Code of conduct

MishMash brings together researchers from a range of artistic and scientific disciplines, along with many other participants from private and public institutions. This mix of people and perspectives is key to achieving the centre’s ambitions, and it is important to ensure that everyone feels able to take part on equal terms.

Our goal is a centre that invites participation from people of all academic backgrounds, employment situations, ethnicities, countries of origin, gender identities and expressions, sexual orientations, appearances, ages, abilities, beliefs, and economic backgrounds.

We have therefore drawn up the guidelines in this document, which apply to all MishMash activities.

What we value

  • Curiosity. We are here because we can learn from one another.
  • Generosity. We share knowledge, methods, data and code on agreed terms, and help new members find their way into the network.
  • Care. We look after one another and remember that people take part from different institutions, career stages, and life situations.
  • Integrity. We follow high ethical standards in our research and are open about how results came about.
  • Accountability. We consider the biases and the environmental and social costs of the AI-based systems we use and study, and work to reduce them.
  • Cultural heritage. We respect the communities that cultural heritage belongs to, include traditions beyond the dominant ones, and agree with living communities from the start on how their heritage is used in AI-based systems. A work is used only as its makers or performers, or their families, have agreed, and with respect for anyone the work is about or dedicated to.

How we work together

  • Friendliness. We meet one another as colleagues, and assume that someone who disagrees with us has good reasons we have not heard yet.
  • Equality and diversity. We treat all our colleagues as equals, whatever their position in life and career, and we treat our different characteristics, backgrounds and traditions as a strength.
  • Responsiveness. We make room for everyone to voice their opinions and views, in meetings and elsewhere, and we respond to them in earnest.
  • Time. We respect each other’s working hours, breaks, and holidays, and we agree on deadlines we can meet.
  • Space and access. We choose meeting rooms (physical or digital) and formats (synchronous or asynchronous) for what is to be done and for their environmental footprint, and we give every meeting a clear purpose.
  • Credit and consent. We name those who have contributed, agree authorship roles early, explain what AI tools contributed, and use people’s material only as they have agreed.

If something is not right

Harassment has no place in MishMash. That covers every form of unwanted attention, intimidation, slurs and demeaning comments.

If you experience or see a breach of these guidelines, speak to the organiser of the activity, to a member of the management team, or write to contact@mishmash.no. You can also contact us on behalf of someone else.

We take every report seriously. Within MishMash activities, the organiser and centre management can act immediately, for instance by stopping unwanted behaviour at a meeting or event, asking someone to leave, or changing how a collaboration is organised.

MishMash is not a legal entity and has no employer responsibility. A breach that calls for a formal process therefore follows the rules of the institution where the people involved work or study. The centre management can help you find the right channel and support you along the way.