ABSTRACT The ‘graveyard slot’ at a conference is a session which, due to the timing of the session, has a high probability of low attendance. Being scheduled for the graveyard slot can be interpreted as a neutral programming decision, or we can point to the marginalisation of particular knowledge and/or knowledge producers which are arguably more likely to be scheduled for these slots. Unfortunately, the neutral-seeming nature of programming means that accusations of marginalisation are likely to be rejected as lacking proof. This think piece encourages further politicisation of discussions of conference programming; the piece is based on the authors’ experience of organising a session on sexuality at a teachers’ professional conference, which was scheduled in the graveyard slot and ultimately cancelled. This incident is situated in wider discussions of the politics of the graveyard slot, which are particularly salient for gender and sexuality researchers presenting at mainstream conferences.

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墓地插槽是政治性的

摘要 会议中的“墓地时段”是由于会议时间的原因，出席率很低的会议。被安排在墓地插槽可以被解释为一个中立的编程决定，或者我们可以指出特定知识和/或知识生产者的边缘化，这些知识和/或知识生产者可能更有可能被安排在这些插槽中。不幸的是，编程的中立性质意味着边缘化的指控可能会因为缺乏证据而被拒绝。这篇思想文章鼓励将会议规划的讨论进一步政治化；这篇文章基于作者在教师专业会议上组织关于性的会议的经验，该会议被安排在墓地时段，最终被取消。