hackathon2 – OccupyResearch http://occupyresearch.net Research Occupy, occupy the research Sun, 09 Oct 2016 22:34:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.4 Notes about Ocupyresearch and #OccupyData Hackathon http://occupyresearch.net/2016/07/01/notes-about-ocupyresearch-and-occupydata-hackathon/ http://occupyresearch.net/2016/07/01/notes-about-ocupyresearch-and-occupydata-hackathon/#respond Fri, 01 Jul 2016 09:09:44 +0000 http://occupyresearch.net/?p=772 investigacion-colaborativa-divertida-barata-transmedia
A couple of years ago I wrote together with Alfonso Sánchez Uzábal a series of texts about collaborative and experimental research where we talked about OccupyResearch and OccupyData experiences:

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Visions of Occupy http://occupyresearch.net/2012/03/24/visions-of-occupy/ http://occupyresearch.net/2012/03/24/visions-of-occupy/#comments Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:29:01 +0000 http://www.occupyresearch.net/?p=459 This project seeks to pair two pillars of the Occupy movement: the beliefs we have which inspire us to occupy and the occupations themselves.
Using data collected this winter by the Occupy Research General Survey (administered by OccupyResearch), we take the answer to question 42—”In just a few words, what are you trying to achieve with your participation in the Occupy movement”—and pair it with a Flickr photo tagged with the camp name that the same respondent mentions. This means that while the photo displayed and quote may be completely unrelated (both in source and in specific content), viewers are presented with locational context and imagery. 
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Exploring the civic anatomy of OWS http://occupyresearch.net/2012/03/24/exploring-the-civic-anatomy-of-ows/ http://occupyresearch.net/2012/03/24/exploring-the-civic-anatomy-of-ows/#comments Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:21:16 +0000 http://www.occupyresearch.net/?p=419 According to the  Occupy Research General Survey (ORGS), OWS sympathizers and participants are among the most civically engaged individuals of the U.S. population, they possess an active voting record, and tend to be involved in a wide range of organizations and civic actions.  The ORGS allows us to explore some of the characteristics of the diverse “civic cultures” of online sympathizers who have brought broad support to OWS in the U.S.

Investigating the civic anatomy of OWS is of critical importance for those who seek to understand the movement’s potential as a force to promote social change through different forms of social and political action, from community-based work and peaceful protest to participatory deliberation and electoral politics. Comparing the different patterns of organizational affiliation (Graph 1) between self-defined participants and non-participants in the movement helps us to think about different civic trajectories, and the diverse pool of mobilizing practices from which Occupiers draw their strategies and political views.

Graph 1. Dimensions of Organizational Affiliation, 

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OWS Participants vs. Non-participants

The experience in non-profit organizations is clearly central for participants and non-participants. However, the space of the political in Occupy seems significantly shaped by the trajectory of sympathizers in social justice organizations, political parties, labor unions, voluntary associations, affinity and cultural groups  (see Table 1). In some cases, affiliation to these institutions is higher among Occupiers than in the overall American population. As aptly argued by professor Wendy Brown, OWS should be understood fundamentally as a civic movement galvanized by the economic crisis, and the reaction to neoliberal policies that have threatened the foundations of democratic governance and public life in America.

Table 1. Organizational affiliation: “I belong and actively participate in…

Organizations

Participants

in OWS

   Non-participants

   in OWS

   Sig.

n

%

n

%

Non-profits

(3193)

44.7%

(397)

43.3%

Social justice groups

(3137)

32.9%

 (387)

14.5%

   ***
Another voluntary associations

 (2994)

30.8%

(390)

24.4%

   *
Political Party

(3231)

24.1%

(398)

18.6%

   ***
NGO

(3056)

21.7%

(388)

16.0%

Professional associations

 (3095)

19.9%

 (388)

21.6%

Cultural groups

 (3035)

19.8%

 (385)

14.8%

   *
Affinity Groups

(3018)

16.6%

 (383)

7.3%

   ***
Churches

(3121)

15.2%

(388)

20.6%

   ***
Labor unions

(3149)

8.5%

(391)

2.6%

   ***
Sport groups or teams

 (3006)

8.1%

 (387)

11.4%

   **
Worker center

(2960)

2.2%

(384)

1.2%

   **

*** p <0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05

Source: ORGS (U.S. residents, n=3,715)

In the electoral front, the voting record of Occupy participants in the ORGS is particularly high when compared to the average voter turnout of the country (64% in the 2008 presidential election). According to ORGS data, 87.5% of Occupiers voted in the 2008 presidential elections, and 80.6% plan to vote next November. These results echo findings of ongoing surveys of visitors to the OWS website.

The obvious conclusion of this evidence is that the popular outrage expressed by the movement is not the result of extremist factions of society but of civic discontent across broad sections of the American public. This is not to say that Occupy is merely an assemblage of political groups and identities. The diversity of  civic cultures and trajectories of occupiers should move activists and researchers to critically interrogate the historical roots of the movement, and its emergent identities and structures in connection with existent forms of civic governance in the American society. Answering all these questions may seem an elusive task in the case of a self-defined ‘leaderless’ movement; however, understanding the political and the ‘civics’ in Occupy is critical to assess the future of the movement, and its potential role as a transformative force of American democracy.

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#OccupyData Hackathon 2 brainstorm sketches http://occupyresearch.net/2012/03/23/occupydata-hackathon-2-brainstorm-sketches/ http://occupyresearch.net/2012/03/23/occupydata-hackathon-2-brainstorm-sketches/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 16:40:24 +0000 http://www.occupyresearch.net/?p=337 This are some of the sketches that we brainstormed this morning. Please comment-suggest!

Video Super cut Geo Network Visualization of Place Mention in Tweets HashTag Co-Occurrence Cartogram of Tweet Location Mentions IMG_0528 Cross Tab Viz Participation Occupy Gender Viz Survey open endes questions viz Video analysis tools RT Viz Building / Homeless Redaction Improve director viz with cluster and bubbles Anatomy of an Occupier

 

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