[Air-L] Difficult conversations

[Dr. Emma Briant]

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On Tue, 23 Jan 2024 at 18:54, Nicholas John via Air-L <
air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:

> Dear all
>
> I have been following the discussion here very closely throughout what has
> been a very long day. I wish to address a couple of points from the various
> posts that have been sent.
>
> For those of you who don’t know me, I am, among other things, the President
> of AoIR, Jewish, and Israeli. I have skin in the game. For some, this may
> disqualify me from speaking; for others, my lived experience may be
> considered relevant. If you know me, you likely know my views on the
> conflict and the current government. I do not feel a need to share them
> here. For the sake of openness, though, I can say that I am yet to see a
> statement about the conflict that does justice to the complexities of the
> situation.
>
> My primary concern right now, therefore, is for AoIR. I think it is already
> clear that it is unlikely that the AoIR community will agree on a statement
> about the current situation in the Middle East. So far, the discussion has,
> by and large, been pretty civil, though I am extremely concerned that it
> might stop being so. Let me remind everyone of our code of conduct (
> https://aoir.org/codeofconduct) and the rules of use (
> https://aoir.org/mailing-lists/mailing-list-rules-and-etiquette) for the
> mailing list.
>
> On a practical note, and after conversations with the exec members who were
> available today, the conversation on this list will be slowed down a bit.
> Every message will get through (unless it really shouldn’t), though not
> immediately. It’s 1am where I am, but tomorrow morning I will release a
> bunch of messages, and will continue to do so through the day.
>
> I know that this conflict has already cost people real friendships within
> academia. It must not cost us our community.
>
> Nik
>
>
> Nicholas John
> Associate Professor
> President, Association of Internet Researchers
> Department of Communication and Journalism
> The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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