Tools for Learning

"Experiences and conversations are meaningful teachers."

Our education team encourages learning from shared experiences and honest conversations. We here articulate best practices for various interactions between stakeholders in our community.

Structure of This Document ****

Each interaction is first introduced and contextualized. We then detail recommendations that are split into 6 categories that stem from what we find meaningful to CAREspaces' mission and approach:

1. WORKSPACES - To acknowledge formal and informal workspaces in which we operate.
2. LOGISTICS - To outline logistics that should form the basis of professional interactions between members. These include: general, financial, itinerary, accommodation, food, travel, etc.
3. ACCOUNTABILITY, LIABILITY, & SAFETY - To articulate the responsibility of accountability in each interaction.
4. BOUNDARIES & CULTURAL NUANCES - To recognize tendencies we might have within interactions and define boundaries that are culturally and socially relevant.
5. COMMUNICATION - To suggest the timing and frequency of conversations that are often not given due importance.
6. ZERO TOLERANCE POLICY - To equip readers with honor code practices that mitigate potential discriminatory or harmful behavior.

Interactions

Members of the Indian Arts are constantly interacting and collaborating with one another in many spaces and capacities.

<aside> ✨ Individual actions help establish professional and respectful interactions that foster meaningful collaborations rather than misconduct. As part of our Tools for Learning, we have written interaction-specific recommendations and insights that are based on anecdotes and experiences within the community (unless specifically cited).

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We acknowledge there are several interactions beyond the seven we have detailed below - in our experience these are some of the common ones.

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Artiste and Organizer

The relationship between the artist and organizer is crucial to the smooth operation of arts economies/transactions/arrangements/negotiations. There are typically two types of organizers: performance organizers, who are responsible for decisions taken at a local level in one location to ensure smooth single events; and tour organizers, who interface with artistes, performance organizers, travel agents, and/or host families to ensure a smooth overall tour (featuring many performances together). The three parties (performance organizers, tour organizers, and artistes) have the potential to create skewed power dynamics. Some potential sources of concern, and ways to circumvent these, are enumerated below.