Together
By Design
Py
Play
26 Collective Cultural Experience
Gathering around a shared experience and appreciation of a work of art. Could also include interaction within the audience (i.e. conduciveness) or may just be about accompaniment via a shared experience and affinity via shared tastes.
Film night
Concert
Lecture
Book club
27 Crafting
Affinity-based community of interest, that may also skew heavily towards particular 20 Lifestage Connections (age, children). Members engage in creative activities or developing their making skills. Driven by design principles of accompaniment and safe sharing. May relate to other patterns of place e.g. 17 Community Hub, 15 Workshop or 8 Neighbourhood Art.
28 Making Music
Similar to 27 Crafting. Affinity of interest around making music together. Based on principles of accompaniment and safe sharing. May have 33 Performance as its goal, in which case shared struggle is also a driver.
Xmas carols
Gospel Choir Zürich
RVoices
Traditional music sessions (e.g. sea shanties)
A shared physical activity that invokes the principles of accompaniment and repetition. Often lo-fi and making use of existing community assets (such as a park or community hub). Often aim to be welcoming and inclusive, with lower barriers to entry and fuzzy membership lines, but can also be more exclusive, competitive or achievement-focused. As repetitive activities, may include rituals and shared symbols (clothing). Unlike 30 Team Sports, the emphasis is on individual participation rather than group competition.
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Parkrun
Yoga
Hash House Harriers
The Run Club Zurich
The 6:ZH Run Club
Worfolk sea swimming group
SkiFit
TeamTime Swing
Newtown Park Cycle Club
30 Team Sports
Similar to 29 Movement Assembly in the focus on activity or sport, but here the dynamics are driven by collaboration in a shared struggle, emphasis on group identity, and ritualised interaction and competition with outgroups.
31 Gaming
Similar to 27 Crafting. Affinity of interest around making music together. Based on principles of accompaniment and safe sharing. May have 33 Performance as its goal, in which case shared struggle is also a driver.
Xmas carols
Gospel Choir Zürich
RVoices
Traditional music sessions (e.g. sea shanties)
32 Walking
A rich, almost timeless pattern that includes the concept of pilgrimage. The key is the combination of a communal goal, repetition, accompaniment and engagement with a changing landscape. The pattern of walking together with different people as part of a larger group is also lightly conducive. It can also support affinity (e.g. shared beliefs or identity), and combines with other patterns e.g. 34 Story Sharing (the Canterbury Tales), or 26 Collective Cultural Experience (a guided tour).
Story Walk
Hiking Buddies
Dykes Who Hike
British Pilgrimage Trust
33 Performing
Focus is on developing or co-creating a performance over time, that will be shared with an audience. The dynamic is therefore us<>audience, rather than the peer-to-peer storytelling pattern of 34 Story Sharing. This pattern can also be the mirror of 26 Collective Cultural Experience, where 33 is the performers' experience, and 26 is the audience's. Relevant design principles are shared struggle, accompaniment and repetition.
34 Story Sharing
Encourages trust and reciprocity via the telling of stories between peers. The drivers may be both the content of stories (and what they disclose about the teller) and the act of sharing. As such, the key design principles are contribute as equals, individual identities, safe sharing and magic circle.