CESC: Learning About Community
Summary
TLDRIn this educational video, instructor Mr. Tripp Anthony E. Ramos introduces the concept of community engagement, emphasizing its importance for social beings like humans. He explains that understanding communities is key to appreciating daily interactions and addressing collective challenges, such as the pandemic. The video explores various perspectives on defining community, including social science, civil society, and organic viewpoints, highlighting the role of grassroots organizations and the significance of community identity and collective action.
Takeaways
- 😀 Learning about communities is essential as it helps us appreciate our daily interactions with others and understand our role in social connections.
- 🤔 Humans are inherently social beings, which necessitates daily interactions with others for survival and growth.
- 🌐 Recognizing the importance of social connections, such as friends, family, and acquaintances, is crucial for understanding our place in the community.
- 🤝 Understanding why people form relationships and bonds, and how these operate in a broader social setting, helps us appreciate the value of our contributions to the community.
- 🌟 Our actions, whether we admit it or not, have an impact on our community, highlighting the importance of being mindful of our contributions.
- 🏥 Addressing collective challenges, such as a pandemic, requires a collective action that starts with understanding and engaging with our community.
- 🔍 Familiarity with the community's history, people, and issues is crucial for effective community initiatives and interventions.
- 📚 The study of communities involves various disciplines, including sociology, political science, and anthropology, each contributing unique perspectives on community dynamics.
- 🏛️ Sociology focuses on group formations, relationships, community dynamics, and social actions within a social structure.
- 🏦 Political science is concerned with public affairs, consensus building, power dynamics, and the allocation and distribution of resources and values.
- 🌳 Anthropology helps examine the complexities of history and culture within communities, providing insights into local development and issues.
Q & A
Why is it important to learn about communities?
-Learning about communities is key to appreciating our daily interactions with others. It helps us understand our social connections and the dynamics within our community, which is crucial for addressing collective challenges and contributing meaningfully to our community.
What does the instructor, Mr. Tripp Anthony E. Ramos, suggest is the fundamental reason for studying community concepts?
-The fundamental reason for studying community concepts is to be able to impart something beneficial to the community and to understand the dynamics within it, which aids in responding to collective challenges such as a pandemic.
How do humans naturally fit into the concept of community?
-Humans are inherently social beings, which means they naturally fit into the concept of community by having daily interactions with others, forming relationships, and being part of social connections.
What does the script suggest is the impact of our actions on the community?
-The script suggests that our actions, whether we admit it or not, have an impact on the community. This impact is one of the reasons why it's important to study and understand community dynamics.
What role does the community play in addressing challenges like a pandemic?
-In addressing challenges like a pandemic, the community plays a crucial role through collective action. This includes the involvement of various sectors such as vaccine manufacturers, businessmen, and community members working together to efficiently address the problem.
What are some of the disciplines involved in the study of communities?
-Some of the disciplines involved in the study of communities include sociology, which looks into group formations and social actions, political science, which focuses on public affairs and resource distribution, and anthropology, which examines the complexities of history and culture within communities.
What is the etymological definition of 'community' as mentioned in the script?
-The etymological definition of 'community' comes from the Latin word 'communitas', which means fellowship. The Latin roots 'communis' and 'tas' translate to 'common' and 'strengthen', respectively, indicating that the essence of community is to strengthen or fortify together.
How does the social science perspective define a community?
-From a social science perspective, a community is defined as an informally organized social entity characterized by a sense of identity, where people living in the same defined area share common basic values, organization, and interests.
What is the civil society perspective on defining a community?
-The civil society perspective defines a community as a political community of organizations operating within the authoritative parameters of the state, distinct from the government and market sectors, and includes entities like NGOs and people's organizations.
What is the significance of the organic perspective in understanding communities?
-The organic perspective focuses on local or grassroots groups within a particular locale that are organized due to community issues and concerns. It is significant in understanding communities as it emphasizes the importance of local development goals and addressing particular issues at the grassroots level.
How do grassroots organizations contribute to the sense of community?
-Grassroots organizations contribute to the sense of community by working together to pursue identified tasks or goals. This collective action strengthens the sense of community as members collaborate to achieve common objectives.
