Community Building (Transformative and Otherwise)

[Funda Oral]

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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