From Ian Yolles at Nau:
In its simplest form I think of community as a group of people who share a common set of interests and values. What intrigues me though is the relationship between the individual and the community. I think the deeper, more important subtext is identity based in that the social interactions and structures of the community begin to define one’s sense of self, one’s place in the world and one’s relationship with others.
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