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November 1, 2007
…communities however, are held together through the mutual production and reciprocal exchange of knowledge. (Jenkins 27).
This quote means that communities or groups are able to stay united and functioning because of people working together and sharing information. By having people work together and exchange their knowledge, the knowledge is able to spread thus creating a more knit community, in which every member is able to become educated and share more information.
I think that this quote explains our work in class with the wikis. By working together and using all of our knowledge as a group, we have contributed to the wiki community. Without this combined use and exchange of knowledge, there would be no wikispace. Now because of our added knowledge to wikispaces, other wiki users are able to gain knowledge from our pages and spread it to others as well.
November 7, 2007 at 3:45 am
You explained the definition of the quote you picked very well, and it definitely relates to your work on the wiki page. I liked how you stated: “By having people work together and exchange their knowledge, the knowledge is able to spread thus creating a more knit community, in which every member is able to become educated and share more information.” This is very true. Wikis are a great source of information because many people are combining their knowledge, thus making the knowledge so much more valuable.