Outlines
🤝 Importance of Community Learning
In this introductory segment, the instructor, Mr. Tripp Anthony E. Ramos, emphasizes the significance of understanding our communities. He explains that learning about communities is crucial for appreciating our daily interactions with others, as humans are inherently social beings. He further discusses how being aware of the reasons people form relationships and bonds, and how these operate in a broader social setting, helps us value our contributions to the community. The instructor also touches on the collective challenges faced by communities, such as the pandemic, and how addressing these requires a collective action starting with understanding our own communities. He mentions various disciplines like sociology, political science, and anthropology that contribute to the understanding of communities.
🏛️ Perspectives on Community from Social Sciences
This paragraph delves into the different perspectives of community from the field of social sciences. The instructor discusses how community is defined from a social science perspective as an informally organized social entity with a sense of identity, shared values, and interests. He also explores the civil society perspective, defining community as a political community of groups operating within the state's parameters, distinct from government and market sectors. Examples of civil society organizations include NGOs and people's organizations. The paragraph also touches on the organic perspective, focusing on local or grassroots groups driven by community issues and concerns, emphasizing the importance of community in addressing local development goals and specific issues.
🌳 Grassroots Community Dynamics and Solutions
In this segment, the focus shifts to the organic perspective of community, highlighting the role of grassroots communities in addressing local issues. The instructor explains that grassroots communities are essential in forming neighborhood organizations, both rural and urban, to pursue local development goals or address specific issues like environmental protection or waste management. He emphasizes the importance of understanding the community to efficiently address issues and the role of grassroots organizations in strengthening the sense of community through collective action. The paragraph also mentions the role of grassroots organizations in political party formation and their instrumentality in community development.
📚 Conclusion and Invitation to Further Learning
The final paragraph wraps up the discussion by summarizing the importance of understanding community dynamics and perspectives. The instructor, Mr. Tripp Anthony E. Ramos, invites viewers to continue watching subsequent videos for a deeper understanding of the topic. He reiterates the significance of community learning in addressing collective challenges and achieving community goals. The paragraph ends with a thank you note to the viewers, encouraging them to engage in further learning about community concepts and perspectives.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Community Engagement
💡Social Connections
💡Collective Action
💡Sociology
💡Political Science
💡Anthropology
💡Community
💡Civil Society
💡Grassroots
💡Etymology
💡NGOs (Non-Governmental Organizations)
Highlights
Introduction to the importance of learning about communities for appreciating daily social interactions.
Human beings as inherently social creatures necessitating daily interactions for survival.
The significance of understanding social connections and their impact on personal and community life.
The role of communities in shaping our identities and the importance of community dynamics.
The impact of individual actions on the community and the value of meaningful contributions.
The collective challenges faced by communities and the need for collective action to address them.
The relevance of community initiatives and interventions in addressing societal issues like the pandemic.
The interdisciplinary nature of community studies involving sociology, political science, and anthropology.
Sociology's focus on group formations, community dynamics, and social actions within a social structure.
Political science's interest in public affairs, power dimensions, and resource distribution within communities.
Anthropology's examination of community complexities rooted in history and culture.
Etymological definition of 'community' emphasizing fellowship and collective strength.
Social science perspective defining community as an informally organized entity with a common identity.
Civil society perspective on community as distinct from government and market, including NGOs and people's organizations.
Organic perspective highlighting grassroots communities and their role in local development and issue resolution.
The importance of grassroots organizations in strengthening community ties and addressing local issues.
Grassroots movements' contribution to political party formation and community empowerment.
Conclusion emphasizing the significance of understanding community concepts and perspectives for future discussions.
