File spoon-archives/anarchy-list.archive/anarchy-list_2003/anarchy-list.0301, message 143


Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 16:25:11 -0500
From: Chuck0 <chuck-AT-mutualaid.org>
Subject: Re: Infoshop.org Survey - Last chance to take it!


Ze Sprout wrote:

> i did (eurocentric as i am). and although not at all agreeing with dave i got by the end of the survey stuck into a rather limited view of the world and u$-biased-view of "anarchism".

It's not the most perfect survey, but I tried to strike a balance between the 
usual demographic questions and one about activist and anarchist stuff. Sorry 
if it is a bit too Americancentric. The next survey will be more 
international and will be in different languages.

> - housing : i live for free in the house my friend owns (what should i choose ?) 

"Couch" although that is probably not what you are doing. I should have 
included more "other" boxes in the survey.

> - what is the difference between blue-pink-white collar ?

I didn't explain that one and left it up to people to decide. Blue collar 
means people who work in factories. White collar describes office workers and 
professionals. Pink collar describes jobs that are traditionally thought of 
as "women's work" (librarians, nurses, caretakers, secretaries, sales clerks, 
etc.)

> - where do i buy my food : sometimes in a grocery, sometimes in a supermarket and our vegetables come from the bio-farm my firend works (why do your lists limit choices ?)
> - why do i  only get to pick 1 primary (dutch) and 1 secondary (french) language (how come i can respond to an english survey and what about my german and danish ?)

Pick the two languages that you are most fluent in. The survey originally had 
a matrix of choices that allowed for numerous picks, but I discovered that it 
didn't work in the way I coded the survey. I had to simplify a few questions 
for the sake of my time.

> - why is "holy titclamps" on the magazines list and not "De Nar" (reading this one for about 5 years) or "Alternative libertaire" (and this one for about 20 years) ?

I realize that the choices don't capture many non-US magazines, but that's 
mainly because I don't know about all of the ones out there. I left a space 
for people to write in their choices, which many people have done.

> Even though i'm not unfavourable to such surveys i really think you should consider a bit more the internationality of the internet.
> 

Right.

Thanks!

Chuck0

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