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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?
Re: curiouser and curiouser
I'm always momentarily confused when I see that Greece is to the east, not west, of Italy.
I thought the Bermuda Triangle was near Turkey, and that the West Indies were next to Asia.
I always thought the western bit of Mexico was Florida.
Re: curiouser and curiouser
Until relatively recently, I thought Africa was to the west of Europe, so that the middle east was under Turkey. I'm not sure I'd thought about what made up the southern shore of the Mediterranean (Greece maybe?)