{"id":455,"date":"2011-11-11T17:53:21","date_gmt":"2011-11-11T16:53:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/shardpress\/?p=455"},"modified":"2011-11-11T17:53:21","modified_gmt":"2011-11-11T16:53:21","slug":"whos-afraid-of-the-big-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/2011\/11\/11\/whos-afraid-of-the-big-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Who&#039;s afraid of The Big Society?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For this year&#8217;s White Night <a href=http:\/\/www.fortunecatproductions.com>The Fortunecats<\/a> cast themselves as a Government Think Tank, investigating attitudes to <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Big_Society\">&#8216;The Big Society&#8217;<\/a>. Using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.viewbrighton.co.uk\/listings\/the-bees-mouth-review-27025.html\">The Bee&#8217;s Mouth<\/a> Bar as our venue, we proceeded to interview and categorise the population of Brighton.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/N1P0aV-bhYA\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\nSubjects were interviewed on camera, and their responses streamed live to a projection in the basement. While the subjects gave their answers, they were scored on their Compliance, Morality, Contentedness and Deviance.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigsoc\/screenshot.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigsoc\/introposter.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nAfter the interview finished, the subjects were classified into one of six types, and offered suggestions as to their potential roles in The Big Society.<br \/>\nClick the images below to read the guides given to the interviewees after classification.<\/p>\n<p><div style=\"float:left;margin:10px;\"><a href=\"\/bigsoc\/1.jpg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fortunecatproductions.com\/bigsoc\/1pic.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:left;margin:10px;\"><a href=\"\/bigsoc\/2.jpg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fortunecatproductions.com\/bigsoc\/2pic.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:left;margin:10px;\"> <a href=\"\/bigsoc\/3.jpg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fortunecatproductions.com\/bigsoc\/3pic.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:left;margin:10px;\"><a href=\"\/bigsoc\/4.jpg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fortunecatproductions.com\/bigsoc\/4pic.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:left;margin:10px;\"><a href=\"\/bigsoc\/5.jpg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fortunecatproductions.com\/bigsoc\/5pic.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:left;margin:10px;\"><a href=\"\/bigsoc\/6.jpg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fortunecatproductions.com\/bigsoc\/6pic.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\"\/><\/p>\n<h2>Results<\/h2>\n<p>We interviewed 85 subjects over the course of the evening, which were categorised in the following proportions:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fortunecatproductions.com\/bigsoc\/chart.jpg\"><br \/>\nThough the chart may appear to indicate a larger proportion of type two&#8217;s, the difference was found to be statistically insignificant.<\/p>\n<p><h2>Other supporting materials<\/h2>\n<p><br style=\"clear:all;\"\/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float:left;\"><a href=\"\/bigsoc\/utopianblurb.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigsoc\/utopianblurbthumb.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"float:left;\"><a href=\"\/bigsoc\/BSSPP.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/bigsoc\/BSSPPthumb.jpg\"><\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For this year&#8217;s White Night The Fortunecats cast themselves as a Government Think Tank, investigating attitudes to &#8216;The Big Society&#8217;. 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