Culture Market rules
What this space is for
The Culture Market is for trading things of cultural value. It is a place to share culture, memory, and community knowledge, not just objects.
- Traditional food and ingredients from home.
- Clothing, jewellery, and textiles with cultural meaning.
- Religious and spiritual items, rituals, and tools.
- Music, art, dance, games, and stories from your community.
- Books, teaching, language support, and community know-how.
- Other clearly cultural items and services agreed by ic3csi.
Every item must be connected to a people, a place, or a living culture. This is not a general second-hand marketplace.
Identity rules
The Culture Market is a coded space. Every item must declare Race, Ethnicity, and Sub-Branch codes before it can appear in the listings.
- Race code (IC) — for example: IC3.
- Ethnicity code — for example: Black Caribbean, Turkish, Chinese.
- Sub-Branch code — a detailed community code such as IC3-BCRB-N15-001.
These codes are attached to items by ic3csi. They are always visible on the item view and in search results. Visitors can browse and comment without accounts; the coded items are the main focus.
What is not allowed
To protect the community and keep the Culture Market lawful, the following are not allowed:
- Illegal goods or services under UK law or relevant local law.
- Weapons, controlled substances, or anything that supports violence.
- Fraud, scams, or misleading offers.
- Pornographic content or sexual exploitation.
- Human trafficking, slavery, or any form of forced labour.
- Harassment, bullying, or doxxing.
- Hate speech or threats against any group.
- Content that promotes anti-Black racism or any form of racism.
ic3csi may remove items, hide comments, or restrict use of the Culture Market if these rules are broken.
Media rules (pictures and videos)
Items can include links to pictures and videos to show their culture offers. All media must follow these rules:
- Media must relate directly to the item.
- No violent, pornographic, or humiliating content.
- No hate symbols used to threaten or intimidate communities.
- No images or videos of people who have not agreed to be shown.
Links may open in new tabs or be embedded. ic3csi reserves the right to hide or remove media that breaks these rules.
IC3 and IC6 safeguards
The Culture Market is designed with IC3 Black and IC6 Mixed-Black people at the centre. ic3csi may apply extra safeguards where needed, including:
- Pausing or reviewing items that target IC3 or IC6 communities.
- Watching for patterns of exploitation, overpricing, or discrimination.
- Recording and studying trade patterns as part of reparatory justice investigations.
Other race and ethnicity groups are welcome, but must respect these safeguards and the central role of IC3 and IC6 communities in this space.
Comments and the public message board
Each item page has a public comments area. Comments are about the item, not about personal profiles. To keep the space safe:
- Do not post real names, emails, phone numbers, or home addresses.
- Focus on the culture, memory, and value of the item.
- Do not harass or threaten other commenters.
ic3csi may hide or remove comments that break these rules or that are used to target IC3 and IC6 communities.
How investigators may use this space
ic3csi can use the Culture Market as an investigation space to:
- Observe how different communities trade cultural value with each other.
- Map which cultures are visible, and which are being ignored or exploited.
- Support reparatory justice arguments with evidence of real economic and cultural patterns.
Visitors who use the Culture Market accept that the coded pattern of items and comments may be studied in this way, always with the aim of challenging anti-Black racism and supporting justice.