Writing as a social event

I'm in Porto - that place you're bound to get lost if you're driving  - where we are going to do a two day writing session at a workshop we called CIBlend. What a treat! Ten of us from Australia, UK, Portugal, who have never written together before and our plan is to write an article(s) for the Community Informatics journal.

Real collaborative writing is an intimate act and also with a lot of tensions. I'm intrigued to see how this goes.

Comments

[Adelina Silva]

Yes, Porto is the right town to get lost. :) You are however among friends (I supose!). Therefore, writing, as a technique you use everyday has to work either as an individual act or as a result of group/collaboration action (different backgrounds, cultures, genres, and so on). What a challenge! You're lucky!!

[Bev Trayner]

Hi Adelina... pity you didn't come along! Yes, I am lucky.

[Adelina Silva]

Hi Beverly!

Have you seen my wiki about Communities of Practice?

http://cdp.wikispaces.com

Best Regards

Adelina

[Bev Trayner]

Great, Adelina! It's not easy to find resources in Portuguese about communities of practice, so that will be useful.

[Adelina]

Are you interested to become a member of the cdp.wikipaces.com and to participate in it? I would appreciate it very much. :-)
If you are, please send me an e-mail.

[Bev Trayner]

Thanks!