Community

• What is community according to Schuler?
• How does community relate to place according to Schuler? How is it different than place?
• What is a community network?

Community Decline

• Has community declined in America? Do you agree with Schuler? If so, why do you, or does he think that it has declined?
• What internal and external factors have caused community decline?
  

The New Community

• What is the "new community" that Schuler talks about and how is it different than the "old community"?
• Why is the old concept of community obsolete?
• What is the importance of intercommunity cooperation?
• What is the darker side of community? How do you prevent the darker side of community from emerging according to Schuler?
  

Community Needs

• What is the problem with focusing upon community needs? Why does Schuler talk about focusing on community capacities and assets?
  

Citizen Participation

• Why does Schuler say that the most important aspect of the community network is the involvement of community members and organizations?

Technology and Community

• What is the relationship between technology and community? Why is it important to have community conversations about technology?
• How can technology benefit communities? How does it provide a "catalytic spark" to create these new communities?
  

Chapter 2 Conviviality and Culture

• What is Conviviality?
  
• How do some of the projects he mentions promote conviviality?
• What might we do in this class, to promote conviviality and culture in our own community networking project?

One critic has dismissed Schuler's book as "techno-utopian." Is this critic correct?