CKM: Living Glossary - COMMUNITY by Science Ceilidh

2024-01-25 14:51:35 UTC

able to be defined and compared

The place or space we spend the majority of time living, working or volunteering

2024-01-25 14:51:43 UTC

Not easy to define

2024-01-25 14:51:48 UTC

Communities could be a group of people that occupy a geographic area, have similar interests or have a shared goal.

2024-01-25 14:51:52 UTC

Probably really varied, from a shared interest to the local neighbourhood

Grassroots involvement - makin our voices heard at local and national levels

2024-01-25 14:51:56 UTC

a specific group to be studied

iris473 — 2024-01-25 14:51:59 UTC

To describe themselves and delineate between themselves and people outside the community

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A group of people that share a space or an activity

If you are part of a community then Community means you and the other folk who live in that place or take part in that activity. It describes shared identity/values/a sense of interdependency and connection.

2024-01-25 14:52:03 UTC

As a researcher, have never understood this word! It's so complex and thorny and means something different depending on so many things.

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Could be others in the 'research community'

a target audience

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A part of the geographical community with a shared identity or experience

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more of a geographical context

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Place, occupation, interest, people who use services, people who use a certain community provision or space, people engaged in a particular activity

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any group with something in common

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clearly bounded - perhaps even by parish or regional boundaries

rosie_alexander_ic — 2024-01-25 14:53:09 UTC

People like "us" in some defined way, e.g. of place, practice, identity, etc...

2024-01-25 14:53:12 UTC

recognise that it is more complicated than first thought and is easy to over simplify!

2024-01-25 14:53:15 UTC

Annoying , irritating, happier to reduce this to numbers

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Group of people with shared experiences

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This particular experiences shape the way the community look at the world

In healthcare

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The community you serve, a group of patients or people living in the community you work in.

Possibly defined by funding restrictions

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a group we are obliged to consult or talk to whether we want to or not

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A group of persons with shared interests or preocupations

2024-01-25 14:53:51 UTC

Depends entirely on what you're researching I think; that gives any terminology context. E.g. I'm researching families, and sometimes community and family are used almost interchangeably in literature

2024-01-25 14:53:54 UTC

a tick box in a list of stakeholders you need to engage with

iris473 — 2024-01-25 14:53:55 UTC

Local government

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Officially delegated geographical area

2024-01-25 14:54:15 UTC

Can be a bit daunting, as I recognise how easy a word it is to use without thinking about what I mean. I quite often like to say 'people in the community' rather than think of a community as one thing

working to identify a particular issue people have in common and unify them to create positive change or - common-unity

2024-01-25 14:54:17 UTC

people that have power to elect me

2024-01-25 14:54:20 UTC

For me community is a process and I need to be clear about who is included/excluded within this. I see other researchers using community to describe a set of people based on location/activity but do not define who is part of that community.

2024-01-25 14:54:28 UTC

A group of people with a common characteristic.

2024-01-25 14:54:36 UTC

Defined, often pre-defined by characteristic or location. measurable

rosie_alexander_ic — 2024-01-25 14:54:44 UTC

can have very personal meanings with some individuals/groups being quite affronted at being assumed to be in one or another 'community'

2024-01-25 14:54:47 UTC

I find the term 'community' difficult to understand because people often use it, but rarely define what they mean by it. For services, it is often about the people who might use their service, or a geographical area that they are trying to establish links within.

2024-01-25 14:54:49 UTC

A group of people with a common problem or difficulty.

2024-01-25 14:54:59 UTC

Wary of this - researcher bias? How do you make sure you are reaching the unheard voices, rather than those who make themselves heard?

2024-01-25 14:55:21 UTC

The people and places they serve

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Again, it is used as a broad, almost all-encompassing term which says alot but also nothing!

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As a singular identity which needs a singular policy of engagement.

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a group that will use my services

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Love the comment above referring to irritation and annoying! Although I'm not a decision maker, I'd like to believe that many decision makers don't think like this

As the people you deliver your service to.

2024-01-25 14:55:58 UTC

Being part of a community can be a very significant feeling for people, just as it can also be exclusionary.

2024-01-25 14:55:58 UTC

I use this term not as a researcher but as a knowledge exchange/engagement person to mean beyond academia but it can also mean the community we are building through the engagement

susanggrant — 2024-01-25 14:55:58 UTC

Different levels

2024-01-25 14:56:02 UTC

We can be part of may communities, local, global, ideological, political...

Community can be about the feeling or spirit of a place

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I'm not sure people want to talk about community or community engagement

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people or places they serve

2024-01-25 14:56:48 UTC

Community can be very oppressive - something to escape

2024-01-25 14:56:55 UTC

Community is a process. When it is used as a noun it erases the relational interactional messiness of this reality.

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