Comments on: What is community?

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By: timothy

timothy — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 13:36:22 +0000

There is one key word which i belive is missing from your definition – BELONGING. A community, unlike a public, has to do with belonging, it?s a group of people who belong to one another and to their place. Simone Weil observed in The Need for Roots: ?The effective exercise of a right springs not from the individual who possesses it, but from other men who consider themselves as being under a certain obligation to him.? Belonging occurs for a variey of reasons and durations but is essential to the sense of community.

By: timothy

timothy — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:36:22 +0000

By: Kristina

Kristina — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 12:11:20 +0000

A community is a DIVERSE group of people which are driven by passion for a common cause in life. This passion is not self-centred but is oblivous of ownership, status and power.

The community is a social construct and as with every community it comes with a strong set of values and belief systems, epitomised by the language (lingo)of the community.

The community engages in symbolic and metaphoric dialogue in their communication to insiders and plain language in the discussion with outsiders...creating a clear border line between what is in, out and inbetween.

Community expansion is therefore contingent upon semiotic and symbolic acceptance of community means of expressions.

Kristina
Community fan and creative LEGO user.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 10:11:20 +0000

By: emen

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By: Corneilius

Corneilius — Thu, 14 Jul 2005 07:39:39 +0000

‘A’ community is a thing, as in the ‘Internet Community’; whereas community, the quality, is the sum of all the parts of a sustained and sustainable living system. For example the communinty of my own being consists of many billions of cells, some of which are my body, some of which live on my body. They all work together to be me. That ‘me’ is sustained by the community of Earth, comprising land, sea, rivers, air, etc., which in turn is sustained by Universe.

The common feature or quality thoughout each layer of community described above, and as bio-diversity science shows, is the inclusive quality, thus inclusivity is community. Exclusivity is a therefore denial of community, or a limitation community.

By: Ed Brenegar

Ed Brenegar — Wed, 16 Mar 2005 21:09:51 +0000

This meme is an interesting one to me. I find myself appreciative of what is affirmed in the various ways of describing community. However, at the same time, I find that it is symptomatic of the problems identified by Robert Putnam in his Bowling Alone. These communities are really affinity groups, not communities of people who have a shared commitment to one another. We may like each other, want only good things to happen to each other, share a common interest together, are willing to invest time and thought in pursuit of ideas, yet I really don't know or am known at any depth by those online.
Am I expecting too much from online interaction? Probably.
Am I expecting too much from human interaction, period? I don't think so.

The highest ideals of community involve classical ideas like loyalty, sacrifice, trust, respect, and unconditional commitment.

Can these ideals be developed in online communities? That is the question I'd like to see answered. I hope so.