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1 Online Communities February 6, 2005 Douglas Thomas

2 Place and Space Connection of virtual and material culture (Stone) Connection of virtual and material culture (Stone) Physical and virtual spaces Physical and virtual spaces WELL vs. Williamsburg (Hafner) WELL vs. Williamsburg (Hafner) Fragility of the virtual Fragility of the virtual Notions of responsibility and commitment Notions of responsibility and commitment

3 Nature of Community The dynamic of the Other The dynamic of the Other –Communities as system of exclusion –Processes of “othering” as self-definition Theme of hospitality (Derrida) Theme of hospitality (Derrida) –“Stranger” as analytic –Hospitality vs. hostility –Home vs. unheimlich

4 Emergence(s) of Community Where do communities come from? Where do communities come from? –Birth(s) of community –Emergence vs. origins –Organic vs. constructed –Communities of Practice How is emergence defined? How is emergence defined? –Law as “law of the other” (language) –Law of the Father (Lacan) –Disciplinary power (Foucault)

5 Entry Sink, Drift, and Churn Sink, Drift, and Churn Newbie entry Newbie entry Stickiness Stickiness Communities of learning/pedagogy Communities of learning/pedagogy Barriers to entry Barriers to entry –Exclusion vs. Inclusion

6 Born into Community How and when does one know they are a “member?” How and when does one know they are a “member?” –Ritual –Self-definition –Extra-community definition

7 Becoming a member Birth of an avatar Birth of an avatar –Conventions –Meeting expectations –Issues of choice and constraint –Naming

8 Boundary Objects Principles (Star and Griesemer, 1989) Principles (Star and Griesemer, 1989) –Sources of Intersubjective agreement for community of practice –Tools for translation between communities –Define the value and status of knowledge and community (Taylor and Kelko) –Plasticity and contingency

9 Community and Culture ) Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft (Tönnies) – –Community vs. Culture Community both is and gives rise to culture Community both is and gives rise to culture Emergence of artifacts Emergence of artifacts –Common knowledge –Creation of boundary objects Community as cultural defense Community as cultural defense –Munitas, care Example: GBLT guilds in WoW Example: GBLT guilds in WoW

10 Media and New Forms of Community and Culture Relations of production and consumption Relations of production and consumption Technology and convergence Technology and convergence Convergence culture (Jenkins) Convergence culture (Jenkins) Producing culture Producing culture –Machinima as example  The French Democracy (  The French Democracy (Gesellschaft)  SWG from play to protest (  SWG from play to protest (Gemeinschaft)

11 How do we get at all this? Multiple perspectives (Bartle) Multiple perspectives (Bartle) Textual analysis Textual analysis Social, critical and cultural analysis Social, critical and cultural analysis Social science Social science


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