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

 * 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?

Wikipedia

 * 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

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

External

 * 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

 * /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?