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Geographic location poll
I've been pondering how to do polls about various things in a way which minimises people feeling excluded or otherwise misrepresented. And I think the easiest way to test those ideas out is make polls and see what people don't like about them!
First off, nationality. As was pointed out to me the last time I tried doing a poll on this topic, just because I've lived in the same country my whole life and fit comfortably into it's majority culture doesn't mean other people's identities are so simple. It struck me that asking where people are currently located is a much less ambiguous question though of course you have to be careful not to then make the jump from "geographic location" to "national identity" in the analysis etc (especially since people might be on a three day business trip or something :)).
So! Please do this poll and then tell me anything about it that bugs you.
Using Wikipedia's Regions of the World. I divided North and South America since they are two different continents.
Another different question I could ask is "in which geographic location is the place or places that you consider "home" in some significant way?" but that's a bit vague, maybe.
Any alternatives, extra questions or extra answers etc you think would be better?
First off, nationality. As was pointed out to me the last time I tried doing a poll on this topic, just because I've lived in the same country my whole life and fit comfortably into it's majority culture doesn't mean other people's identities are so simple. It struck me that asking where people are currently located is a much less ambiguous question though of course you have to be careful not to then make the jump from "geographic location" to "national identity" in the analysis etc (especially since people might be on a three day business trip or something :)).
So! Please do this poll and then tell me anything about it that bugs you.
Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: Just the Poll Creator, participants: 39
In which geographic region are you currently located?
Africa
0 (0.0%)
North America
12 (30.8%)
South America
1 (2.6%)
Asia
1 (2.6%)
Europe
9 (23.1%)
Oceania
17 (43.6%)
Polar regions
1 (2.6%)
Somewhere at sea
0 (0.0%)
The sky/Space/parallel universe etc
0 (0.0%)
Other
0 (0.0%)
Using Wikipedia's Regions of the World. I divided North and South America since they are two different continents.
Another different question I could ask is "in which geographic location is the place or places that you consider "home" in some significant way?" but that's a bit vague, maybe.
Any alternatives, extra questions or extra answers etc you think would be better?
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Personal rage buttons for me are assuming birthplace, nationality, or ethnic background entail everything else
This is something I definitely need to work on.
I get really flaily about "Western Culture" since it both does and doesn't cover my experience when people conflate it with US culture. I think we're more similar in Autralia to the US than Germany is, especially with regards to speaking English, but we're still not the same. And of course (as you'd know better than me) even actual US culture doesn't fit neatly into the single homogeneous "US culture" people talk about.
Do admit to feeling kind of >:) to see all countries being treated that way, since usually it's something like "US, Canada, Australia, UK" and *then* "other country in Europe, etc." (or sometimes just "other country" as one option which... yeah, not so much.)
Australia is elided by enough polls that I understand the feeling, and that equality of lumping together is something that I feel is very important. I was pretty sure I wouldn't get anyone ticking "at sea", "polar regions" or "Africa" (though as it turns out, I did!) but it would still be really off to lump them together.