some thoughts on platforms and 'community' spencergreenhalgh.com
@spgreenhalgh So many thoughts! But mostly I'll say that I've seen recent critiques suggesting that Gee's notion of "affinity spaces" might be more usefully reframed as "affinity networks," especially in the current (social) media environment. I can provide references or link you to my affinity spaces comps chapter, if you're interested.
@KimberlyHirsh Ooh, I would love to read some of that! If you don't mind sending refs/links, that would be great. I can see value for both "space" and "network" emphases (depending on the analysis/focus), but I say that without having read the critiques yet.
@KimberlyHirsh I'll also admit that while Gee's general ideas about affinity spaces are great, they get fuzzy and sloppy really quickly, so adding more structure to the framework could be really helpful.
@nitinkhanna I saw one comment from you, and that's fine. I'm not going to revise this, as I passed the exam it was written for almost 3 years ago. So if your aim is to be helpful, revisiony comments probably aren't needed. Thanks for reading and offering to comment, thought!
@KimberlyHirsh ah, good to know. That’s basically till where I read and yeah I guess there’s no good reason for you to revise it now. 😊
@nitinkhanna That said, I do use pieces of this to launch other work from time to time, so questions or comments about big ideas are most welcome.
@KimberlyHirsh Will do!
It's definitely interesting reading for me. The idea of a comprehensive literature review is new to me and the question of how to increase information literacy is something that affects us all. Thank you for your work!