Social Networking Tools for Knowledge-Based Action Groups

Hall, William P.; Nousala, Susu; Best, Russell; Nair, Siddharth

doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-4048-1_9

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“…The impact of the WMS organisational approach can be observed via the systemic scales within the community ecosystem. Knowledge and experience have been generated using the WMS practice, influencing connected international communities (Hall et al, 2012; Nousala et al, 2009). The local transformational change led to feedback effects improving resilience, adaptability and transformability at the level of the whole system (Walker et al, 2009).…”

Section: Community Resiliencementioning

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Case study: Observing the World Music School Helsinki as a social ecological system to enhance community connectivity and resilience

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The World Music School community is a Non‐Government Organisation (NGO) that teaches music and organises events internationally around dance and music activities. This case study investigates community connectivity and resilience development in the World Music School (WMS) Helsinki community of practice and the Shanghai WMS community of interest. Using a social ecological system approach, the community structures and relationships were explored and supported by the literature. In particular, the research focused on the feedback loops at different levels within each community structure. The WMS core activities are viewed as inclusive and human connectivity enhancers. Focusing on human connectivity, the research investigated the ‘what’ and ‘why’ of the NGO's involvement in building its community structure as it revealed what is essential for community resilience. This research discusses how connections between shocks and disturbances within the community systems were identified and the various outcomes when identifying and approaching acute weakness within the community structures. This case study examines how the WMS communities enhance community resilience across a complex social system starting at the individual level and then extending to physically close environmental relationships. These complex community structures provided a lens to focus on identifying the initial stages for resilient community connectivity. Observing these connections provided a basis for developing a synthesised model based on discussions in previous literature reviews. The processes involved with the model development included the critical roles, impacts and evolution of the World Music School community. This article argues that systemic change can happen when small but fundamental changes are longitudinally obtained through bottom‐up approaches. The WMS communities have displayed the potential to make a difference towards connectivity and subsequent community resilience, beginning with the individual and extending to the overall social ecological system level.

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Section: Community Resiliencementioning

confidence: 99%

“…As Wenger (1998) expressed it, the events of the WMS communities fit into the notion of a joint enterprise. Since the dance is a shared activity, the connectivity is further improved (Hall et al, 2012; Nousala et al, 2009; Nousala & Hall, 2008).…”

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“…This view embraced the concept of observing and experimenting with approaches that highlighted nonlinear dynamics. Literature was selected to include complex adaptive systems ( Curtin and Allen, 2019;Folke, 2006;Gunderson, 2000;Simon, 1962Simon, , 1982Salthe, 1993;Hutchins, 1994), systems, design and social sciences ( Bateson, 1973;Choo, 1998;Ingold, 2007;Jamsai and Nousala, 2007;Nousala et al, , 2014Hall et al, 2012;Guest, 2012;Nousala, 2014Katina et al, 2014Chantiri et al, 2015;Dongjin et al, 2015a, Ing, 2016, sustainable development (Garduño et al, 2015a, b;Dongjin et al, 2015a, b) and sociobiology (Wilson, 1975).…”

Section: Targeted Literature Towards An Ontological Model 31 Reviewing Dynamic Relationshipsmentioning

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“…Community capacity can be informed by phenomenological components of a system based on practical and theoretical experience and understanding (Dynes, 2005;Nousala, 2014;Nousala et al, 2014). For example, the nature of usability of collective or pooled personal knowledge can come in the form of communities, their actions and groups (Hall et al, 2012), including sustainable cultural heritage actions during the 80 and 90s with the utilization of digitalization of artifacts, relationships and related community experiences. Additionally, disaster (Aguirre et al, 1998;Drabek, 1986Drabek, , 2004 studies have shown how emergent groups form in response to extreme events and the processes through which new knowledge is then institutionalized.…”

Section: Targeted Literature Towards An Ontological Model 31 Reviewing Dynamic Relationshipsmentioning

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“…Anthropology, Sociology and Psychology have also provided insight into the communal preconditions from which dynamic shifts flow. With hindsight, a decade later more can be understood regarding local knowledge and it's interactions, enhancing the cultural collective (Hall et al, 2012;Garduño, 2015a, b). The literature was only one aspect and source for providing and analysis for the preconditions of the adaptive system.…”

Section: Targeted Literature Towards An Ontological Model 31 Reviewing Dynamic Relationshipsmentioning

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Systemic preconditions and ontological modeling for peri-urban communities

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Romero

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PurposeThis research presents an ontological model, to communicate the impact of dynamic preconditions for peri-urban communities. As such, this paper approaches perturbation communities as social-complex-adaptive-systems.Design/methodology/approachPrevious assessment of dynamic preconditions have typically been based on top-down approaches. Through the lens of social-complex-adaptive and systemic design approaches (requiring a range of different disciplines), this work focuses on providing a broader view towards periurban research. The methodological approach involved academic literature, fieldwork observations, in-depth discussions with community, government, experts and research groups, focusing on a region called “Xochimilco” on the outskirts of Mexico City, a unique pre-Hispanic, Aztec ecosystem. This evolving man made agricultural/ecological structure of island plots, still provides environmental services to Mexico City. This region provides the basis of the research and subsequent ontological model. Ontology, in this instance, refers to the nature of being within a range of constraining dynamic forces relating to resilient behaviors of the current Xochimilco perturbation ecosystem.FindingsXochimilco can be considered as a longitudinal phenomenon that contributed to the understanding of observable resilient and precondition elements between the past and present of a living complex-adaptive-system.Practical implicationsThe research has provided a better understanding of community resilience through preconditions, contributing towards preparation of environmental change and future urbanization. To this end, the research focused on visualizing key dynamics elements for communities attempting to absorb new urban conditions (being continuously pushed into it).Originality/valueThe outcomes of this research have provided specific systemic, bottom up approaches with ontological modeling to assist with visualizing and understanding intangible dynamic conditions that impact high complex areas of perturbation regions.

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Social Networking Tools for Knowledge-Based Action Groups

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Case study: Observing the World Music School Helsinki as a social ecological system to enhance community connectivity and resilience

Case study: Observing the World Music School Helsinki as a social ecological system to enhance community connectivity and resilience

Systemic preconditions and ontological modeling for peri-urban communities

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