Intern-Occupation Communication Field Report

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We at the Occupation Communication Committee at OccupyLA are collecting as much info as we can about other occupy sites and need the participation of people like you to help us understand the differences between camps. We want to learn from other occupations so that we may better ourselves. Please take the time to gather this information and share it with us periodically.

Field Report: (You can either write out answers to these questions or do a video tour of the camp where you answer the questions as you walk around) • Where is this site within the city or town? • What date and time did these observations occur? • How is space used within the site? How is the encampment laid out? • What soft infrastructure is in place? Welcome, food, medical, ...? • What hard infrastructure is in place? Bathrooms, power, internet, ...? • What kinds of activities do you see? Workshops, discussions, performances, ...? • Do you observe police among the assembled people? • Do you observe news media covering the occupied site? • Did you observe a General Assembly? How do they reach consensus? • What committees, work groups, or affinity groups are being formed? • Are any committees, work groups, or affinity groups controversial within the site? • What actions/rallies/marches has this occupation carried out and for what reason?

Please video or audio tape one-on-one interviews with occupiers or visitors:

Please be sure to ask for permission to videotape any one-on-one interviews (get this consent on tape) and tell them that their participation is voluntary and becomes public information/oral history that may be used for academic, journalistic, and movement purposes. These interviews and field reports will be shared publicly through a creative commons license for anyone to use. • How did you hear about this? (Try to get people to be as specific as possible) • What does the location of the occupation mean for this city (or town)? (For instance, NY occupies a park, while LA occupies city hall which creates different effects) • If you came in from another area or neighborhood, where would you occupy in your area and why? • Are you part of any committees, work groups, or affinity groups? What are you working on? • What does it mean to "occupy"? • What does your participation aim to change? (Aim to get them to tell a personal story that has brought them to the occupation) • How does this occupation connect to OccupyWallStreet? • Who are the 1%?

Please submit this information to Occupythesocial@gmail.com Any additional concerns call Joan @ 858-952-8061