---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dante-Gabryell Monson <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:29 AM Subject: Cultural thread into the context of Community ( and Community Engagement ) To: [email protected], [email protected] http://collaborationdna.com/2013/03/25/community-culture-cdna/ cultural thread into the context of Community. <http://sourcepov.files.wordpress.com/2013/03/cdnalngrid-v4.jpg> This now brings into focus a discussion of relationships, place, and some sense of a common good or goal or set of goals. I like the way Peter Block<http://twitter.com/peter_block> broadly frames the ideal common ground of a productive, engaged community, paraphrasing him: *“In terms of possibilities, what can we create in this place together?”* As we unpack the Community dimension, let’s start first in the Social Change context (column E, in the above framework), and address questions that would be associated with cell “E2″ .. - *Q1. What cultural forces are constructive in a community vs. problematic?* - *Q2. How important are relationships in a community vs. focus on specific topics/issues?* - *Q3. When and why do community stakeholders (aka “citizens”) participate & engage?* -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net <http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation>Updates: http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens #82 on the (En)Rich list: http://enrichlist.org/the-complete-list/