"john.white" wrote:
This may be a silly question, but I've been wondering what the difference between community and culture might be. Culture, particularly organizational culture, can be defined as a shared pattern of beliefs (see Schein 1985 and others). It seems to me that community, at least from what I've seen here, is similarly defined?
It often is. The question is whether it is legitimate to speak of any group, society, culture, community, etc. as "sharing" something, at least as that notion of sharing is often (nearly always?) explicated. Regarding this, I'd particularly recommend looking at Moerman, M. (1968). Being Lue: Uses and abuses of ethnic identification. In J. Helm (Ed.) Essays on the problem of tribe. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. [Reprinted as: Accomplishing ethnicity. In R. Turner (Ed.) (1974). Ethnomethodology (pp. 54-68). Harmondsworth, UK: Penguin.] as well as Sharrock, W.W., and Anderson, R.J. (1982). On the demise of the native: Some observations on and a proposal for ethnography. Human Studies, 5(2), 119-135. Best, Christian Nelson