Thread by @Helenreflects

I have been thinking about this often. FTF conferences are often touted as great networking opportunities, but if you comes from a low-prestige program or are an MA student you're often just being ignored. The APA "smoker" reception is a good example of how this works 1/

https://twitter.com/Emily_Brier_/status/1484953519425736706

When I was a job candidate with a diploma from an obscure European program, I'd just stand around at that reception holding a glass and no-one to talk to. Meanwhile, you had the stars from the top department everyone would flock to. Eventually, I found some other job seekers 2/

And we had great conversations. Still, conferences reinforce hierarchies. The informality of that in between talk results in a lot of people being left out of that talk. How can conferences provide more equitable opportunities for informal networking? 3/

Also, how can we create opportunities for informal mentoring outside of conferences? A question I discussed with other @Phil4Sustain and perhaps something we can broach in the Philosophers' Cocoon @marcusarvan /end