The Occupy Wall Street Movement in the Pacific Northwest
Document Type
Oral Presentation
Campus where you would like to present
SURC Ballroom A
Start Date
17-5-2012
End Date
17-5-2012
Abstract
Late last year the Occupy Wall Street Movement burst on the scene. It quickly spread across the country, particularly here in the Pacific Northwest. However, the movement is fairly leaderless and unstructured and as a consequence the manifestations of the movement have shown considerable local variance. We are in the process of chronicling the emergence of the movement in Seattle, Tacoma, Portland and Olympia. There are several dimensions of the movement we wish to examine. We are interested in detailing their ideology, who participates on individual and group level, how the movement is locally structured and the chronology of events that mark each specific Occupy. Has the movement demonstrated any continuity in terms of actions, tactics and ideology? Does the movement have a regional identity, or is it more local? How have the movements gathered resources and planned for the future? We will explore these questions and more in our final presentation.
Recommended Citation
McCluskey, Tristan; Fox, Victoria; Vadner, Becky; and Lee, Michael, "The Occupy Wall Street Movement in the Pacific Northwest" (2012). Symposium Of University Research and Creative Expression (SOURCE). 89.
https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/source/2012/posters/89
Poster Number
31
Additional Mentoring Department
Sociology
The Occupy Wall Street Movement in the Pacific Northwest
SURC Ballroom A
Late last year the Occupy Wall Street Movement burst on the scene. It quickly spread across the country, particularly here in the Pacific Northwest. However, the movement is fairly leaderless and unstructured and as a consequence the manifestations of the movement have shown considerable local variance. We are in the process of chronicling the emergence of the movement in Seattle, Tacoma, Portland and Olympia. There are several dimensions of the movement we wish to examine. We are interested in detailing their ideology, who participates on individual and group level, how the movement is locally structured and the chronology of events that mark each specific Occupy. Has the movement demonstrated any continuity in terms of actions, tactics and ideology? Does the movement have a regional identity, or is it more local? How have the movements gathered resources and planned for the future? We will explore these questions and more in our final presentation.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Nelson Pichardo, Pamela McMullin-Messier, Eric Cheney