Embodied Community

The embodied community I chose to participate in this semester was Georgia Tech as a whole. I chose Georgia Tech because in many ways, it is its own autonomous civilization located in the middle of Atlanta. I consider Georgia Tech to be a community because it is working together in many ways to achieve a goal. Some people are here for an education, others are here for research, some are here to teach, and few are here to play sports. While all of these people have different goals, they are all working together in some way. The Tech student may feel compelled to do research after having a particularly good professor who may interest them more in the subject they wish to research. The athletes have the task of keeping the students and faculty entertained and also bringing revenue to the school through sponsorships and by making more people interested in buying licensed school products. The researchers bring esteem and recognition of the school to the international community which interests more and more people into coming to Georgia Tech.

I consider myself a part of the community of Georgia Tech because I am a student here. I plan on becoming even further involved with more activities including going Greek in the spring. Some people may not go out and enjoy the social life Georgia Tech has to offer, but that does not make them any less involved or a part of the community here. That just means that as a member of the community at large, they choose to participate less in an embodied sense than others. Some of these same people may be more involved in digital communities than those involved in the embodied communities here at Tech, and as a result may not see the need to get as involved in the real world as others.