THE LOCAL TRANSMISSION · ONLINE SEASON 1 · UES-206
Common Table: Hospitality as Civic Infrastructure
HOSPITALITY + COMMONS
Practice invitation, access, facilitation, food or object prompts, conflict care, and follow-through as the working infrastructure of a good collective room.
- Module time
- About 2.5–3 hours per module
- Pace
- Start anytime · no deadlines · pause and return.
- Completion
- Any four modules plus the final course outcome.
- Materials
- Tabletop, phone timer, video room, phone bridge, or accessible gathering space · Paper or text file with run-of-show fields: minute, action, purpose, access path, materials, host role, and contingency; budget fields: item, quantity, unit cost, source, total, and $0 alternative · Optional food, flower, image, object, or music prompt · Four optional project microgrants of $100 are included in the course budget
WHY THIS CLASS EXISTS
Make observation useful to somebody else.
Practice invitation, access, facilitation, food or object prompts, conflict care, and follow-through as the working infrastructure of a good collective room.
Builds from Season 0: UES-102, UES-108.
HOW THE ROOM RUNS
Prompt. Fieldwork. Studio. Receipt.
- 01Module prompt
One central question opens each module. The source shelf is optional; the page itself contains the full path.
- 02Field task
One 60–90 minute act of looking, making, recording, or hosting.
- 03Self-guided studio
A 75-minute making, editing, or reflection session you can complete alone.
- 04Module receipt
A 20-minute useful trace kept privately or shared only when you choose.
YOUR PRIVATE COURSE DESK
Start here. No account required.
Check off modules as you work. Progress stays in this browser; the university never receives your name, work, location, email, or wallet.
0 of 5 completion steps · finish any four modules plus the final outcome.
Local progress is ready. You can also use the class without saving anything.
THE SIX-MODULE ROOM
A complete first syllabus.
Everything required is printed here. References named inside modules are optional; use this on-page toolkit whenever a module asks for a check, scenario, ledger, or handoff.
- MODULE01
What can happen together that should not be another feed, meeting, or performance?
Why Should This Room Exist?
On-page prompts + optional references
- On-page purpose test: name what participants can do together, what the room will not ask of them, who benefits, who may be affected, and what trace remains
- Examples of salons, teach-ins, kitchen tables, listening rooms, and online circles
- Participation, extraction, and host-accountability prompts
Self-guided studio
Distinguish audience, participants, guests, collaborators, hosts, and people affected but absent.
Field task
Compare two on-page scenarios: a first-time guest with no local connections and a guest who cannot travel, appear on camera, or share personal data. Write why each might join, hesitate, or decline. An optional interview may supplement the simulation.
Module receipt · private by default
A one-paragraph purpose, non-purpose, and promise to participants.
- MODULE02
What must someone know before saying yes, and what should never surprise them on arrival?
Invitation, Welcome, Access
On-page prompts + optional references
- Plain-language invitation and access-note examples
- RSVP privacy and minimal-data patterns
- Online, sensory, mobility, language, food, and care access prompts
Self-guided studio
Write invitations that name purpose, timing, cost, format, access, privacy, recording, and a real contact.
Field task
Check whether the invitation states purpose, date and duration, cost, format, access path, privacy, recording, food or sensory notes, what to bring, and contact; revise every missing answer. Sending it is optional.
Module receipt · private by default
The tested invitation and a short revision log.
- MODULE03
How should attention move through forty-five minutes?
Shape the Rhythm
On-page prompts + optional references
- Run-of-show and facilitation-score examples
- Arrival, threshold, small-group, pause, and closing patterns
- Timekeeping and online-room production basics
Self-guided studio
Build a minute-by-minute gathering score with a purpose for every transition.
Field task
Time a fifteen-minute tabletop fragment three ways: an expected arrival, a late silent arrival, and a remote or text-only participant. Record where energy, clarity, or access drops. Rehearsing with peers is optional.
Module receipt · private by default
Run-of-show version one with host roles and contingency branches.
- MODULE04
How does a host share attention without abandoning responsibility?
