Wednesday 26 November 2008

Differentiating Community From Society - (Mapping)


"'Society' is not some glue that could fix everything including what other glues cannot fix; it is what is glued together by many other connectors". The presence of 'society' may therefore be partially a result of many collections of communities that intertwine with one another through individuals. 

On the map above the clear disk that slides on top of the collection of people represents the invisible and weak bond society has over us. The spiked shape that fits on top of that goes to meet the individuals and thus represents a 'community'. A community is something more specific, it is shaped by the needs of committed members and alters to encompass 'the willing' through many forms of interaction. 

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