ETCon 02 : ETCon 02 Communities and the Power of Crowdsourcing © Jason West
Community : Community Home
Work
Street
Shop
Club
Court
Prison
Why going online?
Old notions of community : Old notions of community Gemeinschaft 1 (usually translated as "community") and Gesellschaft 2 ("society" or "association“Ferdinand Tönnies) and is the ‘G’ in ‘GmbH’ which means ‘limited company’
‘unity of will’
Selflessness 1 v Self interest 2
Slide 4 : Do people need just three places: 1) the home, 2) the office, and, 3) the community hangout or gathering place?
“Over the past 25 years, attendance at club meetings has fallen 58 percent, family dinners are down 33 percent, and having friends visit has fallen 45 percent”. Putnam Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community (2000)
What is the ‘Third Place’?
New notions of community : New notions of community ‘Sense of community’ = experience of community
Seminal 1986 study, McMillan and Chavis identify four elements of "sense of community":
1) membership
2) influence
3) integration and fulfillment of needs, and
4) shared emotional connection
One community? : One community? Human race
All basically the same
Same motivations
Same fears
Same challenges
Same pleasures
Same, same, same, same, same, same, same…
What have we forgotten? : What have we forgotten? People are good and good is glue
A look
A touch
A gift of time to listen and respond
A gift of help
A pat on the back
A praising remark
A smile and wave
A thank you
Community meets Crowdsourcing : Community meets Crowdsourcing
Free1 v Paid2 : Free1 v Paid2
Slide 10 :
Deep emotional impact… : Deep emotional impact… “I’ve never thought that I would enjoy this school this much. I think everyone must try something like that once in a lifetime, it is just not good for your English, it is also good for your entire life.”
Arda Ozdemir, Turkey.