{"id":420,"date":"2005-12-22T11:46:11","date_gmt":"2005-12-22T15:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=420"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:43:44","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:43:44","slug":"connected","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2005\/12\/22\/connected\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay Connected"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=blank href=\"http:\/\/inconduit.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=200 align=right border=0 src=\"http:\/\/www.spacing.ca\/images\/glances.jpg\" alt=\"Stealing Glances\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=blank href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/NASApp\/cs\/ContentServer?pagename=thestar\/Layout\/Article_Type1&#038;c=Article&#038;cid=1135205412393&#038;call_pageid=968350130169&#038;col=969483202845\">Patrick Evans<\/a> writes in the Toronto Star about a <a target=blank href=\"http:\/\/www.statcan.ca\/Daily\/English\/051221\/d051221c.htm\">Statistics Canada<\/a> report connecting strong community feelings with health and longevity.  The article reminded me of the book <a target=new  href=\"http:\/\/www.bowlingalone.com\/\">Bowling Alone<\/a> by Robert Putnam.   In that book Putnam suggests that North Americans have become increasingly disconnected from <a target=blank href=\"http:\/\/www.ctv.ca\/servlet\/ArticleNews\/story\/CTVNews\/20051220\/statscan_singleparents_20051220\/20051220?hub=TopStories\">family<\/a>, friends, neighbours, and our democratic structures.  <\/p>\n<p>The StatsCan report suggests that people in urban centres have a weaker sense of community than those in rural areas.  A recent New York Times article presented an alternative view of urban social relationships.   The <a target=blank href=\"http:\/\/comm.colorado.edu\/eventdetail_new.htm?id=202\">Fleeting Relationship<\/a> talks about  research that led to the book <a target=blank href=\"http:\/\/www.ucpress.edu\/books\/pages\/9116.html\">Together Alone<\/a> by Morrilll, Snow &#038; White.  In Together Alone they discovered that public spaces are not only places of passing strangers; they are also places where people can and do find real connections.  Some of these are <a target=blank  href=\"http:\/\/www.spacing.ca\/stealing-glances.htm\">fleeting<\/a>, while others evolve into more enduring relationships.  Whereas <strong>Bowling Alone<\/strong> sees group membership as the defining source of community <strong>Together Alone<\/strong> sees urban spaces as the primary site of community.  The <a target=blank href=\"http:\/\/today.uci.edu\/news\/release_detail.asp?key=1356\">research<\/a> reinforces the importance of public space in urban life and our need to connect with our urban community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrick Evans writes in the Toronto Star about a Statistics Canada report connecting strong community feelings with health and longevity. The article reminded me of the book Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam. 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