Check out the insights from our 6th roundtable now!

You can now watch the presentations by our two speakers, Camille Barton and Gizem Adiyaman, from our 6th roundtable on the topic of Community Accountability & Silence here on SoundCloud!

In this roundtable, we talked about, discussed, and considered what constructive processes for taking responsibility might look like and how they can be shaped within our clubs, collectives, and communities. How can we work together to create a safe and supportive environment for those affected by violence? What steps and skills are needed to recognize when boundaries are crossed and to reflect seriously on these incidents? How can this lead to real change, making club culture a bit safer and more inclusive?

• Camille Barton is an interdisciplinary artist, author, and educator who works at the intersection of social change, anti-racism, drug policy, and transformative justice, and brings extensive expertise in facilitating community accountability processes. Camille Barton was trained in restorative justice and embodied peer counseling in the United States and leads the Collective Liberation Project, which educates people about forms of oppression such as racism and sexism and how they function within cultural contexts.

In her presentation, Camille discusses how embodiment can be a helpful practice for community accountability processes and explores how we can create safer spaces within a club that do not perpetuate systems of oppression and discrimination.

Gizem Adiyaman works in party promotion, podcast production, and political education. Together with her best friend Lucia Luciano, she founded the event series and sound system Hoe_mies in 2017, which focuses on female and LGBTQIA+ artists, particularly in hip-hop. Adiyaman and Luciano also host the podcast “Realitäter*innen.” They discuss the importance of giving marginalized identities a platform to educate the mainstream about their realities and shed light on typically taboo topics such as sex work, the prison system, and homelessness.

Gizem shares her experiences with “cancel campaigns” and public callouts—both those she has faced personally and those involving her collective and podcast—explaining how she dealt with them and what lessons she learned from these experiences. In conclusion, Gizem offers concrete guidance on the options and steps available for dealing with a cancel campaign.