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Community Engagement, Solidarity and Citizenship: Day 4 of Week 3-Recorded Video Discussion

This document discusses different types of human communities and associations. It describes Ferdinand Tönnies' concepts of Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft, which refer to intimate communal societies and impersonal associational societies. The document also defines urban, rural, suburban, and rurban communities based on population density and development. Additionally, it distinguishes between local and global communities and describes community sectors as public, private, voluntary, and for-benefit groups. Finally, it defines social space as a physical or online place where people connect through shared interests.

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Community Engagement, Solidarity and Citizenship: Day 4 of Week 3-Recorded Video Discussion

This document discusses different types of human communities and associations. It describes Ferdinand Tönnies' concepts of Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft, which refer to intimate communal societies and impersonal associational societies. The document also defines urban, rural, suburban, and rurban communities based on population density and development. Additionally, it distinguishes between local and global communities and describes community sectors as public, private, voluntary, and for-benefit groups. Finally, it defines social space as a physical or online place where people connect through shared interests.

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COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT,

SOLIDARITY AND CITIZENSHIP


DAY 4 OF WEEK 3-RECORDED VIDEO DISCUSSION

CHRISTIAN C. SENTENTA
TEACHER
Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft

The Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft are the ideal types


of human associations found in communities. They
were developed by the German sociologist Ferdinand
Tönnies in his classic work Gemeinschaft und
Gesellschaft published in 1887.
Ferdinand Tönnies
Gemeinschaft

GEMEINSCHAFT OR COMMUNAL SOCIETY


refers to human associations that are characterized by
being intimate (having face-to-face relations), informal,
caring, homogenous, and group welfare-oriented.
Gesellschaft

GESELLSCHAFT OR ASSOCIATIONAL SOCIETY


pertains to human associations that are characterized
by being impersonal, formal, rational, heterogeneous,
and individualistically oriented.
Gemeinschaft
Gesellschaft
Urban, Rural, Suburban, and Rurban
Communities

When a community is viewed as a shared political


territory and heritage, it can be classified into four
types:
URBAN
RURAL
SUBURBAN
AND RURBAN
URBAN
• There are lots of people living close together in a
small amount of space.
• There
• People often take the bus, train, taxis or walk is not
very much open space or natural areas.
URBAN
RURAL
• Buildings in rural communities are more spread out
than in urban ones.
• It is not unusual to find only a few buildings spread
out over large distances.
RURAL
RURAL
SUBURBAN
• Suburban communities are usually close to, but not
in, cities.
• There are fewer people than in urban communities,
but many more than in rural communities.
• Houses are often in neighborhoods and many people
have yards.
SUBURBAN
RURBAN
• Both have urban and rural characteristics
Local and Global Communities
• a term often used to denote a geographically
bounded community such as a territorial enclave,
village, barangay, town, city, municipality, province,
region, or even an entire country depending on the
point of reference: Global community, on the other
hand, is a term used to characterize the
interconnectivity of people or countries all over the
world.
Community Sectors Community
• refer to the subdivisions of society that represent clusters
of social institutions according to their social, economic,
and political functions. There are four types of
community sectors:
PUBLIC
PRIVATE
VOLUNTARY
AND FOR-BENEFIT
Social Space
• A social space is either a geographical or virtual
community where people gather or network with
one another due to common interests.
Social Space
• A social space is either a geographical or virtual
community where people gather or network with
one another due to common interests.
GYM

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