Community of circumstance

A community of circumstance is similar to a community of practice, except that it is driven by position, circumstance or life experiences rather than a shared interest.[1] Examples might include cancer sufferers using a support newsgroup or the members of gay/lesbian newsgroups. A prison or other correctional facility can be thought of as a community of circumstance; passengers of the same plane form a temporary community of circumstance as well.

gollark: Meanwhile, an external box like an RPi (£50 or so including basic accessories, it's fine) will get support for... probably 10 years or so? And you can swap it separately. And you can be sure of exactly what's running on there. And it has the same security as a standard computery device, i.e. not great but workable.
gollark: *Some* apparently randomly connect to unsecured wireless networks if available.
gollark: Originally, yes, they were made for live TV.
gollark: Many do some kind of automatic content recognition thing on the stuff on their screen.
gollark: And probably spying.

References

  1. Marsh G. The community of circumstance—a tale of three cities: community participation in St Kilda, Knox, and Lewisham. In: Chekki DA, ed. Research in community sociology. Vol 9. Varieties of community sociology. Greenwich, CT: Jai Press, 1999, pp. 65–88.
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