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[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"
- Psychological Sense of Community (PSOC) - Four Factors (Membership, Influence, Integration, Fulfillment of Needs)
Boundaries of "Communities"
[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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