You might also want to look at Ostrom's design principles for successful collective action groups ( http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/archive/00001190/00/Ostrom,Elinor.pdf, p. 13); the principles don't all apply to all CA groups, esp if the group is not managing a physical resource (such as forests) or is more a smart mob type, but still a good guide in my opinion.
An article I found googling for above article discusses the applicability of the principles to online groups: http://research.microsoft.com/scg/papers%5CKollockPrinciples.htm Stephan On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 1:12 PM, Robert Link <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 12:32:29PM -0400, Stephan Dohrn wrote: > > If you look at this through a Community-of-Practice lense you would > probably > > try to build a core group that drives, coordinates and enforces. Nancy > will > > know better whether these groups just 'happen' or are actively created, > but > > I would guess that in a lot of cases people self-select into the core > group. > > If it stays open for others, then the regular members consent to giving > that > > core power by not participating in it. > > I'll be looking forward to Nancy's input. It's a recurring question for > me, kind of a text/context, foreground/background delineation question. > Taking p2p file-sharing as an example, there is an assumption of shared > protocols, be it tcp/ip or otherwise. The "central authority" is > provided by the technological/social substrate or by the project > initiators or by the attributes which define the community (practice or > otherwise) but there is always something which lends structure. > (Clearly, "central authority" ceases to be a valuable term here, but > I'm stuck at the moment, "perceptually fixed" as my tribe used to say, > and looking quite forward to someone selling me on a better term.) > > rl > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CooperationCommons" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CooperationCommons?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