Transcripts
[Music]
and hi everyone welcome to your
community engagement solidarity and
citizenship this is your instructor mr
tripp anthony e ramos and for this
session this would actually be the first
part of our discussion about the
concepts and perspectives of community
okay so as a start okay let's talk about
learning about the community so
definitely class if we're talking about
learning about your communities or if
you would ask me sir why do we need to
learn about the communities it is simply
because it would be the key to
appreciate our daily interactions with
others okay so as we look at of course
ourselves in a web of social connections
so as we all know okay definitely
because we humans are made to be social
beings and that being said
it is needlessly to say that we will we
will really need to have daily
interactions with others so that we will
be able to this uh to survive this this
life okay so of course since we are
already dealing with other people or it
is imperative for us to deal with them
definitely we will be also needing to
find ourselves in that web of social
connections because as we go along the
way if you can still recall definitely
you know
up until
a senior high school no definitely
it's your friends your families even
your crashes and also there are
different social connections that you
might want to to create and that being
said definitely we must learn about our
community so that we will also know
about ourselves and our surroundings
okay so knowing the range of reasons why
people come together why they form
relationships and bonds just like what i
mentioned earlier and how this operate
in the broader social setting makes us
further appreciate the value of the
meaningful actions and contributions
that we impart to our community because
we uh whether we admit it or not
definitely it would yield an impact to
your community no sir even banana
do we have an impact community of course
and definitely that is the very reason
why we're studying this subject know
that that we will be really needing to
impart something that is beneficial
and how we'll be able to know that of
course we will know that by learning
about your own communities and as we
learn about the communities we will also
understand the dynamics within our
community and it will aid us in
responding to the collective challenges
we face so say for example this kind of
problem that we are facing this pandemic
do you think
i don't think so
administration
they are they are really needing help
from from various sectors of our i don't
know of our society you know they are
calling upon the i don't know the
manufacturers of the vaccines they are
even i don't know asking our i don't
know our businessman to intervene for
for uh for us
and in that being said no with that
being said
challenges
it will require us a collective action
and that collective action will start
from us if we will be really i don't
know if we will be really interested and
if we will be really committed to answer
and to address that kind of challenges
that we are facing so again since it is
a collective challenge it will also
require you to have a collective action
okay so addressing these challenges
through community initiatives and
interventions requires the familiarity
of the community people history and even
the issue so
so if you will not be able to learn
about the challenge itself
so that is why it is imperative for us
to learn about our communities okay so
in talking about the communities there
are various disciplines that is involved
in
in this one so let me give
let me give some so
definitely you know uh if we're talking
about cesc if this is something to do
with other deceptions in the social
sciences so devoted to deepen our
understanding of communities so
community life and community action
would definitely i don't know be derived
from various disciplines so one of which
would actually be sociology so if we're
talking about sociology in relation to
community it will look into group
formations your relationships toward
other people your the community dynamics
your interaction within a social
structure and of course your social
actions that that are being proposed so
that you will be able to address the
issue okay in terms of political science
of course it will draw attention to
issues and problems related to public
affairs so such as consensus building
the dimensions of power and even the
relationship of of your community as to
the allocation and distribution of
resources and values so let me give you
another example so in terms of the
pandemic okay so political science is
much much interested most especially in
a young young subdivision of political
science which is in public
administration that is actually i don't
know they are they are more interested
in into dealing with the allocation and
even the distribution of resources and
your values of course so so that we will
be able to address efficiently our
problem so lastly now we also have the
anthropology in which it will help you
to examine the emergent complexities
from the history and even culture of
individuals and the community so those
are the disciplines in the social
science
most commonly that is related to the
community okay so but first it is also
imperative and significant for us to
define what is a community so let's go
back to its etymological definition so
community was derived from the latin
word communitas which means fellowship
so it's latin roots would be communist
which means common come transits to with
or together whereas
translates to strengthen to fortify or
to defend so simply to defend also
simply put if we're talking about
community we would want to strengthen
ourselves together with other people
okay so definitely
indeed
the very essence of community is to
strengthen to fortify or to defend all
together
so that would be the etymological
definition of community
so now there are different perspectives
on how community is being defined so
let's first look into the social science
perspective so if you will be asking
social science okay so it would define
community as an informally organized
social entity
that is characterized by a sense of
identity so um keyword john would
