Rewriting Our Terms & Conditions
An introduction by Mio Kojima
Whether we study at a university, collaborate with others in a self-employed setting, or work in an institution, we are surrounded by formal protocols that shape how we act and come together. Codes of conduct, for example, articulate shared values and expectations; meeting practices such as check-ins and pronoun rounds create formal structures for communicating our needs and identities; and working contracts and student regulations inform us about our rights and obligations. These formal rules shape what values and needs are centered in working and learning contexts.
In this zine, we rethink the rules and regulations that shape our working and learning contexts by smuggling our values into official language. Together, we rewrite existing protocols and regulations, imagining how they might better reflect the ways we want to work, learn, and relate to one another.
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This zine was produced during the workshop “A Loophole for Care: Rewriting Our Terms & Conditions” on November 15, 2026, at Enclave London, UK, as part of the “Is it Cake” program, and on November 16, 2026, at the University of the Arts London.
It was created with octomode, a collective editing space for PDF making first developed by Varia and building on the knowledge and practices of many designers and developers who work with and contribute to open-source and web-to-print approaches to making publications.
Workshop concept and facilitation by Mio Kojima.
Program curation by external &.