| Branding,
community, history, progress, memory... and the loss of these
things... excellent fodder for discussion at the
latest Opensewer meeting. Is community tied to a
sense of place? Should it be? Can it exist
without? Is globalization and homogeneity of
culture the death knell of society? Or when
things are homogenized, will we simply find new
expressions of diversity? What are the
implications of the global economy? What does
this do to local economies? The human race
progresses because of small groups of people
solving unique problems individually. What
happens to this process when our communities
become world-wide? As people define themselves
through their communities, their religions, the
things they buy, the things they accomplish...
what happens to the individuals who become
disgruntled? What causes a person to kill other
people? Is it sometimes because they cannot find
a way to fit themselves into society? Shouldn't
we strive for a culture that nurtures every
different person from birth so that they may
become their full, actualized self? Why do we
force people to fit within our societal
constraints? Would a culture that fully nurtures
the individual as a valuable member of the
community be a true democracy? Whoa. You get the
point. |
This was a great meeting. 11-11-99, 6:30pm to
12:30am. Click on the pictures below. |
CREDITS | BACK
TO MAIN
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O/S 4 : How Do We Define
Ourselves? 
