep your shirt on! We ask cis males to keep their shirts on as being topless is a display of male privilege and can be offensive towards people that can’t do that without risking discrimination and/or harassment.
– Keep the space clean and respect our infrastructure. Leave the container and it’s surrounding in the state you would like to find it in. Smoking is not allowed inside the container.
– Try to respect the artist and their work by not interfering and disturbing with their radio show, you can ask track IDs after the set.
– Know your limits. Make sure that your always in a state that allows you to respect the boundaries of others.

If you experience any form of violation of our awareness concept or your own limits, we encourage you to go towards our staff. This can be in various forms: Either you can talk to the host present during the day, or you can go to our website and fill out our awareness form. The form is read by the persons in charge of the awareness concept and later discussed in the group, if a person in the group is concerned, we will of course take that in consideration and handle the situation differently. You can also fill out the form anonymously.

For the artists:

As an artist you’re responsible to participate in making transition radio as safe as possible! You have a responsibility as person of public interest occupying our and other platforms. We encourage you to actively confront yourself with and learn about awareness.

Here’s some rules for your appearance on our radio:

• The host is taking care of the changeover, not you! The host will come towards you and will introduce you to our booth before your set. Let the artist playing before you finish their set and wait for the host to tell you when it’s your turn to step into the booth.
• Respect the set times. Sometimes we are faced with delays throughout our schedule. This is not a problem, you will get your agreed set time also if you’re starting a bit later than planned. If you’re starting late, discuss until when you’re playing with the host. Don’t play a longer set than agreed on.
• Keep your shirt on! We ask cis males to keep their shirts as being topless is a display of male privilege and can be offensive towards people that can’t do that without risking discrimination and/or harassment.
• Be aware of what and why you’re playing at the radio. If your content could potentially hurt or trigger people, ask yourself if it’s necessary to play it and if you think it is, think about informing the public about it with a trigger warning and/or contextualize it.
• Keep the space clean and respect our equipment. Leave the booth in the state you would like to find it in. Smoking is not allowed inside the container.
• If you’re not comfortable with being filmed and/or photographed we can cover up or turn the camera and make stories and posts without you in it. Normally the host will ask you about this, if this gets forgotten about, you’re very welcome to tell them without being asked.

If you experience any form of violation of our awareness concept or your own limits, we encourage you to go towards our staff. This can be in various forms: Either you can talk to the host present during the day, or you can go to our website and fill out our awareness form. The form is read by the person in charge of the awareness concept and later discussed in the group, if a person in the group is concerned, we will of course take that in consideration and handle the situation differently. You can also fill out the form anonymously.

For the hosts:

As a host you are responsible to enforce our awareness concept. At the same time, you have to follow our concept and act following its principles. If something happens, you are responsible to take care of the situation. We have a plan of actions later in this concept. You are not alone, situations can be overwhelming or trigger you, ask the people around you for help or contact the those responsible for awareness noted later in the concept.

Here's some ground rules for your presence at the container and your interactions with the artists and public:

• Gender is not something you can identify from someones appearance. Every person defines their gender and their pronouns themselves. Present yourself with your pronouns if you’re comfortable with it. This encourages your opposite to do the same. If you’re not sure about someones pronouns there are different options to find out. A lot of people have their pronouns in their instagram bio, checking there is a safe way to find out without risking to offend anyone. Often it is also fine to ask the person directly, however certain people might get offended by that, so act sensitively. In a lot of languages like German or English you can easily speak without using gendered terms, this is a good way to destruct binary ways of thinking in general and can also be a good solution for talking to people that you’re not sure about their pronouns.
• Present our awareness concept to the artist.
• Pay attention to what is happening around the artist and be present for the changeover between two slots. We have no hurry, let the artist finish their set and only then invite the next artist into the booth. Take care that the artist finishes their set on time. If there’s delays throughout the day, the set can finish later than scheduled but should not exceed the agreed set time. Communicate delays also to the next artist and make sure that it’s okay for them.
• Ask the artist if they’re comfortable with people inside the container. If not, make sure that besides you and the artist nobody is in the container.
• Ask the artist if they’re comfortable with being filmed and photographed, if they’re not comfortable you can cover or turn the camera and make stories and post without them in it.
• Know your limits. Make sure that your always in a state that allows you to provide a good hosting and enforce our awareness concept.

If you experience any form of violation of our awareness concept or your own limits yourself, we encourage you to go towards our the dedicated awareness people of the core collective. If you are more comfortable to talk to another person from the collective you can of course directly talk to them. You can also go to our website and fill out our awareness form. The form is read by the persons in charge of the awareness concept and later discussed in the group, if a person in the group is concerned, we will of course take that in consideration and handle the situation differently. You can also fill out the form anonymously.

Every report and incident will be transferred to the awareness team that consists of two members of the radio. No decision will be taken alone. We will if needed/wanted offer a discussion between the awareness team and person affected. Depending on each cases, it will be either discussed in front of the general collective or only through the awareness team. If not wished for differently, every report and situation will be archived internally. We will always follow the principles of partiality and power of definition. If needed or wished for, we will reach out to outside resources like mille-sept-sans (milleseptsans.ch).

Romaine Wuilleret (she/they)
+41 79 843 09 12

Tobias Lanz (he/him)
+41 77 472 91 24

https://milleseptsans.ch/ressources/adresses/

This awareness concept isn’t final or perfect, nor will it ever be. If you have feedback, critique or suggestions please let us know! You can reach out to us via our awareness form.

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