Universal theme overview
Community is a child of the the Universal themes series and is part of the Big ideas theme group. This is a theme overview post.
A community is a group of like-minded individuals, things or ideas. A common trait unites the members, even though they may be diverse in many other ways.
Big Ideas
- Communication is the key to teamwork and building community.
- Everyone excluded by a community weakens its strength.
- The exchange of ideas requires mutual respect and the consideration of differences.
- A useful member of a group considers the others before acting.
- Taking time to be alone benefits you and the others in your life.
Community key concepts
- Autonomy is the state of being self-governing. In control of oneself.
- Belonging is being a part of something. Having a place that a person, idea or object fits in and is accepted.
- Cooperation is the act of working together for a common purpose. The work is beneficial to all parties involved.
- Fellowship is companionship, a friendly association and sharing of an experience. People who have come together over a shared interest or cause.
- Fidelity is a faithful devotion to an obligation made. An accurate description or reproduction of something.
- Loneliness is a feeling of unhappiness at being alone. Feeling apart from others, with an acute sense that you are not alike or aligned with others.
- Whoever and whatever is defined as different or excluded from an established group becomes the other. The difference is highlighted and used to separate someone in a negative way.
- A society is a group of people forming a distinct community that have identified common traits or goals.
- Solitude is being alone and isolated, separated from human contact. It can feel lonely or refreshing dependent on state of mind.
- Teamwork is joint action by a group of people, where individual achievements are placed secondary to the group’s goals.
Archetypes
animals: ant, elk, prairie dog
birds: cowbird, martin, waxbill
flowers: clover, geranium, phlox
foods: blueberry, rutabaga
mythical: monster
roles: loner, outcast
settings: village