From Community to Collective: Institution and Agency in the Age of Social Networks
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From Community to Collective: Institution and Agency in the Age of Social Networks
A collective is very different from an ordinary community. Where communities can be passive (though not all of them are by any means), collectives cannot. In communities, people learn in order to belong. In a collective, people belong in order to learn. Communities derive their strength from creating a sense of belonging, while collectives derive t
... See moreDouglas Thomas • A New Culture of Learning
For our purposes, collectives are not solely defined by shared intention, action, or purpose (though those elements may exist and often do). Rather, they are defined by an active engagement with the process of learning.
Douglas Thomas • A New Culture of Learning
“Community offers the promise of belonging and calls for us to acknowledge our interdependence. To belong is to act as an investor, owner, and creator of this place. To be welcome, even if we are strangers. As if we came to the right place and are affirmed for that choice.”
“People will be accountable and committed to what they have a hand in creati
collective, a community of similarly minded people who helped Sam learn and meet the very particular set of needs that he had.
Douglas Thomas • A New Culture of Learning
The Post-Individual
ideaspace.ystrickler.comPost-individual collectives: In an era of individualism, how many followers you have is the key social indicator. In an era of post-individualism, it’s what groups you’re a part of that matters. The individual isn’t erased, it’s supported and strengthened by aligning with others. As more of our social and inner lives are lived online, internet-base... See more
Yancey Strickler • The Post-Individual
When the various individual agents in a system interact, they begin to self-organize into something larger, a community whose collective behavior allows it to function cohesively.