Community Network Analysis (CNA)Project
Dr Peter Day, Dr Jon Don,Richard Cupidi,
Mark Walker, Anne Stafford & Keith Beadle
Community Research• Our partnerships and activities with
communities are:– intended to empower participating
communities– shaped by community assets and
resources but driven by community needs• community needs are what drive our
academic interest and activities.
Praxis in Participatory Action Research
KnowledgeGeneration
Critical Self-Evaluation Debate
EndogenousParticipatory
Action
Melkote, S.R. 2003. Theories of Development Communication. In Mody, B. (ed). International and Development Communication: A 21st-Century Perspective. London: Sage. p139
- Power implications- Relationship between researcher and
community Doing with- Not expert & subject
Project aimsUtilising a range of participatory methodological tools and approaches, CNA aims to:• Investigate the potential, for adoption by
geographic communities and communities of practice/interest, of network technologies (including mobile telephony) as tools for building and sustaining social capital.
• Test, through social network analysis, the impact of ICTs on the social ties and cohesion of community groups and networks through active communications and information flows.
What is the CNA project?
Nationally funded research project based on principles of community participation and mutualityCommunity information flows & communication patterns/behaviourIf and how ICTs can be, or are being, used as tools to build active, healthy communities
Project overview
Map information & communication resources Map assets Needs analysis
1) Profiling the community
4) Community communications space
3) Participatory learning workshops
2) Social network analysis
You can contact the CNA project team by phoning us on 01273 642550 or 0774 3878340. Alternatively you can e-mail us at [email protected] or [email protected]. Our postal address is Peter Day, CNA Project, CMIS, Watts Building, University of Brighton, Moulsecoomb, Brighton, BN2 4GJ.
1st 12 months of project• Engaging with community &
voluntary sector– How?
• Baseline research– Sussex Community Internet Project
(SCIP) for P2B.net project– Communities of Interest Network (COIN)
Exploring the landscape• A report on services, resources,
participation and gaps for Communities of Interest in 15 Neighbourhood Renewal Areas in Brighton & Hove– Gap in communication, understanding and
collaboration– Need to achieve greater synergy – Improve empowerment & capacity building – Nature of facilities & resources– Desire to network & engage with others
Needsand
wants
Newtechnologies
Available technologies
Community groups
CNA project team and steering
group
Dreams
Hopes
Possibilities
Technology, the community and us
What, for instance, could we provide?
• blogs• mailing lists• wikis• content management• contact management/finding people and
places• calendars and schedules• image libraries• shared links• announcements• for sale/ wanted• adverts• shared drawing spaces• RSS feeds• webmeetings• podcasts• learning management systems• database integration/publication• peer to peer services• GIS• design services• integration services
• forums• chatrooms• instant messenging• internet service provision• webcams• polls and surveys• e-learning• games• graffiti• interactive whiteboard• video conferencing• MMS/SMS messageboards• news and articles• GPS services• self-organising/social software• groupware• administration• statistics• site/domain management• document conversion tools• authoring tools• etc
What community groups want• content / site management / blogs /
wikis• mailing lists / email / forums / chat• database publication• hosting and support• search• statistics• errr…
Sustainable technologies• Problems:
– safe exploration and experimentation
– when the project ends
• Some (partial) solutions:– open source / open
standards– clustered / redundant– flexible / evolvable / self-
organising
Technology development
Sandbox (CNA)
Stable community server (SCIP)
Engaging the community• Stories from a story-telling workshop
– Geraldine’s story– Geraldine & Una’s stories
• Developing collaborative partnerships
– Dialogue talking & listening– Building trust working at the participant’s pace– Takes time requires patience and a lot of hard
work– Expect the unexpected be prepared to hear
unwanted or unpalatable things– Frustrating but results will be worth it
Questions?• web
http://www.cna.org.uk• email
– [email protected]– [email protected]– [email protected]– [email protected]
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