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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Newmarket, northeast of Toronto, Ontario is the
site of one of North America's</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>first "wired communities." Paul Hoffert wrote a
book about it, titled "The Bagel</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Effect: A Compass to Navigate Our Wired World". See
"Block Party" by Paul</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hoffert at </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.canspeak.com/BigIdea.htm">http://www.canspeak.com/BigIdea.htm</A>
. For more information, go to</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Google.com and search on - "wired community",
Newmarket - and you'll find</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>a number of items relating to this "wired
community"............Alex</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>======================================<BR>Alex
Kuskis PhD Candidate<BR>OISE/University of Toronto<BR>e-Learning
Consultant, e-Scholars.ca<BR>Associate Faculty, Royal Roads University<BR><A
href="http://www.royalroads.ca/oll/madl/information.htm">http://www.royalroads.ca/oll/madl/information.htm</A><BR><A
href="mailto:akuskis@ican.net">akuskis@ican.net</A> - <A
href="mailto:Alex.Kuskis@utoronto.ca">Alex.Kuskis@utoronto.ca</A><BR>"Learning a
living" - Marshall McLuhan<BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=MURRAYC@hope.ac.uk href="mailto:MURRAYC@hope.ac.uk">CRAIG MURRAY</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=air-l@aoir.org
href="mailto:air-l@aoir.org">air-l@aoir.org</A> ; <A
title=air-l-request@aoir.org
href="mailto:air-l-request@aoir.org">air-l-request@aoir.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, August 23, 2001 5:00
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Air-l] networking
communities</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=1>Hi everyone.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>I would appreciate any help members of the list can provide
regarding studies of locally computer networked communities. Can anyone point
me to references that cover the impact of networking such communities (for
instance placing networked computers in peoples homes who all live on the same
street)? I am particularly interested in that work that looks at the social
capital that such initiatives produce. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>Would any members have similar references regarding the
local networking of people with various disabilities?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>Thanks in advance for any help members can provide.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=1>Best wishes, Craig.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Craig D. Murray<BR>Lecturer in Psychology<BR>Department of
Psychology<BR>Liverpool Hope University College<BR>Hope
Park<BR>Liverpool<BR>L16 9JD<BR>UNITED KINGDOM</DIV>
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