Communities within spaces of flows

流项目的社区空间坐落在一个时期的公共部门的开支削减服务延伸,有政府呼吁回归地方主义解决福利需求(地方主义法案,2011;苏格兰政府,2009)。这种让人们参与当地决策和社区赋权的理想主义愿望与不断发展的社区概念不一致，在社区概念中，传统社区的地方相关连通性已被由技术和新的流动模式维持的更分散的社会网络所取代。提供社交能力、支持、归属感和社会身份的人际关系网络现在不太可能驻留在当地，也不太能够对当地的需要作出反应。与此同时，人们越来越认识到整合数字技术和健康的重要性（Tinder基金会，2011年），需要找到新的机制来支持日益增长的可及性需求的老龄化人口（Musselwhite和Haddad， 2010年）。紧缩时期的连通性和冲突项目说明了那些能够获得网络资本（即维持和产生社会资本所需的资源，如汽车和移动技术）的人如何能够在其他人被排除在外的情况下对其所在地区施加影响。这为这个后续项目提供了基础，它揭示了中产阶级的政治激进主义及其对公共服务的影响，而其他群体被边缘化。这就对公众参与和人们控制自己福祉的能力提出了根本性的问题。因此，这项后续资金申请探索了有关技术干预及其在社区福祉中的作用的重要问题，促进了对地方和地方连通性的责任。除了第六感交通项目（EPSRC数字经济资助，EP/J004650/1） （Davies et al. 2012）开发的协作旅行应用程序外，该项目还将考虑AHRC连接社区资助技术的组合，以扩展并使基于地点的社区支持网络获得健康和福祉收益。该项目建立在之前与韦斯特海尔斯良好的工作关系的基础上，并考虑了连接社区小组的工作如何补充更传统的病人/全科医生关系，并帮助产生可衡量的健康改善。

The Communities within Spaces of Flows project is situated in a period of public sector spending cuts in which services are stretched and there has been a government call for a return to localism to address well-being needs (Localism Act, 2011; The Scottish Government, 2009). This idealistic desire to involve people in local decision making and community empowerment is at odds with the evolving concept of community where the place related connectivity of traditional communities has been replaced by more dispersed social networks maintained by technology and new mobility patterns. The networks of interpersonal ties that provide sociability, support, a sense of belonging and social identity are now less likely to reside in place and are less able to react to local need. At the same time there is growing recognition of the importance of integrating digital technology and health (Tinder Foundation, 2011) and a need to find new mechanisms to support an ageing population with increasing accessibility needs (Musselwhite & Haddad, 2010).The Connectivity and Conflict in Periods of Austerity project has illustrated how those with access to network capital (i.e. the resources, such as cars and mobile technology, needed to sustain and generate social capital) are best placed to exert influence on their localities while others remain excluded. This provides the grounding for this follow-up project with its revelations about middle class political activism and its effects on public services while other groups are marginalised. This poses fundamental questions about public engagement and people's ability to take control of their own well-being. This application for follow-up funding therefore explores important questions about technological interventions and their role in community well-being, fostering responsibility for place and local connectivity. The project will reflect on the fit of a combination of AHRC Connected Communities funded technologies, in addition to a collaborative travel App developed by the Sixth Sense Transport project (EPSRC Digital Economy funding, EP/J004650/1) (Davies et al. 2012), to extend and enable place based community support networks to obtain health and well-being gains. The project builds on the previous good working relationship with Wester Hailes and considers how the work of the Connected Communities groups might complement the more traditional patient/GP relationship and help produce measurable improvements in health.