ECED 407 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8.1: Imagined Community, Imagined Communities, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences
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Journal of language, identity, and education, 2(4), 241-249. (library. Imagined communities refer to groups of people, not immediately tangible and accessible, with whom we connect through the power of the imagination. Thus, in imagining ourselves bonded with our fellow compatriots across space and time, we can feel a sense of community with people we have not yet met, but perhaps hope to meet one day. The purpose of this special issue is to investigate further how the notion of imagined communities might enhance our understanding of language learning and identity. However,laveandwenger(1991)speakmostofthelearningthattakesplaceasa result of individuals"engagement in immediately accessible communities that is, communities of practice,such as groups of midwives, tailors, and nondrinking alcoholics. We suggest that these imagined communities are no less real than the ones in which learners have daily engagement and might even have a stronger impact on their current actions and investment. Two examples follow that may help to render our vision more concrete.
