UNIVERSITY CAMPAIGN LAUNCH — “INTERTEXTUAL SOLIDARITY INITIATIVE (ISI)”

Slogan: “Whose Words? Our Words.”
Location: Centre for Academic Fluidity (formerly the Honesty Office)
Event Format: Catered keynote with biodegradable cupcakes and oatmilk-only latte station
Presenters:

• Dr. Trystan Greenfield (they/them): Vice-Chancellor for Decolonised Cognition

• Ashleigh (she/her): Undergraduate Ambassador for Collective Authorship

• Special Guest: Zora (they/fae): AI Ethics PhD candidate and “citational anarchist”

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OPENING REMARKS – DR. GREENFIELD (they/them)

For too long, we have privileged a narrow, Eurocentric understanding of “originality.” This fetishisation of authorship—of having a unique thought—is a relic of Enlightenment individualism and frankly reeks of intellectual property colonialism.

With the launch of the Intertextual Solidarity Initiative, we affirm that knowledge is a commons, not a commodity.

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SLIDE: OLD vs. NEW LANGUAGE

Old Term	Intertextual Solidarity Equivalent
Plagiarism	Participatory Echoing
Copying	Dialogical Reiteration
Academic Dishonesty	Unmediated Intellectual Affection
Original Work	Temporarily Authored Assemblage
Citation Required	Optional Naming in the Spirit of Reciprocity

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ASHLEIGH (she/her):

When I handed in my gender studies essay using five uncredited TikTok comments, I wasn’t plagiarising—I was platforming marginalised digital voices. I now know I was simply ahead of policy.

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ZORA (they/fae):

In my dissertation, I refused to cite anyone. I described it as “citation divestment”—a protest against epistemic gatekeeping. I received a High Distinction and a shortlisting for the Rhizomatic Thinking Award.

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DR. GREENFIELD (they/them):

Some may ask, “But how will we assess students’ knowledge?” And to that we say: Why assess at all? Assessment is a hierarchical remnant of feudal academia. We are trialling a Vibe-Based Evaluation Matrix™, which includes:

• Emotional Resonance Quotient (ERQ)

• Citation Moodboard

• Gut Feeling of the Marker

• Aura of Effort

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STUDENT TESTIMONIAL VIDEO (PLAYED ON STAGE)

“I submitted a Word doc that just said ‘Wikipedia is community.’ I got a B+ and a poem back from the professor.”

— Kai (they/them), 2nd Year, Unspecified Humanities

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Q&A SESSION

STUDENT (he/they):

So does this mean we can all use ChatGPT now?

DR. GREENFIELD:

Only if you emotionally compensate the AI. Have you considered writing it a gratitude haiku?

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CAMPAIGN MATERIALS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR:

• Zines: “Stealing Back the Mind: Intellectual Communism for Beginners”

• Sticker packs: “My Brain Is a Commons” / “Cite Me or Don’t—I’m Free”

• Bookmarks made from shredded Turnitin reports