actually be your sense of identity
is an identity or common identity
in which they informally organize the
social entity okay so it would also be a
group of people living in the same
defined area sharing common basic values
organization and interests of course
class no
bank
i don't think so no so since having a
social science perspective is that
conviction
conditions let me give you an example
lgbt community of course they will they
will agree to i don't know to to the
basic values of say for example gender
equality
okay otherwise coinciding with gender
equality i don't think that you will fit
in that community okay so definitely
there would be a same defined
so it is also being defined as a
population which is a which is
geographically focused existing as a
unique social entity with a collective
identity and purpose and this would be a
group of people with diverse
characteristics that is being linked by
social ties formed and consolidated by
their collective aspirations sharing and
exchanging perspectives and are
collectively engaged to do some
concerted action in a geographical
location or setting so
geographically location it's simply
because
it did nothing for example
so that is actually the definition
according to your social science okay so
let's go now to the civil society
perspective so if we're talking about
the civil society perspective let's look
into civil society first no i believe
you already you already
tackled this during your ana during your
politics and governance subject so if
we're talking about civil society this
would refer to a political community of
original groups operating within the
authoritative parameters of your state
okay it has also been referred to the
sector that is distinct from the
government and the market's business so
see for us since we're talking about the
i don't know the state and the market
business this is something to do with
your public and private sector you know
so
no
society because that third sector would
definitely you know would definitely do
or kind of
go in
and government and even
business side okay so that would
actually be the definition according to
a civil society perspective so examples
on civil society organization that is
part of of course of our community would
be what we call as the ngos or the
non-governmental organizations and also
the pos which is also known as the
people's organization so they are the
most common examples of your cso or
civil society organization okay
so if we will be defining pos or the
people's organization these are
independent autonomous entities and
officially registered and acknowledged
as organizations according to the rules
and standards that is being set by your
state or your government so definitely
this would be the definition of
community according to your civil
society perspective
all right so let's go ahead now and
define community in terms of your
organic perspective so if if we will be
talking about the organic organic
perspective this would refer to local or
grassroot group groups within a
particular locale that are driven and
organized because of community issues
and concern okay actually that's
concerned now so if we're talking about
i don't know
and then we we must also know our i
don't know our community so that we will
be able to come up with the best
possible solution for that okay
so
their community is also being referred
to as the grassroots because of their
local and capacity building
characteristics
organic perspective it is generally
conceptualized as the formation of your
neighborhood organizations be it rural
or urban that is being convened to
pursue local development goals or
address particular issues such as
climate prevention environmental
protection or waste management so if you
can notice
that if we're talking about problems
also particular issues
prevention
i don't know there would actually be one
person in the magazine filipinas do not
believe that kind of concept no because
from the very start it would take you a
community
problem
that is actually considered as crime
another example would actually be your
environmental protection
but not environmental protection
it is imperative for us to form this
kind of neighborhood and lastly
which i don't know
urban areas
it is simply because
but simply put if we're talking about
organic perspective this is something to
do with your grassroots level
so that you'll be able to know your
community and address that i don't know
address the issue efficiently okay
so
there
and as we also talk about your organic
perspective okay since we already i
don't know we already said that this is
something to do with the grassroots
communities
so it is also important to take note
that that grassroots communities are
able to strengthen their sense of
community as of course they will work
together in pursuing an identified task
or goal so that would actually
know to be successful in attaining our
goal no because later
i will let you identify different
problems in our i don't know in our
adopted community no so that would be
one barangay in one of the barangays in
quezon city
to work together no definitely we will
have
that another strengthening of our sense
of community
that is
so another thing so grassroots
organizations or movements are typically
composed of volunteers from the local or
community level
and also class grassroots organizations
and movements have also been
instrumental in political party
formation karami one year no so if if we
will be i don't know if you will be
talking about the dynamics about our
politics here in the philippines lagging
is
to help within their community further
okay
all right so that would actually be our
community perspective
and that would definitely be the first
part of our discussion about the
concepts and perspective perspectives of
community and i'm hoping that you will
that you will continue to watch our our
succeeding videos so that you'll be able
to to be knowledgeable out of our topic
nevertheless let me grab the opportunity
to thank everyone again this is your
professor your instructor mr cream
anthony ramos and i will see you all on
our succeeding sessions thank you
everyone
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