Host and Facilitate
On-page prompts + optional references
- Opening agreements and participatory facilitation prompts
- Turn-taking, chat, silence, and small-group methods
- Food, object, image, and music prompt examples
Self-guided studio
Role-play arrival, uneven participation, technical failure, dominant voices, silence, and a late guest.
Field task
Walk from invitation through follow-up as someone who cannot use stairs, hear audio, read small type, speak on demand, pay, travel, or identify publicly. Add an equivalent path for every barrier; an optional outside tester may supplement the same check.
Module receipt · private by default
An access-and-hosting list naming the path, contingency, and host role responsible for each promise.
- MODULE05
What can the room hold, and when must the host pause, redirect, or stop?
Conflict, Care, and Graceful Endings
On-page prompts + optional references
- Scope, community agreement, and escalation examples
- De-escalation, repair, removal, and referral prompts
- On-page aftercare check: close clearly, state follow-up timing, offer correction, store the minimum data, delete practice data, document incidents privately, and refer needs beyond host scope
Self-guided studio
Practice boundary statements, interruptions, repair invitations, endings, and post-event care without pretending hosts are clinicians.
Field task
Write a proportionate response path for three plausible gathering failures.
Module receipt · private by default
A one-page host care and escalation plan.
- MODULE06
What should a future participant, funder, or host be able to understand afterward?
Complete the Table, Keep the Receipt
On-page prompts + optional references
- On-page micro-budget fields: item, purpose, quantity, unit cost, total, payer, reimbursement status, donated value, and $0 alternative
- Participant feedback and privacy-minimal evaluation prompts
- Reusable host-kit and season-receipt examples
Self-guided studio
Run one full solo or tabletop rehearsal, self-debrief from host and participant viewpoints, and separate private care notes from any optionally shared learning.
Field task
Complete a simulated closeout: reconcile the micro-budget, delete any practice data, and finish the host kit. Real follow-up or reimbursements apply only if the learner optionally hosted guests.
Module receipt · private by default
A private-by-default invitation, run-of-show, micro-budget, access notes, learning receipt, and reusable source files; hosting or sharing is optional.
WHAT COMPLETION MEANS
No grades. Real work.
- 01
Invitation test · suggested after module 2
Write an invitation, test it as a first-time participant with no context and as a person using the remote or text-only access path, then revise it. Sending it to a real person is optional. - 02
Accessibility walkthrough · suggested after module 4
Rehearse the entire arrival-to-exit experience and document barriers, contingency paths, and named host responsibilities. - 03
Micro-table rehearsal · suggested after module 6
Complete a 45-minute tabletop or solo rehearsal and keep the invitation, run-of-show, micro-budget, access notes, and aftercare receipt private by default. Hosting or publishing is optional.
Complete any four of the six module receipts and finish the course outcome or a private equivalent. There are no grades, deadlines, peer requirements, or public-posting requirements.
ACCESS IS PART OF THE SYLLABUS
More than one way through the room.
- Every instruction is readable on the public course page; audio or video references require a transcript or equivalent text path.
- Every required prompt, scenario, rubric, and checklist is written on this course page; named sources are optional references, not missing course materials.
- Low-bandwidth, print-friendly syllabus with no paid platform or subscription required.
- No live attendance, camera, account, wallet, or public posting is required.
- Progress stays in this browser unless the learner chooses to download a private completion receipt.
- Online-only gathering format and non-food participation path; no learner must host in a private home.
- Independent route
- Active now. The complete sequence, studio prompts, access paths, and private checklist are on this page.
- Optional faculty profile
- A community producer, hospitality worker, facilitator, or cultural organizer with practical accessibility, conflict-care, budget, and follow-through experience.
- Supported cohort
- Optional and funding-dependent. Human review or scheduled sessions never gate access or completion.
- Planning cost
- $3,500 for maintenance, access, materials, and an optional supported cohort—not tuition or admission.
Learners retain copyright. Public licensing and Tezos minting are optional and separate. A wallet, public identity, public artifact, or blockchain transaction is never required for this class.
THE ROOM IS OPEN
Bring one place. Leave one useful trace.
Start now, move at your own pace, and keep the work private if that is the right path. Human help and supported cohorts can be added without changing anyone’s right to learn independently.
Support does not buy admission, curriculum control, governance rights, or faculty appointments.