DEFINITION: Community of Ownership and Interest: (compound noun/proposition) an all-inclusive collective/community of people, individuals and groups, who in any way have multi layered relationships with a place or cultural landscape and/or the operation of an institution, organisation or establishment – typically a network. Usage and context: cultural geography; civic and environmental planning; and community administration
REFERENCE: Dr Bill Boyd, SCU et al .
CONTEXT NOTE: Used in opposition to ‘stakeholder’: one who has a legitimate interest, stake and/or pecuniary interest in an enterprise, endeavour or entity. Also used to demonstrate inclusivity as opposed to the exclusive implications attached to ’stakeholder’.
THE CONCEPT Communities of people have many items in which they share a sense of ownership - for example roads, schools, a health service, even a landscape. Those with such an interest form the Community of Ownership and Interest – its COI – for those items. .
All too often a COI's shared ownerships and interests are down played and may even be belittled or denied –particularly when contentious or complex issues are involved. However, recognising the layerings of ownerships and interests, and the social cum cultural dynamics involved, can offer a way forward in dispute resolution plus better, and more inclusive, understandings of 'place'.
If we listed items that had a COI we would include items and locations that were owned by the public – public places and spaces – such as: A park ... A river ... A monument ; ...A memorial; ... An institution; ... A heritage building; .. A museum ... A water supply ...A forest ... A festival ... A ritual; clearly the list is as endless as the kinds of attachments people have for places, things and events. ... Click HERE & HERE to read more
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