Folks were asking today about communities of practice in relation to ICTs. Just so happens that our editorial team (Chris Nippert-Eng, me, Jess Collins, Julie Amoroso) is right now putting together the final version of the special CITASA issue of Information COmmunication and Society -- due out this August. Two of the papers are CoP: Carey Sargent's study of "Local Musicians Building Global Audiences" in Richmond & Charlottesville, Virginia, USA. You can also catch Carey talking about her research on YouTube, and listen to her bank, pinko communards on their own website. Yuri Takhteyev's "Networks of Practice as Heterogeneous Actior Networks: The Case of Software Development in Brazil." The title says it all. Both are nice case studies combining theory, observation and reflection. Enjoy. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology University of Toronto 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 I regret that most of my thoughts are more than 140 characters long Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________