community and knowledge
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Community and Knowledge
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CommunityA group of people who share a commonality… a lived experience, a thought, a group of knowledge
Old definition vs newCommunities used to be tied to location primarily, with thought coming as a second. Older thought communities: religious affiliation, universities, political parties
InformationEvery community relies on information. But information doesn’t make a community. Information is widely known, and vastly interpretable.
How a community uses information is “knowledge”
From studies, to census. Even text and lived experience is knowledge
ExampleFrom a traditional community…..Christianity
Information: Primarily, The Bible (New and Old Testament)
Denominations: Community
Knowledge
• Each denomination has it’s own interpretation of the same text
• Each denominationbuilds it’s own knowledge through lived interpretation
• Community cohesion assured through common basis of interpretation of information
• Information lived and synthesised into knowledge
Knowledge impossible without community
As we build communities, we need keepers of knowledge
Scribes to record information
Libraries, databases to store information
Elders, leaders to propagate knowledge
An entire community building more according to its circumstance
Without living through this…
You couldn’t fully understand this installation called “Blizzard”
Just like my grandmother can tell me that this wasn’t romantic… just cold. And I can understand even though we now pay for the experience. Our knowledge has changed dues to our lived experience.
Community and Knowledge
• Who is your community?• Communities have exclusions and inclusions,
what are yours?• How does your knowledge come about?• How is it stored?• How is it shared?