[Air-L] communities of practice

[Barry Wellman]

Folks were asking today about communities of practice in relation to ICTs.
Just so happens that our editorial team (Chris Nippert-Eng, me, Jess
Collins, Julie Amoroso) is right now putting together the final version of
the special CITASA issue of Information COmmunication and Society -- due
out this August.

Two of the papers are CoP:

Carey Sargent's study of "Local Musicians Building Global Audiences" in
Richmond & Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. You can also catch Carey
talking about her research on YouTube, and listen to her bank, pinko
communards on their own website.

Yuri Takhteyev's "Networks of Practice as Heterogeneous Actior Networks:
The Case of Software Development in Brazil." The title says it all.

Both are nice case studies combining theory, observation and reflection.

Enjoy.

 Barry Wellman
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