Kinna, Ruth and Prichard, Alex
(2019).
Archival and workshop materials relating to constitutional practices in grass roots anarchistic organisations 2011-2018.
[Data Collection]. Colchester, Essex:
UK Data Service.
10.5255/UKDA-SN-853247
This project develops an anarchist conception of constitutionalising
and explores the practices of three national and international groups: Occupy (Wall Street, London St. Pauls and Oakland), the Industrial Workers of the World and the Radical Routes co-operative. None of these are explicitly anarchist organisations but all have strong associations with anarchist politics. Working with these groups, we hope to understand how members currently constitutionalise, how far they are successful in realising their goals and what is distinctive about the practices they adopt. Our key question is: What constitutional principles and practices does a commitment to anarchy generate?
Data description (abstract)
The data consists of two bundles (i) Statements and General Assembly minutes of three Occupy camps (Wall Street, London St. Paul's and Oakland) downloaded from the online archives for the period of active occupation (2011-12) (ii) transcripts from workshops conducted in 2017 with Industrial Workers of the World branch members in the UK. These were arranged to discuss preliminary findings of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) members survey. Preliminary survey results are included in the bundle.
| Data creators: |
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| Sponsors: |
Economic and Social Research Council
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| Grant reference: |
ES/N006860/1
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| Topic classification: |
Politics
Society and culture
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| Keywords: |
anarchism, constitutional change, democratization, decentralization, self-government, intersectionality
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| Project title: |
Anarchy as constitutional principle: Constitutionalising in anarchist politics
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| Grant holders: |
Ruth Kinna, Alex Prichard
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| Project dates: |
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| 21 March 2016 | 31 March 2018 |
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| Date published: |
15 Nov 2019 14:16
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| Last modified: |
15 Nov 2019 14:16
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| Temporal coverage: |
| From | To |
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| 17 September 2011 | 31 March 2018 |
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| Collection period: |
| Date from: | Date to: |
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| 21 March 2016 | 31 March 2018 |
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| Country: |
United Kingdom |
| Data collection method: |
Archival material was downloaded from the online repositories maintained for the London, New York and Oakland camps. The minutes cover the period of the occupations.
For the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), meetings were organised with each of the regional branches in the UK. Two pilot meetings were organised to hone the format. Thereafter members were invited to attend focus group discussions. No sampling was used: the researchers discussed findings of the IWW members survey with all those able to attend. |
| Observation unit: |
Group |
| Kind of data: |
Text |
| Type of data: |
Historical data |
| Resource language: |
English |
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| Data sourcing, processing and preparation: |
Audio files of were transcribed by the researchers and by a professional service provider.
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| Notes on access: |
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| Publisher: |
UK Data Service
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| Last modified: |
15 Nov 2019 14:16
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