Dear Luke,

Thanks for engaging with the topic of a code of conduct, I appreciate it.

Also, I have to apologize in advance: I'm packing my bags today and I will
be out of town for the next 3 weeks, so I won't be able to follow up after
this message. I hope that others will continue this productive discussion
in my absence.

I see what you're proposing, and I think it has its own merits.
Accountability and transparency are always important!
However, I gently disagree with the initial framing that is principally in
terms of education and self-assessment. To me (but I certainly welcome
other perspectives!), a code of conduct is about supporting inclusion,
guaranteeing a space where everyone feels safe to contribute. In my view,
its main objective would be to increase participation to the list (as in:
more people posting, and a way more diverse population of "highly
active posters")

In my opinion, we can make progress towards this objective with a code of
conduct that affirms inclusion, that establishes this list as a supportive
space, and makes it explicit that everyone is welcome to contribute. Please
see https://varia.zone/en/pages/code-of-conduct.html for an example of what
I'm talking about.
I have heard people who are in a less privileged position than I am who
said that the acts of actively inviting all contributions, and listening to
them, and making space for people to speak and be heard is fundamentally
important. I think we should do that.
(please, add to this! correct me if I'm wrong! I have no desire to speak
for others, I am just trying to boost other voices)

I suspect that much more feedback may come from people who post less
frequently here. I will just shut up and leave space for them.

I will be away for a few weeks, I look very much forward to see the results
of this discussion

cheers
G:


On Fri, 24 Jul 2020 at 07:46, Luke Feast <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> The recent thread on the possibility of a code of conduct for PHD_DESIGN
> list has inspired me to reflect on different courses of action to address
> the issue of members’ conduct. It is regrettable that PHD_DESIGN is not
> meeting some members' needs. I think issue of conduct is worth exploring
> and discussing.
>
> In this post I am inviting feedback on a concept proposal for an educative
> approach to issue of conduct on PHD_DESIGN.
>
> The concept proposal is based on the attempt to reframe the issue of
> conduct on PHD_DESIGN from an educational perspective. My reasoning is as
> follows:
>
> If the target concept [conduct on PHD_DESIGN] is approached as if it is
> the source concept [education], then a solution might be... [information
> and feedback].
>
> An example of an educative solution might be something like a
> self-assessment tool for posts to PHD_DESIGN. Meredith Davis recently
> posted a good example of a rubric for critical thinking. I propose that a
> similar kind of rubric might work for posts to PHD_DESIGN.
>
> Upstream, such a self-assessment tool might be used by members to appraise
> the quality of their posts before they email them to all the list members.
> Downstream, members could report low scoring posts and invite the original
> poster to incorporate the feedback and resubmit their message.
>
> This kind of feedback system could have features built in to support
> transparency and accountability. For example, the list owners could track
> the number of reported posts and publish the results to support
> transparency. And the list members might establish performance indicators
> such as number of reports per post per month as a measure to hold the list
> owners to account.
>
> I am interested in your views on this concept proposal and on whether the
> broad idea of taking an educative approach to issue of conduct on
> PHD_DESIGN might be worthwhile.
>
> Best regards,
> Luke
>
>
> --
>
> Luke Feast, Ph.D. | Industrial Design | Senior Lecturer | Faculty of
> Design and Creative Technologies | Auckland University of Technology | New
> Zealand | Email [log in to unmask]
>
>
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