Collectives

A collective is a group of entities that share or are motivated by at least one common issue or interest, or work together to achieve a common objective, according to Wikipedia. This area of this wiki is meant to be for facilitating learning, teaching, and research related to collectives.

## Discussion questions and essay ideas

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* What are collectives?
* How and why are collectives utilized?
* What are some examples of some collectives that have had a significant impact on society.
* How does the psychology of individuals influence the interactions within collectives?
* How could one describe collectives from a sociological standpoint?
* In what ways might community psychology study or research collectives?

## Learning links

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### Wikipedia

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* Collective
* Category:Collectives
* Collective farming
* Collective bargaining
* Collective agreement
* Collective security
* Collective ownership
* Law collective
* Community psychology
* Community organizing
* Asset-based community development
* Psychotherapy and social action model
* Systems thinking
* Group dynamics
* Program evaluation

#### Examples of collectives on Wikipedia

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* One True King
* Telluride House
* International Collective in Support of Fishworkers
* DiY Sound System
* San Isidro Movement

### External

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* Open Collectives
* Consumer Collectives: A History and Reflections on Their Future
* The Research Collective: A Tool for Producing Timely, Context-linked Research Syntheses
* The collective method: Ccollaborative social science research and scholarly accountability
* Cultivating Hybrid Collectives: Research Methods for Enacting Community Food Economies in Australia and the Philippines

## Case studies

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* Silenzio Statico \- "Silenzio Statico is a collective, initially, based in South Central Los Angeles, which has been documenting and producing radical punk culture"

Discussion questions, research ideas, and essay ideas related to above case study

* How might this collective influence the culture of Los Angeles
* How successful has this collective been in reaching its goals?
* If one were to perform a program evalutation of Silenzio Statico, how might this case study be structured?

What information would be useful in performing the case study? How could the data be collected?
* What factors have influenced the culture and mission of this collective?

## See also

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* Collective learning
* Pursuing Collective Wisdom