Openness is related to the identity, safety, and growth of a community. Openness defines who participates in a community but also who does not participate, also known as “the antagonists.”...
Belonging is the primary ingredient of community-making: if there is no sense of belonging and if members do not feel part of a community, then there is no community at all....
Enable is a technical term, a technicality, widely used in the world of the platform economy, which literally means “to make someone able to do something.” Enabling, on the other hand, implies a willingness to activate people, to empower them. In the specific context of...
Welcome to the Community Dictionary. This series of articles will feature the English version of the Italian spoken podcast hosted by Marta Mainieri, and produced by Produzioni Dal Basso. Community Design The term “Community design” does not exist, at least in academic literature. My friend Daniela Selloni, a...