WHAT DOES THAT MEAN, WHAT DO WE DO, AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?
Awareness means paying attention and being conscious. Being conscious to ensuring that your own boundaries and feelings of safety, as well as those of others, are not overstepped. This requires an awareness that we all share responsibility for the well-being of the people around us as soon as we enter a space or the festival grounds. After all, boundaries are easily crossed, whether physically, verbally or non-verbally. Even a rash touch, a stare at a person or a thoughtless statement can violate other people's boundaries.
At an international festival like the Zürcher Theater Spektakel, people with very different experiences come together. Therefore, it’s important that we treat each other with respect. Racism, sexism, physical, psychological, or sexual violence, queerophobia, ableism and any other form of discrimination have no place at the Zürcher Theater Spektakel.
With our awareness work, we at the Zürcher Theater Spektakel not only want to raise social consciousness, but also actively work on and with structures to minimise violence and discrimination and support people affected by violence.
WHAT THE AWARENESS TEAM DOES FOR YOU
Have you observed or experienced a transgressive or abusive situation yourself? Do you feel uncomfortable or need help? Is your sense of safety or that of another person under threat?
AWARENESS TEAM
The awareness team is out and about on the festival site and can be recognised by their pink waistcoats. They will listen to you, take you seriously and support you.
AWARENESS PHONE
Are you tied up in one place and need help? The telephone is operated during the festival opening hours: +41 (0)77 279 00 94
SAFER SPACE
Do you need peace and quiet and a place to retreat? The barrier-free Safer Space is located behind the main entrance of the festival site.
CONTACT POINTS
The awareness team is not in sight? The box office at the main entrance or the info desk in the centre of the main square will call the awareness team for you.
DIGITAL MAILBOX
Do you have suggestions, criticism and personal experiences you would like to share? Write to us in the language you feel most comfortable with: awareness@theaterspektakel.dont-want-spam.ch. All information will be treated confidentially and anonymously.
THANKS
This text and the collection of terms are based on the awareness work of various organisations and people who have been dealing with these issues for many years. Many thanks for your work: Bla*sh, Feministisches Streikhaus Zürich, Musikfestwochen Winterthur, Clubbüro Rote Fabrik, Awareness Akademie, B Aware Berlin, Diversity Arts Culture Berlin, Stadt Zürich, Eidgenössische Kommission gegen Rassismus (EKR), Netzwerk Avanti Schweiz und Mohamed Amjahid «Der weisse Fleck» Piper Verlag, 2021.