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Interview with Etienne Wenger on Communities of Practice

November 3rd, 2005

Here are two videos (one short, one long) of Etienne Wenger found on the Knowledgelab site. Learning, social networking, meaning, communities of practice are some of the subjects covered. It looks very good and I will be giving it a good listen as the material is solid looking stuff for solidifying our youth community mapping foundation.

Etienne Wenger is one of the founding fathers of Social Learning Theory and the concept of “Practiced Communities”. People are learning together – every individual deals and engage in many different communities of practice. Here people negotiate and define what competence and knowledge is. To know something or to be competent builds on the individuals experiences of being in the world – learning is a constant transformation or journey of the self.

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