Comments on: Last Chance! Take the Occupy Research Demographic and Political Participation Survey by Jan 9th

By: greg

greg — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:06:18 +0000

the results of this survey will only confirm what many people feel, and magnify it. why bother? in fact projects like this survey itself are indicative of the total disconnect that many OWS participants have with urgency, need, and compassion. it’s not anyone’s fault that they have not experienced poverty or want, but this movement will not be a revolutionary movement until the real needs and suppressed desires of the “lowest of the low” are addressed.

By: schock

schock — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:02:47 +0000

Hi Lor,

If you look a little closer, you can find plenty of information about who we are and what this is for! OccupyResearch is an open network of people interested in doing research that supports the occupy movement: not just research ABOUT occupy, but actually doing movement based research that builds the capacity of local occupies to do their own research.

So, we have developed the survey through an open, participatory, consensus based process. With the results, we will be doing trainings with Occupiers on how to analyze the results, and how to use them to support movement building. The dataset is also OPEN, so it will be released to the public after we have made sure it’s completely anonymous (because some people put their contact info in the open ended questions).

You can see who’s involved so far at occupyresearch.net/who

regarding DataCenter.org, not sure what you mean re: ‘spiders back into governement,’ DataCenter does movement based research with a research justice framework, I don’t think you’ll find an organization that is more rooted in community based research methods!

Currently DataCenter is working with: occupyresearch, National Domestic Workers Alliance, Justice for Families, Food Chain Workers Alliance, and other very respected ‘progressive’ (and radical) movement organizations and networks. I don’t know their ENtire history but I think you may have confused them with a different datacenter 😉

peace,
sasha

By: Lor

Lor — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 07:51:51 +0000

My question regarding this survey is: who exactly is the information FOR, and how is it to be used? There is no explanation, so my answer is, no.

OccupyResearch is just a Wiki, with no explanation as to who is behind it, and DataCenter.org, while active in progressive issues, also spiders back into government, Congress; a former Directer had consulted for World Bank and other corporations, etc.

No.

By: OGTV

OGTV — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 04:55:22 +0000

Open Government TV has completed the Occupy Demograpahics and Political Participation Survey.

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By: Occupy Research Survey Working Group

Occupy Research Survey Working Group — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:51:45 +0000

For more information about the process behind this survey, privacy concerns, etc., please read: http://occupyresearch.net/surveys

Thanks!
@schock for the OR Survey Working Group