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A3 posters for the day

Six posters to put up on Monday 9 November. Print on A3 (297 × 420 mm), colour, at 100%. 1 Welcome — building entrance and hall door · 2 The door — beside the hall door · 3 The day — foyer and tea area · 4 Three rules — foyer · 5 No question time — in the hall and at the ticket desk · 6 The pending wall — at the wall, from 16:40.

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Stellenbosch University Graduate School · 2026 Assemblies

Waiting:
Deferral
Without Denial

Nobody signs a delay. An interdisciplinary Assembly on waiting as power distributed as time — eight papers, seven devices of waiting, one hearing.

WhenMonday 9 November 2026 · 09:00 – ±17:00WhereLecture Hall, Department of JournalismHouseFaculty of Arts & Social Sciences · in person

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Prologue · 09:00 · the door

It will begin shortly.

Chairs are provided. Draw a numbered ticket and keep it: it is your name for the day. Friends and family take a counterfoil — that number is your person.

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Monday 9 November 2026 · the running order

The day

Papers ±30 minutes, uninterrupted. No question time. Italics: waiting, staged. · deferralwithoutdenial.orgDay ends ±17:00

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Nobody only watches

Three positions.
One rule each.

The people who wait

You may ask.
You may not be told.

Their friends and family

You may ask for someone else. Never for yourself.

The government officials

Never no. Never why.
Never when.

Step out at any moment: turn your ticket face-down. Everyone is fed, whatever their form says.

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House rule · Device II · the ticket

There is no question time.

No question is asked from the floor. None is answered today. Write yours on a numbered slip and hand it in at the desk — it is marked RECEIVED, and waits on the debate wall for the presenter’s written answer. No question is refused.

The debate wall
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Epilogue · 16:40 · the pending wall

I am still waiting for ______.

One card each — presenter, official, family, applicant. Write by hand. Pin it here. The reserved judgment waits beside you.

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