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This document discusses concepts related to community, including definitions of community from different perspectives. It provides 7 definitions of community, noting it can refer to a group with shared characteristics, location, or goals. Community is viewed from social science, applied social science, local grassroots, ecological, sectoral, and civil society perspectives. The document also discusses community dynamics and action, including how community action aims to build social capacity, resilience, and wealth through engagement, solidarity, and citizenship.

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This document discusses concepts related to community, including definitions of community from different perspectives. It provides 7 definitions of community, noting it can refer to a group with shared characteristics, location, or goals. Community is viewed from social science, applied social science, local grassroots, ecological, sectoral, and civil society perspectives. The document also discusses community dynamics and action, including how community action aims to build social capacity, resilience, and wealth through engagement, solidarity, and citizenship.

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Community, Engagement, Solidarity, and Citizenship

LESSON 1: THE CONCEPT OF


COMMUNITY
LESSONS MUST READ, REVIEW AND ANALYZE:
1. The Concept of Community (PPT sent in your gcs)
2. Different Perspectives in Community (PPT sent in your gcs)
3. Typologies (PPT sent in your gcs)

I will also send another lessons that we have not yet tackled due to the previous
event. Hope you pay attention to that .
4. Community Dynamics and Community Action
5. Modalities

NOTE: The three most notions of defining community and kinds of community
structure is NOT INCLUDED in this pointers to review BUT INCLUDED IN
YOUR EXAM.
Type of Exam: Multiple Choice, Morse Code

Based on the book of (Abenir and Alipao 2016), the word "community" is
derived from Latin and has been used in the English language since the 14th century.
The word community is derived from the Latin “communitas” (meaning the same),
which is in turn derived from “communis”, which means “common, public, shared
by all or many".

According to (Abenir and Alipao 2016), there are many definitions of


community, but it emphasized seven definitions on this concept:

1. It is a group of people living in the same place or having a characteristic in


common such as norms, religion, values, or identity.
2. It is a group of people who share the same things, such as: where they live,
work and play.
3. It is also a place where people solve problems together in a form of
collaboration and teamwork.
4. It could be characterized by age group, race, gender, religion, shared beliefs,
traditions, rules, market structure and location.
5. It is a durable relation that extend beyond immediate genealogical ties also
define a sense of community.
6. It defines as social ties in their identity, practice, and roles in social
institutions (such as family, home, work, government, society, or humanity
at-large).
7. It refers on the feeling of fellowship with others, because of sharing common
attitudes, interests, and goals.

As cited in (Melegrito, et.al 2016) for us, the term community is related with
belongingness, togetherness, camaraderie and like peaceful and social relations
among the members.

Why do we need to study the concept of community?

1. It aims to enhance your sense of shared identity and willingness to


contribute to the pursuit of the common good of the community.
2. It enables you to integrate applied social sciences in solving social
problems and issues into community-action initiatives.
3. It gives you a holistic perspective in which socialization, collaboration and
camaraderie are vital in improving the quality of life in the community.

LESSON 2: DIFFERENT
PERSPECTIVES OF THE
COMMUNITY
“In order for us to understand something, it must be viewed from different
perspectives.”

Community has different parts and is therefore seen from various viewpoints.
Based on the book of (Melegrito et. al 2016), a community can also be defined by
describing the social and political networks that link individuals, community
organizations, and leaders. Understanding these networks is critical to planning efforts
in engagement in a various perspective.
Perspective awareness that each of us creates a unique view of the world based on
personal experience, language, and culture.
Below are the different perspectives of community.

1. Community as a Social Science Perspective (Melegrito et. al 2016)

“MAN THROUGH SOCIALIZATION DEVELOPS COMMUNITY.”


• In the perspective of Social Science, a community is a congregation of people
unified by at least one common characteristic.
• The people can be unified by geography, shared interests, values, experiences,
or traditions.
• It implies that socialization is an integral part of community wherein behavior
patterns are present.
• Socialization - starts at the early age of a community member in which it
develops knowledge, skills, and orientation. Also, it happens during adulthood
especially when the person is placed in a new environment, and there is a need to
adapt to a new pattern of behavior.

