#diy communities

[themetacenter]

How Will DIY Communities Survive in America?

How Will DIY Communities Survive in America?

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[datagaze]

First 100

My original goal for the launch of this project was to collect data from 100 respondents and use this sample as a basis for visualization. I charted out the entire month of September with the following plan of action: survey folks at shows, hit up a couple heads online, and circulate the project in relevant online communities. My goal: 25 respondents per week over the course of 4 weeks = 100 responses. I was surprised to see that in under one week the Datagaze survey has already reached 96 responses. Time to up the target. My new stretch goal is to achieve 500 responses in the month of September.

The volume of responses has freed up room for me to move on to other editorial functions of the project. With so many points of data and contacts collected, I can concentrate of diving deep into responses by conducting interviews and working on long-form pieces with people who have indicated that they would like to participate in the process. My new goal for the month of September is to collect 10 pieces of anecdotal content related to the project. I'll track this by scheduling 3 interviews a week and requesting writing submissions.

It seems like microaggessions are common occurrences in DIY spaces/communities.

47% of respondents report having experienced a microaggression

65% of respondents report having witnessed a microaggression

Seeing the numbers objectively has been a validating experience in justifying the need for this project.

[folktofolk]

We cut together this short look into some of the spaces and places we've visited over the past two years* (!) while working on Folk to Folk. A compilation of thoughts on DIY, road footage across America and a few of the shows we've filmed.

Interviews with: 

Dax Tran-Caffee of Corpus Callosum Steve D'Agostino of The Wild and ZEBU! Kevin Cain of The Vault in Buffalo, NY Witt Wisebram of The Wild Thomas Sallings of Mee Yoo and The Hairhole Taylor Ross of the Beauty Shop

*Note: It's been two years (and 3 days) since our first blog post, the first video with Jamaica Plain's Gracious Calamity went live on July 7, 2011. Happy birthday to us! I think we've come a long way... both literally and figuratively. Lolz.

[folktofolk]

All right buddies we've got another one for you outta Columbia, Missouri. While we were in town filming musics at True/False, we took a tour of The Hairhole, a DIY space in the downtown district that was forced to close its doors shortly after the festival due to - you guessed it - real estate boom! Thomas Sallings and Sam Pounders gave us and a group of about 20 others a walkthrough of the Hairhole, a center for music and art in Columbia for the past four years. And then we all danced to Lauryn Hill for a bit (not pictured above).