This tutorial required me to search for online communities that relate to my fieldwork two placement. My placement was at Arts for Health so therefore the communities I have found relate to the topic of rehabilitation and arts. These online communities are where people with access to the internet can go on and comment/interact with people in similar situations.
BLUECANVAS
This website contains an artist online community where people can post pictures of their art and chat about art on there. There are even specific forums for topics such as rehabilitation. People are able to choose forums that best suit their personality or possible struggles and comment in them.
People who like to look at art can also enjoy this site. It also allows people to see how art has helped people get through any occupational disruption (e.g. art has helped the writer of the rehab forum as she was suffering from addiction)
This is the link:
http://www.bluecanvas.com/community
THE BIG IDEA
This website contains a lot of artistic information. It is a New Zealand website so therefore it would fit the clients at Arts for Health well as they would know there is other New Zealand-er's linked to the site. People can go on this website to access information on jobs, buy, sell and exchange art, find information on art projects or books and comment on forums regarding art and their own art. Advice and ideas are shared reciprocally between users.
This is the link:
http://www.thebigidea.co.nz/
MENTAL HEALTH COMMUNITY
This website contains information and support for adults suffering from mental illness. People who access this site can also post in forums and go on live chat with other members to offer advice and support. This is relevant to my placement as many of the clients there were suffering from a mental health illness. Many people suffering from a mental illness would benefit from this site as they can access it to gain information and support which is highly valuable to their recovery.
This is the link:
http://www.mentalearth.com/
Ethical considerations for all three of these sites include: the fact that to talk on the forums the user must log in with a username and password. This allows the user to make up a username instead of having to supply their real name- this means that they can retain privacy. Adding a picture of themselves is also optional which further increases privacy. An advantage of these communities is that people who may be shy and do not like to share with people face to face are able to share their work and chat to people with equal ideas and thoughts. A disadvantage of sites like these is that no one is really sure who runs the forums and if anything gets checked or managed (e.g. if someone starts posting inappropriate things). Also the fact that people can get quite attached to an idea of how some is which could cause them to get hurt if they some how got feelings for another member.
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