People power
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This project was done for my Rapid Design for Slow Change class. It is a project centered around the Occupy movement. More information is contained within the slide notes. To see it, download the presentation and open it in PowerPoint.
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- 1. PEOPLE POWER BY CANDACE BUGGS AND AUSTIN TOOMBS
- 2. OCCPUY WALL STREET “We, the occupiers, have shown our country how to come together and respect differences while working together to build a movement for change.” http://occupywallst.org/
- 3. THIS MOVEMENT’S SUCCESS… “The movement’s success is due in part to the use of online technologies and international social networking…” • Facebook for minutes blog and recruitment center • Occupy Together website • Live News Feed • Twitter Feeds http://occupywallst.org/
- 4. MOVEMENT RESEARCH “Admittedly, organizing anarchists is like herding cats” http://cartasalhogar.blogspot.com/2006/11/how-to-stage-effective-protest.html
- 5. KEYS TO A PROTESTS Keep Supporters Encouraged Performance Organize Fundraising Collaborate Numbers Central Image #OWS Stay Safe Build Awareness http://www.movements.org/case-study/ http://cartasalhogar.blogspot.com/2006/11/how-to-stage-effective-protest.html
- 6. KEYS TO A PROTESTS Keep Supporters Encouraged Performance Organize Fundraising Collaborate Numbers Central Image #OWS Stay Safe Build Awareness http://www.movements.org/case-study/ http://cartasalhogar.blogspot.com/2006/11/how-to-stage-effective-protest.html
- 7. KEYS TO A PROTESTS Keep Supporters Encouraged Performance Organize Fundraising Collaborate Numbers Central Image #OWS Stay Safe Build Awareness http://www.movements.org/case-study/ http://cartasalhogar.blogspot.com/2006/11/how-to-stage-effective-protest.html
- 8. WHY NUMBERS “The goal of a protest should not only be to vent our collective anger, but to channel it in the most effective way that will bring about the change that we so deeply desire.” http://mydd.com/users/spacemuseum/posts/ineffective-protesting
- 9. WHY NUMBERS “The goal of a protest should not only be to vent our collective anger, but to channel it in the most effective way that will bring about the change that we so deeply desire.” http://mydd.com/users/spacemuseum/posts/ineffective-protesting
- 10. INSIGHTS FROM NUMBERS • They allow people to see the path protestors are on. • Highlights the collective voice (i.e. unity and direction) • Moves the Movement http://saybrook.typepad.com/complexity/2011/10/the-collective-voice-of-a-leaderless-group.html
- 11. A FEW NUMBERS FROM #OWS https://twitter.com/#!/OccupyWallSt http://occupywallst.org/
- 12. PEOPLE POWER • 950 cities in 82 countries • 300,000+ signed petitions • 3000+ New Yorkers • 1896 Total Arrests https://twitter.com/#!/OccupyWallSt http://occupywallst.org/
- 13. PEOPLE POWER • 950 cities in 82 countries • 300,000+ signed petitions • 3000+ New Yorkers • 1896 Total Arrests https://twitter.com/#!/OccupyWallSt http://occupywallst.org/
- 14. PEOPLE POWER • 950 cities in 82 countries • 300,000+ signed petitions • 3000+ New Yorkers • 1896 Total Arrests https://twitter.com/#!/OccupyWallSt http://occupywallst.org/
- 15. PEOPLE POWER • 950 cities in 82 countries • 300,000+ signed petitions • 3000+ New Yorkers • 1896 Total Arrests https://twitter.com/#!/OccupyWallSt http://occupywallst.org/
- 16. PEOPLE POWER Numbers can not be overlooked https://twitter.com/#!/OccupyWallSt http://occupywallst.org/
- 17. CONCEPT Speaker
- 18. CONCEPT “I’m here!” button
- 19. CONCEPT “I agree!” button
- 20. CONCEPT Microphone
- 21. CONCEPT Statement button
- 28. TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF DESIGN •Mechanically generated electricity • Secondary function as a noise maker •GPS • Tracks location • Determines which messages are received •Personalized number crunching • Creates more meaningful impact
- 29. DISBURSEMENT PROCESS There are basically two ways this could be handed out: • The occupiers have to buy this • Main reason it must be cheap • A company sympathetic to the movement in question donates these devices • OWS raised at least $435,000 http://www.usatoday.com/money/markets/story/2011-10-19/wall- street-protest-finances/50827028/1
- 30. CURRENT DRAWBACKS • How does one know when the speaker is making a discrete statement? • How do you distinguish between: • Disagreement • Neutrality • Not paying attention
- 31. QUESTIONS?
- 32. BOY SCOUT SLIDE Mechanically rechargeable did you say? http://upload.wikimedia.o rg/wikipedia/commons/0/ http://www.instablogsimages.c http://www.sybarites.org/wp- 0a/Handheld_Flashlight_ om/images/2006/03/25/wind- content/uploads/2008/04/degmeca2.JPG Radio.jpg up_mobile_phone_charger.jpg
Editor's Notes
- This is the central image of OWS and common for all protests….which is why I thought to put it in the center…
- The concept starts with this handheld deviceIt’s like a hand-held walkie-talkie that has a mechanically rechargeable battery. It’s cheap to make, requires very few materials, and everyone gets one.
- The “I’m here!” button is pressed each day, and it logs the occupier’s GPS location and sends that signal to the Occupy Together website. This helps them keep an accurate record of exactly how many people are participating.
- The “I agree” button is pressed each time a speaker nearby says something that the user of this particular device agrees with. How does it know what’s being said? I’ll get to that.
- The next part of the concept is this thing. This is a microphone that one person during a particular event speaks into. It is also integrated with GPS technology. When a speaker speaks into the microphone, the walkie talkies that are nearby, say within 300 ft., hear what that speaker is saying.
- While speaking, the speaker will make all kinds of statements, some of them will be rambling sentences, some of them will be discrete and concrete statements that the audience can latch onto (or reject). Each time the speaker makes such a discrete statement, he or she holds down this button. Those who are close enough to receive the message in their walkie talkies can choose to agree with the particular statement that is being said. If they don’t agree, they just don’t do anything.
- The previous slides lead up to here. On this page, don’t forget to talk about how they don’t really have leaders, and they’re trying to be completely democratic about this, so this would also serve as a good way to judge the collective voice of the occupiers. “Being that OWS is a collective leadership initiative they could utilize a system that allows each individual to see...”
- Then we can talk about this slide and the next few slides as other examples of things we could do with the numbers.
- We didn’t really try to tackle how one would know that the speaker is making a discrete statement. It could be as simple as a beep at the start and end of a particular statement. We didn’t really decide.