Code of Conduct

“As a classroom community, our capacity to generate excitement is deeply affected by our interest in one another, in hearing one another’s voices, in recognizing one another’s presence.” ― bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom

Why

Academie Minerva is a learning community that catalyses change in society from an imaginative and critical perspective.

We want to create a community where everyone can freely learn, play, experiment, discover, discuss and reflect. This creates a field of tension: a diverse and multi-voiced field, where we meet and collaborate, but where it will also sometimes rumble, clash and cause friction – because that’s what art can do. Where boundaries emerge and are explored. Where it is not always black or white, but there is a large grey area. For which we discover the rules together. Space and freedom are important in the development of artistic creators and for our learning community. For this to happen properly and respectfully, a safe working and learning climate is needed. This is what this Code of Conduct is for.

For whom

This code of conduct applies to all students and employees of Academie Minerva, regardless of position and type of work performed. The code applies at our locations in Groningen and Leeuwarden, and at external locations where you are present on behalf of (or because of) the Academy.

This is how we treat each other

Minerva strives to provide a safe and respectful environment for everyone in its community, regardless of their background, gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation or identity. With the values described below, together we shape the safe environment for study and work at the academy.

What to do?

Together we make every effort to monitor a safe study and work culture. Still, incidents may occur. Make it discussable and know that you will be heard. In the file you can find different options how to do this.