Whenever I hear talk about communities I struggle. If asked which community I am in, I have to ask in which sense! The word ‘neighbourhood’ may have some class conotations (semiotic?) but fails to have the semantic ties that are easily construed with ‘community’.
Some examples:
Community of place – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_of_place
Community of practice – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communities_of_Practice
Community of position – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communities_of_Position
Community of action – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communities_of_Action
Community of interest – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communities_of_Interest
Community of process – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communities_of_Purpose
Community of circumstance – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communities_of_Circumstance
Community of inquiry – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_of_inquiry
So which communities are you a member of and in which neighbourhood do you live?
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