Bill, what criteria did you use to judge some group to be a community? I
assume, in asking this, that not all groups or collectives are communities.
Is that a valid assumption?
djc
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Barowy [mailto:wbarowy@mail.lesley.edu]
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 12:29 PM
To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
Subject: LBE and 'community' category
Just a quick comment, Don, about the category 'community' and the triangle.
I'll be doing a presentation in DC at the end of the month about the
systemic changes at LU that would coincide with the adoption of computer
modeling practices here (for a DoE grant). The 'model' I'll be using is
the triangle, and 'community' allows the analysis of one triangle being
embedded within another,
i.e. classroom->program->school->university
in what might look rather fractal in form, if drawn completely. It is not
the only way to break out triangles hierarchically. For example lbe chpat
2 breaks them out differently into 'subject producing', 'artifact
producing' and so on. But the one i have chosen captures well the
hierarchical organizaiton of the university, and provides a way to
understand the points of friction and leverage within a large institution
that is durable in many ways. (If not the institution, then at least the
model is pliable.)
Basically a small team of us have adopted this model to help us think
through what strategies will be proactive and effective within our
university setting.
bb
Bill Barowy, Associate Professor,
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