Presenter reads entire paper from slides Doesn't ask a question, just wants to hear themselves speak Q&A gets lit Someone's phone rings during a session Technical malfunction Uses phrase 'apartheid era/ regime' Speaker uses words they don't understand Mentions intersectionality Speaker says 'uh' or 'um' every few seconds Mention of xenophobia "I've changed the title of my paper" "That's a great question" Speaker is unprepared Speaker refers to themselves in the third person No mention of gender or sexuality Panelist doesn't show up "Where can I go to smoke?" "We discussed this in my session" Speaker wears glasses only when they present Asks irrelevant question Someone arrives late and interrupts the session Speaker relies on South African exceptionalism Speaker mentions reading with/against archival grain Name spelled wrong Presenter reads entire paper from slides Doesn't ask a question, just wants to hear themselves speak Q&A gets lit Someone's phone rings during a session Technical malfunction Uses phrase 'apartheid era/ regime' Speaker uses words they don't understand Mentions intersectionality Speaker says 'uh' or 'um' every few seconds Mention of xenophobia "I've changed the title of my paper" "That's a great question" Speaker is unprepared Speaker refers to themselves in the third person No mention of gender or sexuality Panelist doesn't show up "Where can I go to smoke?" "We discussed this in my session" Speaker wears glasses only when they present Asks irrelevant question Someone arrives late and interrupts the session Speaker relies on South African exceptionalism Speaker mentions reading with/against archival grain Name spelled wrong
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Presenter reads entire paper from slides
Doesn't ask a question, just wants to hear themselves speak
Q&A gets lit
Someone's phone rings during a session
Technical malfunction
Uses phrase 'apartheid era/ regime'
Speaker uses words they don't understand
Mentions intersectionality
Speaker says 'uh' or 'um' every few seconds
Mention of xenophobia
"I've changed the title of my paper"
"That's a great question"
Speaker is unprepared
Speaker refers to themselves in the third person
No mention of gender or sexuality
Panelist doesn't show up
"Where can I go to smoke?"
"We discussed this in my session"
Speaker wears glasses only when they present
Asks irrelevant question
Someone arrives late and interrupts the session
Speaker relies on South African exceptionalism
Speaker mentions reading with/against archival grain
Name spelled wrong
