Rasheed Araeen, 6 December 2012
Dear members of the Editorial Board, Advisory Council, and the supporters of Third Text.
I must first thank you all for your tremendous support in this difficult time not only for me personally but, more importantly, for Third Text in its historical struggle to maintain the continuity of its pursuit for truth and its radical vision.
Third Text Advisory Council Members, 5 December 2012
With this letter we announce our collective resignation from the Third Text Advisory Council.
With the full sadness of a long look back, we take our leave from a journal that has occupied a vital place in our critical lives and, for many of us, our artistic and intellectual formation. We do not leave gladly, but we are bound to accept that Third Text, under its current Trusteeship and editorial leadership, is no longer the journal we knew and loved.
Trustees of Black Umbrella, 30 August 2012
Trustees welcome your support for Third Text. We hope to allay your concerns through reaffirming that we have no intention of undermining the collective vision of Third Text and that our priority is to sustain its future. The Trustees are long supporters of both Rasheed Araeen and of the journal and have the highest regard for his achievements. Rasheed has not been ‘ousted’ from Third Text. Our decision that he should pursue his international role was made with full regard to Rasheed’s status as Founding Editor and to the current and long term needs of the journal and Black Umbrella Trust. The current dispute is perhaps a disproportionate response to a decision made with the best intentions for all concerned.
Third Text Advisory Council Members & Third Text Contributors and Supporters, 22 August 2012
To Black Umbrella Board of Trustees, Taylor & Francis Group and Arts Council England:
Please note that the following people have added their signatures to our Open Letter of 13 August 2012:
Third Text Advisory Council Members, Third Text Associates & Third Text Contributors and Supporters, 22 August 2012
To Black Umbrella Board of Trustees, Taylor & Francis Group and Arts Council England:
This is to let you know that the following people have added their signatures to our Open Letter of 13 August 2012:
Third Text Advisory Council Members, Third Text Associates & Third Text Contributors and Supporters, 13 August 2012
It is with growing alarm and concern that we, members of the Third Text Advisory Council and close supporters ofThird Text, have watched the Board of Trustees take unilateral actions that are hurtful to Founding Editor Rasheed Araeen and damaging to the shared artistic, intellectual and political vision of this journal.
Mario Pissarra & Lize van Robbroeck, 10 August 2012
As a matter of public interest and record
We acknowledge receipt of your response of 19 July to our open letter of 2 July 2012, and that it was marked ‘in confidence’, and that you have since distributed the letter more widely, although you have not yet made any public statement.
We trust that the counter allegations levelled at Rasheed Araeen are being communicated directly so that he can respond to them himself.
Third Text Editorial Board, 8 August 2012
Open Letter to the Board of Trustees of Third Text from members of the Editorial Board
The Editorial Board wishes to make public its position, as set out in letters sent to the Board of Trustees since Rasheed was removed from the day to day running of Third Text in the summer of 2011 (see below 24/11/2011 & 8/3/2012). These letters express our concerns over the situation.
Mario Pissarra & Lize van Robbroeck, 2 June 2012
Open letter to the Board of Trustees of Black Umbrella, concerning the dismissal of Rasheed Araeen as executive director, and the consequences of this action for the future of Third Text, as well as for Third Text Africa.
On the 25th June 2012 Rasheed Araeen, founding editor of Third Text, sent an email to a number of persons associated with Third Text. The letter detailed his dismissal as executive director of Black Umbrella, the non-profit organisation founded by Araeen which established Third Text as its flagship project.
Physical address:
Room 2.02
Old Medical School
University of Cape Town
32 – 37 Orange Street
Gardens
Cape Town, 8000
South Africa
Email: admin@asai.co.za
THANK YOU FOR FUNDING ASAI during the last three years
