Fw: Community Building (Transformative and Otherwise)

[Funda Oral]

wanted to correct;

But now, it's not clear as all these ways of "togetherness" drew out our
> passion and
> feeling of being alive.

nor drew out........what i wanted to say is : "dried out"

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From: "Funda Oral" <fundaoral at ttnet.net.tr>
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Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 2:13 PM
Subject: Re: Community Building (Transformative and Otherwise)


> Maybe now (at this point of human adventure on earth) we have started to
> question
> our identity (individual and collective)
>
> That's why we are confused (or, i am) about the meaning of community. Till
> now, it
> was the people of same religion, same nation, same family, same school and
> lately
> same company (institution , work place etc), parents of our children'
> friends.
>
> But now, it's not clear as all these ways of "togetherness" drew out our
> passion and
> feeling of being alive.
>
> "Self Organising Systems" idea sounds much more alive.
>
> But i am not sure whether we must wait until  a chaos or a very complex
> situation forces us to discover the need of a genuine community, organized
> genuinely and naturally.
>
> When i am hopeful, i say "no; we can change many things before that". When
i
> am
> rather negative i say  "ok every development has its own time and turn"
>
> That' where i am now, in between these 2 thoughts.
> Funda
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Shawn Callahan" <shawn at anecdote.com.au>
> To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
> Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 12:59 PM
> Subject: Re: Community Building (Transformative and Otherwise)
>
>
> > Harrison, your description of community and genuine community resonates
> with
> > me. Open the space and allow communities to form.
> >
> > In particular I found your following observation interesting because
I've
> > also encountered similar preconditions.
> >
> > "Perhaps even more remarkable, Genuine Community appears even under the
> most
> > stressful and conflicted situations - to the point that it almost seems
> that
> > the greater the initial conflict and stress the deeper and more profound
> the
> > Genuine Community. And nobody does a thing - it just happens."
> >
> > From a complexity perspective I thought this might be described with
> > reference to adaptive tension. Just like Bernard cells emerge as the
> > liquid's temperature is raised, so might communities arise when there is
a
> > need to adapt.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Shawn
> >
> > ------------------------------------
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> > Shawn Callahan
> > Principal
> > shawn at anecdote.com.au
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