Thanks for reply
-----Mensagem original-----
De: Cunningham, Donald <cunningh@indiana.edu>
Para: 'xmca@weber.ucsd.edu' <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
Data: Sexta-feira, 11 de Maio de 2001 18:47
Assunto: RE: LBE and 'community' category
>Hi Ricardo!
>
>I am a very concrete thinker. A community to me is a group that has some
>binding feature: a common goal or passionate interest. I was a volunteer
>fireman for several years and that certainly felt like a community to me.
>Our family raised purebred dairy goats and the people we met at 4-H fairs
>and other livestock shows formed something of a community for us. But I am
a
>member of many groups and collectives that do not "feel" like communities
to
>me. To give an odd example, I am a member of a collective that follows
>traffic regulations when I drive a car, but I don't think of myself as a
>member of a community of law-abiding automobile drivers. Even more common
>uses of the word community seem problematic to me. I live in Bloomington,
>Indiana, a "community", but by what criteria are we a community? The people
>in this town have many interests. While I may prefer the opera, others
love
>the Friday night automobile races. What is our common goal, our shared
>passionate interest?
>
>I just realized that some of my examples might be U. S. specific so if they
>are not clear, please let me know.........djc
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ricardo Ottoni Vaz Japiassu [mailto:rjapias@uol.com.br]
>Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 3:47 PM
>To: xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
>Subject: Re: LBE and 'community' category
>
>
>Cunningham, Donald <cunningh@indiana.edu>
>
>
>"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?"
>
>Mr. Cunningham,
>your question/assumption cautch my attention while reading today's list
>news. My understanding is that not all colletive is a group. And, also,
that
>a group almost always constitutes a community of practitioners.
>
>What's your thinking on?
>
>
>
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