HUMSS, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, SOLIDARITY, AND CITIZENSHIP

1. What is Community?

2. Community are generally
defined by their common
cultural heritage, language,
beliefs, and shared interest.

3. 2 classifications of Community
1. Small- such as barangays or
coastal villages
2.Large- such as region, state, or
nation

4. According to Murphy and
Cunnigham (2003)
-Community is given life by three (3)
interacting people processes
1. An underlying web of human
relation called social fabric.
2. A unique community power
structure.
3. A set of resource flow that constitute
the local economy

5. 2 main types of Community
1. Traditional type- Relates
communities with geographical
relation.
2. Alternative type- More subjective,
integrative and feminist and addresses
oppression and discrimination.