“Social Science refers to fields of study which examines social relations and
human society whereas Applied Social Science uses the disciplines from social
science to understand the society in other words it is focused on the application of
disciplines to understand society.”

2. Community as an Applied Social Science Perspective (Abenir and Alipao


2016)
• The study that uses the knowledge-based theories, principles, and methods of
interdisciplinary disciplines of basic social science to understand the society and
to help address or solve a social problem or practical problem in the community.

• The study of society in which influence, resilience, positivity, and proper


communication among the members of the community.
• It provides significant benefits to its members by giving social services that
could contribute to the community.

3. Local and Grassroots Level in the community (Melegrito et. al 2016)

• Setting for intervention – the community is mainly defined geographically. It


entails that interventions may be implemented at various places within
community institutions such as schools, churches, work areas and community
organizations and concerning with projects of health, education, and other social
services.

• Target for change – the community denotes the goal of creating a healthy
environment facilitated by policy and community wide institutions and services.
The community is the target beneficiary of service intervention and community
development.

• Resource – the community is a good material for promotion as it has


considerable degree of community ownership and participation.

• Agent – this refers that communities, through local institutions, provide


resources for realizing regular needs (Stuart 2003).

4. Ecological Perspective in the community (Melegrito et. al 2016)

• This perspective defines community is a congregation of species that occur


together in time and space and have high probability of interaction.
• The major component of ecological perspective is the concept of social ecology
by (Bronfenbrenner 1979).

• Social Ecology – is comprised of the development history of the individuals, the


psychological characteristics (norms, values, attitudes), interpersonal
relationships (family, social networks), neighborhood, organizations, public
policy, physical environment and culture.

5. Community as Sectoral Perspective (Melegrito et. al 2016)

• In this perspective, the term community is perceived as a structure that includes


individuals and sectors with diverse characteristics and interrelationships
(Thomson et.al 1990 as cited by CDCP and Melegrito et. al 2016).
• This perspective emphasized that every sector in the community has different
roles within their advocacies or programs to sustain the requirements of the
members or the beneficiaries.

6. Community as Civil Society Perspective (Melegrito et. al 2016)

• Civil society – refers as a wide array of nongovernmental organizations and


volunteer groups that are initiating for solutions to social problems on the
marginalized sectors of the community.
• It highlighted that community as a civil society perspective which comprises of
volunteerism of people, structures, programs and solving social issues with positive
outcome.

LESSON 4: COMMUNITY
DYNAMICS AND COMMUNITY
ACTION
COMMUNITY DYNAMICS
• It is the process of change and development within communities.
• The goal of this concept is to bring about positive social change through
community-based projects and programs.

IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNITY DYNAMICS


• This concept will help a person to work with community and to think creatively and
act strategically so that community can achieve their goals.
• It promotes creative and sustainable projects that work to raise the quality of living
for that most vulnerable sector in the community.

COMMUNITY ACTION
• It includes a broad range of activities and is sometimes described as “social action”
or “community engagement”.
• It pertains to the role of the community plays, the types of activities involved, their
scale and their integration within the council.
• They involve greater engagement of local citizens in the planning, design and
delivery of local services in the community.
• It refers on accomplishment among the practitioners in attaining social change in
the community.

Purpose of Community Action


1. Building community and social capacity
2. Community resilience
3. Prevention
4. Maintaining and creating wealth

Community Engagement
The process of developing partnership and sustaining relationships with and through
groups of people affiliated by geographic proximity or common interest for the
purpose of working for the common good and of addressing issues that affects their
well-being.

Solidarity
The firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common good by
mutually supporting and sustaining movements for social change and social justice.

Citizenship
The full membership in a community in which one lives, works or was born. It
requires responsibilities to the nation-state at the same time the enjoyment of rights as
afforded by the law of the land.

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