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Researcher Tommi Laitio´s lecture on communities at Aalto University 29 August 2012.TRANSCRIPT
learning communities
Tommi LaitioDemos HelsinkiIntroduction to Joint Master´s StudiesAalto University, Department of Design29/8/2012
you have 2 minutes.
list all the groups you belong to.
Residents of Helsinki
WomenMen
Children and young people
Working age
Retired
Residents of Suburbs
DowntownPeople
Rich
Middle Class
Poor
Straight
Gay
or?
Dog owners
Dog owners Cross-
countryskiers
Cross-countryskiers
Dog owners
Residents of Paloheinä
Cross-countryskiers
Dog owners
Residents of Paloheinä
SOK co-opmembers
Cross-countryskiers
Dog owners
Residents of Paloheinä
SOK co-opmembers
Cyclists
a bit of both.
increasing fragmentation into lifestyles and groups.
consumption tells more about shared lifestyles
than socio-economic differences.
peer revolution
• Finding peers and forming communities does not require the same structures as before
in order to be a group, it needs:
1) enterprise2) domain
3) repertoire4) engagement
Communities of practice (Wenger)
• The enterprise is joint not in that everybody believes the same thing or agrees with everything, but in that it is communally negotiated.
• A community of practice is neither a haven of togetherness nor an island of intimacy insulated from political and social relations.
• Ability to shape the practice of our communities is an important part of our experience of participation.
why are groups powerful
groups define what is considered normal
• Examples:
How we behave in a student building?
How much energy we use compared to our neighbours?
if the group is an essential part of our
identity, we are willing to adapt
dramatically to be accepted.
groups support us when engaging in something new
• Examples:
North Karelia Project
Restaurant Day
we deny the group´s impact because we wish to drive our
own lives.
groups improve our wellbeing: we feel useful, competent and needed
• Examples:
Koulu School
Volunteering
Elderly Care
groups enable us to get more with less
• Examples:
Mutual Insurance Companies
Time Banks
Airbnb
if the group´s wellbeing is
essential for us, we do not expect
immediate paybacks.
collaborative design(s)
lessons learned
• You still need a designer to interpret and lead• Build humanity into the system• Award for achievement and working for the common• Don´t force motivation• Make joining easy• Don´t underestimate people´s willingness to help• Thank, thank and thank again
characteristics of an intelligent group
• Social sensitivity“Did I understand you correctly?”
• EqualityEverybody talks
• Amount of womenthe more, the better
Evidence for a Collective Intelligence Factor in the Performance of Human Groups (Science)
Anita Williams Woolley, Christopher F. Chabris, Alex Pentland, Nada Hashmi and Thomas W. Malone.
How can you design with a group?
1) Go and interview people on groups they belong to.2) Based on the interviews, identify three different kind of groups.3) Describe their enterprise, domain, repertoire and engagement.4) Choose one.3) Tell how would you go about designing with one of them.
Researcher Tommi LaitioDemos Helsinki
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