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Say hi to a stranger. Discover one thing you have in common with them.
while we’re waiting…
building community:
who / how / why
@ninaksimon
building community:
who / how / why
Say hi to a stranger. Discover one thing you have in common with them.
geography
geography identity
geography identity affinity
identity
median income: $63,000
78% white, 19% latino
affinity
culturally curious
active & creative
nontraditional arts participants
62,000
17,000 (2011)
62,00052,000
62,00052,000
2,500
building community:
who / how / why
There are two kinds of social capital: bonding and bridging. Bonding occurs when you are socializing with people who are like you. Bridging occurs with people who are not like you.
Robert Putnam, Bowling Alone (1995)
bonding
bridging
Self-destruction of diversity is caused by success, not by failure.
Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities (1961)
building community:
who / how / why
The average scientist, so far as I can make out, spends almost all his time working on problems which he believes will not be important and he also doesn't believe that they will lead to important problems.
Richard Hamming, You and Your Research (1986)
your turn
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