Quick links
- Take the survey online: http://svy.mk/owsurvey-net.
- Download the survey guide: http://bit.ly/OccupyResearchSurveyandGuide.
- A prezi training on how to do the survey f2f: http://prezi.com/abentbthm65z/occupy-research-survey-training/
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Last Chance! Take #OccupyResearch survey: http://bit.ly/owsurvey-net Research by/4 the movement FTW! More info: http://bit.ly/owsurvey-info
Background:
The OccupyResearch network is pleased to launch this exciting survey,
which aims to create a better understanding of who engages with the
Occupy movement, and how — it includes questions about media,
communication, political activities, and more. The survey is open to
people living in any country, regardless of their level of involvement
with the Occupy movement. The more people we can reach with this survey,
the better we can reflect on this exciting time — so we invite you to
spread the word. You can pitch in by:
- Posting it on social networks
- Sharing it with your local Occupy activists and groups
- Contacting or starting a research working group at an Occupy site
- Conducting the survey yourself
- Getting involved in a survey training workshop
Get started! Share this link to the survey with your networks:
http://svy.mk/owsurvey-net.
At Occupy sites, the survey can either be conducted online, if internet access is available in the field, or on paper. For both scenarios, we’ve created a comprehensive guide to conducting the survey, including detailed directions, a script, important information regarding consent, and many useful pointers.
Download that guide as a PDF here: http://bit.ly/OccupyResearchSurveyandGuide.
Coming soon: Interactive training materials for surveyors, and on-the-ground training at Occupy sites! Get in touch with us at owsgeneralsurvey@gmail.com and let us know how you’d like to be involved.
The survey is open until January 9th, 2011. Once closed, the data will be publicly available through the OccupyResearch website. The survey is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 2.0 General License.
The survey is being conducted by the OccupyResearch Network (http://occupyresearch.net), which includes over 200 activists, academics, and researchers, and DataCenter (www.datacenter.org), a U.S. based research organization. For more information about who is involved, see http://occupyresearch.net/surveys.
Thank you to everyone who contributed to this exciting project, and happy surveying!
-OccupyResearch Survey Team
8 Responses to “Last Chance! Take the Occupy Research Demographic and Political Participation Survey by Jan 9th”
For more information about the process behind this survey, privacy concerns, etc., please read: http://occupyresearch.net/surveys
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@schock for the OR Survey Working Group
Open Government TV has completed the Occupy Demograpahics and Political Participation Survey.
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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.
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
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.