Throughout the seminar there was a strong focus on what makes a community unique and the different aspects that shape different communities throughout the world. So what does make a community?
I believe a community is made up of people with a common sense of place or connection to a certain place. This can be seen through coastal and country communities, both of which live by different lifestyles, culture and values. People living on the coast are brought together through the beach whilst people living in country communities are banded together through agriculture and a completely different way of life.
The people living within these communties gain a sense of togetherness and share common interests which allows them to interact successfully amongst one another. Quite often these communities have been created through generations of families who have chosen to live in the place that they grew up in, creating an even deeper sense of connection to certain places and how people can unify.
Communities also have certain meaning themselves, for example, in some cases they can serve to isolate rather then include, however it is this seperation from others that creates strong communties that share common attributes in some cases. An example of this is seen in gated communties, whilst the people living within these gated communities get along quite well and cooperate, as soon as they leave there is a mentality of us vs them.
Community Activistm is fundamental in creating commmunities, through militant particularism- which suggests that almost all radical movements have their origin in some place, with a particular set of issues which people are pursuing and following. Through this you can spread a persons passion amongst a greater number of people you will and hence create a better community.
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