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Defining "Community"


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Range of Terms Characterizing Affinity within Groups
[Which of the following would you include as "communities"?
Which characterize the kinds of groups you hope to achieve, sustain?]
  • Intimacy
  • Family
  • Nurturing Communities
  • Connectedness 
     
  • Collaboration
  • Cooperation
  • Coalition
  • Networking
  • Parallel Play
  • Chaos
  • Competition
  • Hostility

 Factors Influencing "Sense of Belonging"

Boundaries of "Communities"
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Place, Space, Time, Include/Exclude, ...]

  • Anywhere/anytime?
    • Community where?
    • Community when?
  • How is membership determined?
    • Who has access?
    • Who is “we”?  Who is “they”? 
    • How does someone join or leave the community? 
    • Common Cause
    • Town, City, County. State
    • Country
    • Race. Ethnicity
    • Religion
  • On campus?  Online? 
  • Privacy vs. Community; 
  • How much “connectedness” is too much? 
  • How big is too big for a community? 
  • In what ways is participation in the "community" accessible to people with different abilities, disabilities?
  • In what ways can sub-communities be feasible and desirable?


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