Hello All -
We thought you might like to know a bit about your fellow volunteers so this newsletter is dedicated to you - our volunteers - wherever in the world you may be.
Did you know there are 177 volunteers working on the KEME project? Thank you to each and every one of you.
The following statistics have been compiled from the online agreement you all completed. Don't worry, your personal details will not be released. This is just an overview to show how similar - or different - you all are.
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What brought you to the KEME project?
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As part of joining the KEME volunteer team you were asked what interested you about the project. Your primary reasons were collated into the graph below. Interestingly, 25% (44 people) identified as being primarily motivated for professional or tertiary education reasons. A further 21% (38 people) identified as coming from a reenactment background with a third of these specifically naming the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA). This gives KEME volunteers a surprisingly high degree of knowledge relating to experimental archaeology.
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Of the 177 volunteers, 46% (81 people) are from the USA. Another quarter (26% ie 46 people) are from the UK, and the remaining 28% come from a range of countries.
When numbers analysed by language regions, English-speaking countries account for 82% (145 people) and Nordic countries provide the bulk of the remaining volunteers at 10% (18 people). The remaining countries are all European except one (Oman).
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When asked what aspects of the project you were interested in there was a relatively even distribution between the analysis of photographs and taking measurements from the database (41%) and the practical craft elements of spinning and knitting (51%).
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Your knitting skills, knowledge & experience
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You're also highly skilled with 43% identifying as expert knitters. We know the project is in capable hands!
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As always, if you have any questions Rosalind can be contacted at rm572@exeter.ac.uk or Jane can be contacted at Jmalcolm-davies@hum.ku.dk
Thanks for your help and enthusiasm,
Jane & the KEME team
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