Human Community
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A Human Community is a human social group (of humans) with a non-negligible social cohesion measure.
- AKA: Community, Social Community, Human Group.
- Context:
- It can (typically) possess a Human Culture (with societal norms).
- It can (typically) develop Social Bonds through shared experiences and regular interactions.
- It can (typically) maintain Community Identity through shared values and cultural practices.
- It can (typically) establish Social Norms through collective agreements and behavioral expectations.
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- It can (often) generate Cultural Practices through traditional activities and rituals.
- It can (often) facilitate Resource Sharing through communal systems and distribution mechanisms.
- It can (often) create Social Support Networks through mutual assistance and reciprocal obligations.
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- It can range from being a Supportive Community to being a Individualist Community, based on its social structure.
- It can range from being a Safe Community to being an Unsafe Community, based on its security conditions.
- It can range from being an Informed Community to being an Uninformed Community, based on its information access.
- It can range from being a Civically-Engaged Community to being a Civically-Disengaged Community, based on its civic participation.
- It can range from being an Inclusive Community to being a Exclusive Community, based on its membership criteria.
- It can range from being a Connected Community to being a Disconnected Community, based on its social connections.
- It can range from being a Language-based Community to being a Non-Language Based Community, based on its communication mode.
- It can range from being a Small Local Community to being a Large Global Community, based on its geographic scope.
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- It can have Social Capital through trust networks and reciprocity systems.
- It can provide Collective Memory through shared histories and community narratives.
- It can establish Community Boundarys through membership criteria and inclusion mechanisms.
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- Examples:
- Geographic Communitys, such as:
- Neighborhoods, such as:
- Virtual Communitys, such as:
- Research Communitys, such as:
- Family Communitys, such as:
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- Geographic Communitys, such as:
- Counter-Examples:
- Random Human Population, which lacks social cohesion and shared purpose.
- Temporary Gathering, which lacks persistent interactions.
- Formal Organization, which operates through structured hierarchy rather than organic social ties.
- See: Group of Self-aware Agents, City, Society, Social Network, Identity (Social Science), Religious Community, Institution, Nation.
References
2023
- (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/community Retrieved:2023-8-17.
- A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, town, or neighbourhood) or in virtual space through communication platforms. Durable good relations that extend beyond immediate genealogical ties also define a sense of community, important to their identity, practice, and roles in social institutions such as family, home, work, government, society, or humanity at large. Although communities are usually small relative to personal social ties, "community" may also refer to large group affiliations such as national communities, international communities, and virtual communities. [1] The English-language word "community" derives from the Old French (Modern French: '), which comes from the Latin communitas "community", "public spirit" (from Latin communis, "common"). [2] Human communities may have intent, belief, resources, preferences, needs, and risks in common, affecting the identity of the participants and their degree of cohesiveness.
- ↑ See also:
- ↑ "community" Oxford Dictionaries. 2014. Oxford Dictionaries
2017a
- (Wikipedia, 2017) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/community Retrieved:2017-2-17.
2017b
- https://www.facebook.com/notes/mark-zuckerberg/building-global-community/10154544292806634
- QUOTE: For the past decade, Facebook has focused on connecting friends and families. …
… Facebook can help contribute to answering these five important questions:- How do we help people build supportive communities that strengthen traditional institutions in a world where membership in these institutions is declining?
- How do we help people build a safe community that prevents harm, helps during crises and rebuilds afterwards in a world where anyone across the world can affect us?
- How do we help people build an informed community that exposes us to new ideas and builds common understanding in a world where every person has a voice?
- How do we help people build a civically-engaged community in a world where participation in voting sometimes includes less than half our population?
- How do we help people build an inclusive community that reflects our collective values and common humanity from local to global levels, spanning cultures, nations and regions in a world with few examples of global communities?
- QUOTE: For the past decade, Facebook has focused on connecting friends and families. …
2009
- (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=community
- S: (n) community (a group of people living in a particular local area) "the team is drawn from all parts of the community"
- S: (n) community (common ownership) "they shared a community of possessions"
- S: (n) community (a group of nations having common interests) "they hoped to join the NATO community"
- S: (n) community, community of interests (agreement as to goals) "the preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests"
- S: (n) residential district, residential area, community (a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences)
- S: (n) community, biotic community ((ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other)