Re: [Occupyresearch] mapping occupy protests GIS, shp files

Comparative study is great, as long as the researchers do their work well. Danger is in buying the narrative that sees the two as equivalent/parallel. Placing them side by side on a map will legitimate the equivalency narrative unless a lot of context is also provided.

Mary Joyce <mjoyce@???> wrote:
>I realize this may not be a popular opinion on this list, but I
>actually
>like the idea of a comparative Tea Party/Occupy study. Because the Tea
>Party serves the interests of power, it was both seeded and co-opted by
>billionaires and other elites, but I have also met members who are true
>self-organizing believers. Polarization through delegitimization seems
>like the wrong direction for us to go as researchers. I understand and
>respect that others on this list may disagree.
>
>Thanks,
>Mary
>
>
>On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 12:45 AM, jeramy townsley
><council@???>wrote:
>
>> Thanks to several of you who commented. I pulled together 3 sources
>and
>> generated a protest map by U.S. congressional districts. It is only
>> contiguous U.S. and reflects 2 approaches--number of cities where
>protests
>> occurred per districts, and estimated number of protesters per
>district.
>> This is early stage work and I have posted it to my blog. The raw
>data is
>> at the very bottom of the post, my decision criteria are listed.
>Image
>> files (jpg) of the maps are on top of the blog. If any of you would
>like
>> a
>> copy of the original shp file for the maps with my data, I can send
>you
>> what
>> I have. Again, these are mapped by U.S. congressional district, not
>full
>> city mapping by GIS code.
>>
>>
>>
>http://fallcreekrenovation.blogspot.com/2013/10/occupy-wall-street-mapping-a
>> nd-others.html
>>
>> Jeramy Townsley
>> Sociology/Psychology
>> IUPUI
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
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>> Subject: [Occupyresearch] mapping occupy protests GIS, shp files
>>
>> I'm working on a US project comparing Tea Party activism to Occupy
>activism
>> based on congressional districts. Since the TP ran candidates, it's
>easy
>> to
>> track them this way. However, I haven't found a good GIS map of
>occupy
>> protests, just various Google maps. Anybody seen a shp file, or
>similar
>> raster/vector that I can use to map that onto US House districts?
>> Thanks
>>
>> Jeramy Townsley
>> Sociology/Psychology
>> Indiana University/Purdue University Indianapolis
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