In the context of increasing diversity, refers to a interest group, political or otherwise, in which people who share experiences of discrimination come together. The community is connected by a positive feeling of ‘us’ or by a connection to a positive group identity.” Translated from the Diversity Arts Culture Dictionary, see here.

A companion is a person who supports you in carrying out certain activities or in your daily life due to a dis/ability, and who attends program-related events with you. We intentionally write dis/ability with a slash to make structural barriers and exclusions visible through language.

Copyright regulates the rights that protect intellectual property (e.g., texts, music, images, software). These rights apply automatically upon the creation of a work and assume that content may only be shared or used with the explicit permission of the creator(s). Using a work without permission infringes copyright and can have legal consequences.

Free Knowledge means that knowledge is freely accessible and can therefore be modified, copied, reused, and redistributed. Depending on the license, certain conditions may apply – such as attribution or sharing under the same license. The most well-known source of Free Knowledge is the free online encyclopedia Wikipedia.

Free licenses are licenses that allow you to use, distribute and modify copyrighted works. Where “all rights reserved” is the norm in copyright law, with free licenses this condition changes to “some rights reserved”. Depending on the license used, everyone is entitled to use the work in many different ways, such as editing or distribution without the need to first enter into more detailed, individual agreements with the copyright holders – as long as they comply with the conditions of the relevant license. Creative Commons licenses are the most commonly used free licenses, but there are many more out there. Each of these licenses permits different types of use and modification. Working with free licenses therefore also involves weighing up the pros and cons that broad-scale accessibility entails.

Informal groups refers to collectives, alliances, and other groups of people that do not act as formal organizations or their official representatives.

Knowledge equity refers to recognizing inequalities and dismantling systemic barriers with the goal that everyone, regardless of their social or economic status, have access to knowledge and can participate in its production and circulation.

Marginalization refers to the displacement of individuals or ethnic groups to the margins of society. This displacement can occur on different levels: geographically, economically, socially, culturally, etc.; typically it is experienced at multiple levels simultaneously.” Translated from the Diversity Arts Culture Dictionary, see here.

Marginalized knowledge refers to content, perspectives, and stories that, due to power imbalances and systemic barriers, find little to no space or visibility in official narratives and institutions. This includes knowledge from marginalized communities who experience racism.