The Challenges of Social Infrastructure for Urban Planning by Ebba Högström, Lina Berglund-Snodgrass, Maria Fjellfeldt

“…We conclude with the openings for future research, such as the need to continue researching localisation (for example, the ways localisations of social infrastructure support, maintain, or hinder inclusion and community-building, and which benefits would come out of using localisation as a strategic planning tool); second, funding (the funding of non-commercial social infrastructure and who would take on the responsibility); and third, situated knowledge (the knowledge needed by planners, architects, social service officials, decision makers, and the like to address and safeguard the importance of social infrastructure in urban development and regeneration processes).…”
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Navigating Borders During the Pandemic: A Collaborative Multi-Sited Approach by Paloma Villegas, Francisco Villegas

“…While attending our classes, students were also facing the interlocking effects of Covid-19 including illness and death in their families, effects on their employment and mobility, and associated mental health struggles. Thus, community building within and across these classes was key as we navigated teaching online. …”
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Curating a connected community in virtual space: Solomon Islands Research Mentoring Tok Stori by Kabini Sanga, Martyn Reynolds, Ambrose Malefoasi, Irene Paulsen

“…Among the findings are the significance of mentorship to personal and academic growth, the potential of deliberate community building through virtual means in Solomon Islands and virtual tok stori as a catalyst to developments the physical world. …”
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Exploring Complex Concepts Through Storytelling: A Synchronous Online Health Policy Course Case Study and Recommendations for Implementing Across Disciplines by Corrie Whitmore, Kathryn Schild

“…<p>Educational experts advocate for storytelling’s community building aspects; it is also a valuable tool for deepening students’ cognitive engagement. …”
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Obtaining high retention and completion rates in a New Zealand ODL environment: A case study of strategies employed by Information and Library Studies Faculty at the Open Polytechn... by Sandra Elizabeth Maathuis-Smith, Shannon Wellington, Amanda Cossham, Alison Fields, Jan Irvine, Sarah Welland, Mary Innes

“…Strategies for retention and completion in this research are discussed in the context of course selection, orientation, layered support, communication between students and faculty, support between student and faculty, social interaction, and community building in an ODL environment. …”
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Bonding and Bridging: Perceptions of Social Capital in Community Music by Elizabeth Bucura

“…Data were collected primarily through interviews and observations and analyzed by coding transcripts for themes that were then compared across participants and with relevant literature. Data suggest community-building activities and purposeful collaborations might create capital, yet bridging capital depends on a confluence of circumstances, including empathetic leadership and activity structures that take virtual needs into account. …”
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Feminist Methodologies for Gender Studies Teaching: Cross-Case Analysis of Practical Applications in Three Universities by Ann Werner, Aurelija Novelskaitė, Elena Lukovitskaya

“…In all three universities the teaching methods focus on students’ experiences and differences, teacher’s reflexivity, working in smaller groups, highlighting community building and empowerment. In the conclusion these teaching holdings are discussed, and further development of interpersonal communication in Gender Studies teaching is suggested. …”
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Urban scan: A novel system to assess the urban landscapes in the regions deprived of street-view services by Harish Puppala, Kiran Khatter, Maheshwar Dwivedy, Ansh Poonia

“…Streetscape design can encourage social interaction and community building, creating a sense of place and improving the overall well-being of the resident community. …”
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Creation Through Destruction: Artifacts of Worldbuilding in Experiential Legacy Games by Otto-Hawke, Jay Jaeger

“…To create meaningful, playful social interactions, the game iterations explore the power of various practices in their mechanics: fire, funeral rites, ancestral connections, generational knowledge, community-building, and more. The unique mechanism of “creation through destruction” emerged as the central tenet of memorable, meaningful legacy games.…”
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Social media : an intersection for phenomenology and critical theory by Nur Amirah Rosman

