[Air-L] Difficult conversations

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01/24/24,
04:42:12 AM

On Tue, Jan 23, 2024 at 5:30 PM Dr. Rasha Abdulla via Air-L <
air-l at listserv.aoir.org> wrote:

> So the response of the self-acclaimed Israeli who is the AoIR President to
> this imperative issue is to stifle conversation?!!!
> WOW!! Just WOW!!!
>
> Rasha A. Abdulla
> Professor
> Journalism and Mass Communication
> The American University in Cairo
> Twitter: @RashaAbdulla
> http://twitter.com/rashaabdulla
>
> On Tue, Jan 23, 2024, 9:48 AM 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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