KIF515:Awareness

Einführung

Während der gesamten Konferenz sind Awareness-Teams im Einsatz. Awareness-Teams sind deine Ansprechpersonen, wenn du dich auf der Veranstaltung unwohl fühlst oder einfach jemanden zum Reden brauchst. Sie treffen selbst keine Orga-Entscheidungen, können aber für dich anonymisiert mit der Orga oder anderen Personen Kontakt aufnehmen und dich vertreten.

Kontakt

Das aktuell aktive Awareness-Team ist im Engel-Tool eingetragen und trägt magentafarbene Warnwesten.

Awareness-Telefon: [COMING SOON]

Awareness-Email: [COMING SOON]

Awareness-Team 51.5

Wenn du eine Awareness-Person sein möchtest, stell dich bitte im Folgenden kurz vor. Über das Awareness-Team wird beim Anfangsplenum abgestimmt. Du erhältst eine Einschulung, musst also nicht unbedingt konkrete Vorerfahrung haben.

Alle Felder sind natürlich optional, und du kannst gerne weitere hinzufügen.

Menschen, die gerne im Awareness-Team wären

Name (Uni)	Pronomen	Vorstellung	Kontaktdaten	Bild
Beispielperson (JKU)	er-ihm / he-him	Ich wäre gerne im Awareness-Team, weil ich mich schon intensiv mit dem Thema auseinander gesetzt habe ...	Matrix-ID: xy
Carl (HTW Dresden)	er/sie/mensch/they	Ich wäre gerne im Awareness-Team, weil ich bereits seit meiner ersten KIF in Ulm (KIF 50.0) im Awareness-Team dabei bin, mir diese Aufgabe wichtig ist und ich es wirklich gern mache.	Matrix-ID: @carl_hainz:matrix.org aber wesentlich besser bin ich über Telegram zu erreichen: https://t.me/Carl_Inge_von_Borg

Auf Anfrage werden deine Daten nach der KIF wieder aus den Wiki-Logs entfernt.

Awareness-Team Konzept

Das vorliegende Konzept basiert auf Guidelines zur Awareness-Arbeit, die die Studienvertretung Linz mit Expert:innen ausgearbeitet und für dieses Event angepasst hat. Wenn du Fragen oder Kritik hast, bring sie gerne per Mail an kif@oeh.jku.at ein - wir werden sie einarbeiten und die finale Fassung beim Anfangsplenum präsentieren.

Organisational Matters

All members of the Awareness-Team will receive a short training before the conference starts. During the training, the guidelines and suggestions for incident response listed below will be discussed. Awareness-Team members will also receive access to the Awareness-Room, a place you can take people for confidential conversations or to give them a place to calm down. The room is equipped with special equipment to provide aid.

Awareness-Team work can be exhausting, and we want everyone to enjoy the conference. We therefore aim to employ a shift plan and cycle through “active” teams that are on call and in uniform. Naturally, issues might not be resolved during one shift and come up again later, so non-active members can of course also still be involved in Awareness-Team work and may be contacted.

The JKU’s Awareness-Team-Pool will send additional members to become part of the Awareness-Team and fill empty shifts. These members do not participate in the general conference and provide a less involved but more experienced perspective. All of them have received additional Awareness-Team training.

The Awareness Team can be contacted via phone (see green box at the top), via the contact details listed individually or via email for non-urgent matters.

Guidelines for Awareness Personell

• Stay approachable: Don’t be rude, don’t drink, don’t leave the event without telling your colleagues. Be visible.
• Step in: You are not only responsible for responding to incidents, but you should ideally also avoid them from occurring. You don’t need to be a complete killjoy, but read the room and make people aware if you feel like a conversation topic or statement is not well received.
• Take issues seriously: Don’t brush it off if you are notified about an issue. People have different tolerances and backgrounds. If someone is feeling unwell, try to change that.
• Confidentiality is key: Treat all matters confidentially. Ask the person reporting an issue who you are allowed to share them with (useful: other members of Awareness Team, Orga)
• Respect wishes: If the person feeling unwell asks you for something (e.g. they only want to document an issue, but no consequences for anyone), try to follow it. If you can’t follow it, explain why (e.g. when it comes to the consequences for aggressors etc.).

Incident Response

• Don’t panic: Be calm and collected when an issue comes up. Listen and comfort, don’t make judgement calls.
• Isolate: Try to remove the person that doesn’t feel well, bring them to an isolated area (e.g. the Awareness Room) to talk about the issue. Ask if it is okay to bring a second awareness person with you. Allow them to bring emotional support. Offer a glass of water.
• Document: Ask if it is okay to take confidential notes. This is important if the issue needs to be escalated further. Also note down the names of potential witnesses, and approach them if this is okay with the person that reported the issue.
• Resolve: Try to resolve or relieve the issue immediately, if possible. This should not come with negative consequences for the person reporting the issue. Use a measured response fitting the issue and run them by the Orga. E.g. Discreetly talk to the person that made someone feel unwell, explain the issue, ask them to stop, ensure that the two stay apart.
• Provide Further Steps: Ensure them that the Orga will help if they want to escalate the issue, e.g. to start a legal procedure. Exchange contact details for follow-ups and point to these options:
  • Arbeitskreis für Gleichstellungsfragen (AKG): Handles reports for all members of the JKU, especially employees. No consequences without agreement of person reporting.
  • Gleichbehandlungsanwaltschaft: Can help with starting a legal procedure and provides free counselling.
• Provide Aid: Make them aware of professionals they can talk to.
  • Autonomes Frauenzentrum: Free mental health support, can help with further steps.
  • Psychologische Studierendenberatung: Free mental health support for students.