“…This paper first explores the phenomenology intersubjective connections and community building facilitated by social networking websites. …”
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Security community, ASEAN and its member states: mutually reinforcing or a relationship of convenience? by Mohd Ikbal Mohd Huda, Syed Farizal Aminy Syed Mohamad, Nurliana Kamaruddin

“…The article then looks at the ASEAN Way as a method utilized by its member states in managing their affairs as well as the relationship between ASEAN as an organization and its individual member states in the context of security community building. The article finds that despite its limitation as a regional organization, ASEAN and its member states exists under the condition of mutual interdependence when it comes to forging regional security…”
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Muslim minority and its challenges in the West by Zul’azmi Yaakob, Wan Fariza Alyati Wan Zakaria

“…Addressing these challenges requires a multifaceted approach, including education and awareness-raising campaigns to promote positive narratives about Muslims, interfaith dialogue to increase understanding and tolerance, political engagement to enhance representation and influence in public policy decisions, community building to promote social cohesion, and legal protections to prevent discrimination and hate crimes. …”
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Muslim minority and its challenges in the West by Zul’azmi Yaakob, Wan Fariza Alyati Wan Zakaria

“…Addressing these challenges requires a multifaceted approach, including education and awareness-raising campaigns to promote positive narratives about Muslims, interfaith dialogue to increase understanding and tolerance, political engagement to enhance representation and influence in public policy decisions, community building to promote social cohesion, and legal protections to prevent discrimination and hate crimes. …”
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Diverse views on citizenship, community and participation by Peter Reyskens, Joke Vandenabeele, Danny Wildemeersch

“…In examining each photo, we question our assumptions about adult education and community building practices. In each of the three cases, we adopt the same approach. …”
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Clermont Preferred Future: Stakeholder Reflections on a Community Foresight and Planning Initiative by Richard Parsons, Aleta Lederwasch, Kieren Moffat

“…This paper demonstrates the potential of the mining industry to contribute to social development (community building, resilience and wellbeing) and to economic transitioning post-mining. …”
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Location Hunting Game: Developing an Application to Promote Gameful Hybrid Machi-aruki Town Exploration by Salma Tabi, Yasushi Ikeda

“…Nevertheless, the debate about the role that these information and communication technologies (ICTs) play within the participatory process, with respect to established practices and methods, and in relation to community building and public space, is still ongoing. The purpose of this paper is to present the design and development of a participation tool that attempts to combine physical and digital forms of interaction with public space and the community in the context of an essential initiation practice in Japanese participatory planning, called machi-aruki (town walking or walking tours). …”
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“We are Rosas”: a case study on how identity matters in local food groups by Karoline Poeggel, Daniel Fischer

“…Understanding initiatives not just as niches for individual political action or as alternative sources of sustainable products, but as social spaces of self-expression and community building, contributes to the discussion of how local initiatives can help to advance sustainability transformation.…”
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SHIELD DRIVE Science Center: Efforts in diversification and inclusion in heliophysics by Sanlyn Buxner, Nicholas Gross, Merav Opher, Joyce Wong, John Richardson

“…We also discuss efforts to support heliophysics scientists through community building events and ongoing training. The SHIELD Drive Science Center’s overall broadening impact goal is to train and mentor the next-generation of team-based heliophysicists while accelerating knowledge integration, transfer, and communication across traditional boundaries.…”
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Social literacy practices of Afghan and Somali refugees in a transitional setting by Juliana Othman, Lim Jia Wei

“…The findings indicated that participants enacted literacy practices in their transitional setting for three primary purposes: to increase their funds of knowledge, to enact personal agency, and for community building. These results challenge the stereotype that refugees are powerless and highlight avenues or ways in which refugee communities can be supported in a transitional context.…”
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THE CIRCLE SYMBOL IN MUSIC EDUCATION by Ágnes GYOVAI, Tímea Mária HEVESI

“…The circle, as a design in space, has a distinctive role in acoustic communication, which opens up the infinity of the musical cosmos through its individual and community building force. The ancient circle walks and dances are joint experiences of wholeness. …”
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