SOSC 1731 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Barry Wellman, Louis Wirth, James Howard Kunstler
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Module 8 notes - communities: past, present, future. Community makes us feel good, we depend on other to ll some physical, material, spiritual necessities. Sphere of in uence for communal solidarity institutions; characterized by informal primary relationships. Community as a group of people who share a range of institutions (economic, political, social) Community as a group of people who share familiar social category (race, occupation, lifestyle, res. location) Are spacial or territorial (scarborough community vs. scholar community) Define: a community is a group of individuals who interact with one another and may or may not live in proximity to one another. Is functional (interact at store for physical need - food) & (interact for social need) Example: little italy (de ned with territory & many different interactions) Little italy is a compleat community: people can live,work,socialize without leaving. Camaraderie: communities that have connectedness, warmth, (nostalgia in type i too!) Type ii: the community with limited liability: