Collective 766369 224619780 2008-07-09T18:08:18Z 58.31.25.161 /* Types of collectives */ {{two other uses||the BBC website|Collective (BBC)}} A '''collective''' is a group of people who share or are motivated by at least one common issue or interest, or work together on a specific project(s) to achieve a common objective. Collectives are also characterised by attempts to share and exercise [[political power|political]] and [[power (sociology)|social]] power and to make decisions on a [[consensus]]-driven and [[egalitarianism|egalitarian]] basis. Collectives differ from [[cooperative]]s in that they are not necessarily focused upon an economic benefit or saving (but can be that as well). A [[Commune (intentional community)|commune]] or [[intentional community]], which may also be known as a "collective household", is a group of people who live together in some kind of dwelling or residence, or in some other arrangement (eg. sharing land). Collective households may be organized for a specific purpose (eg. relating to business, [[parenting]], or some other shared interest). [[Collective consciousness]] is a term created by [[France|French]] social theorist [[Émile Durkheim]] that describes how an entire [[community]] comes together to share similar values. The term collective is sometimes used to describe a species as a whole, for example the ''[[human collective]]''. ==Types of collectives== *[[activist collective]]s *[[art collective]]s *[[bicycle collective]]s *[[environment collective]]s *[[health collective]]s *[[law collective]]s *[[medical cannabis collective]]s *[[musical collective]]s *[[newspaper collective]]s *[[research collective]]s *[[theatrical collective]]s *[[workers cooperative|workers collective]] eoiwjowjerojowe ==See also== *[[collective bargaining]] *[[collective farming]] *[[collective noun]] *[[collectivism]] *[[kibbutz]] *[[mutual aid]] *[[workplace democracy]] ==External links== *[http://web.archive.org/web/20050307063955/http://www.redemmas.org/collectives.shtml Collective Labor is Direct Action: an introduction to worker owned collectives] Andrew W. Smith, 2003 *[http://001collective.com 001 Collective Family] An example of a group of musicians who have bonded together in a collective *[http://www36.pair.com/dlevere/index.html/ The Hacking 101 Collective] A group of programmers who teach you how to make your own cheat codes for video games [[Category:Community]] [[Category:Collectives|*]] [[da:Kollektiv]] [[de:Kollektiv]] [[es:Colectivo]] [[he:קולקטיב]] [[sr:Колектив]] [[sv:Kollektiv]] [[vi:Tập thể]] [[yi:קאלעקטיוו]]