Culture

One of four elements that CSCCE emphasizes when considering a community. The shared values, behaviors, rituals, and artifacts of a group. A community can be thought of as a vessel or container for culture and can enable new behaviors to be established and practiced outside of members’ day-to-day contexts. This may then support extension of the new behaviors to those contexts, something Wenger, McDermott, and Snyder refer to in an organizational setting as a “double-knit knowledge organization.”

Citation: Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement. (2025) CSCCE Glossary: Scientific Community Engagement Fundamentals. Woodley, Pratt, and Santistevan doi: 10.5281/zenodo.15359413