Functions of Communities in Terms of Social and Cultural Sructures.pptx

1. Functions of Communities
in Terms of Social and
Cultural Structures

2. •Based on the book of (Abenir and Alipao
2016), there are four (4) kinds of structures
in the community, namely Community
social structure, Community cultural
structure, Community political structure,
and Community economic structure

3. Community Social Structure
•It refers to the rules and expectations that
people develop in the community over
time to help regulate and manage their
interaction with one another. It consists
of elements such as social institutions,
social groups, statuses, and roles.

4. Sub-concepts of Community
social structures:
• Social institutions are established patterns
of belief and behavior that are centered on
addressing basic social needs of people in
the community.
Examples are family, religion, economy,
educations, government and health care.

5. Sub-concepts of Community
social structures:
• Social groups consist of two or more people in the
community who regularly interact with one
another.
Examples: family, peers and neighborhood, gangs,
political parties, labor unions, clubs, or associations
or groups bonded by common likes, interests,
attitudes or formal groups..

6. Sub-concepts of Community
social structures:
• Status refers to the position or rank a person holds
in relation to other members of the community. It
can be ascribed or achieved. An ascribed status is
that which is assigned at birth or is acquired in the
course of one’s life.
Examples: age, sex, social class of one’s parents and
race or ethnicity.

7. Sub-concepts of Community
social structures:
An achieved status is that which is acquired
based on merit or accomplishment in one’s
course of life
Example: being a barangay chairperson, a
teacher, local doctor, an entrepreneur, or
albeit negatively, even a thief or a drunkard

8. Sub-concepts of Community
social structures:
• Role refers to the obligations or behaviors expected
from an individual based on one’s status in life
Examples: A parent is expected to take care of his or her
children and ensure their survival, growth and
development, a school teacher is expected to deliver
lectures, assign research activities, and rear the hearts
and minds of his or her students toward the subjects he or
she is teaching.

9. Sub-concepts of Community
social structures:
• Role refers to the obligations or behaviors expected
from an individual based on one’s status in life
Examples: A parent is expected to take care of his or her
children and ensure their survival, growth and
development, a school teacher is expected to deliver
lectures, assign research activities, and rear the hearts
and minds of his or her students toward the subjects he or
she is teaching.

10. WHAT IS COMMUNITY SOCIAL STRUCTURES?
•As cited in (Alipao and Abenir 2016),
Community Cultural Structure refers to the
institutionalized patterns of ways of life that are
shared, learned, developed, and accepted by
people in the community. It consists of basic
elements such as symbols and language,
norms, values and beliefs, rituals, and artifacts.

11. Symbols and Language
symbols are the shared words, gestures, objects or signals
which people in community use or signals which people in
a community use to convey and develop recognizable
meanings. Examples are traffic lights, wedding rings, flags,
and logos. Language is a symbolic system that allows
people to develop complex thoughts and record and
explain new ideas either through written communication,
oral communication or non-verbal actions.

12. Norms
refer to specific cultural expectation on how
to behave in a given situation. Examples of
this are folkways, mores, and laws.

13. Values and Beliefs
values are the abstract standards in a
community that define the ideal principles of
what is good, just, and desirable. Examples
are the close family ties, hospitality towards
guests. Beliefs are the shared ideas of what is
held collectively true by people in a
community.

14. Rituals
refers to the established sacred or secular
procedures and ceremonies that people in
the community regularly perform. Examples
are fasting during Ramadan, throwing a party
when one becomes 18 or 21 years old.

15. Artifacts
are any objects or things that have special
meaning for people in the community.
Example are trophies, won in awards, a
monument that commemorates an
important person in the community or a
statue of a saint or a deity.

16. Artifacts
are any objects or things that have special
meaning for people in the community.
Example are trophies, won in awards, a
monument that commemorates an
important person in the community or a
statue of a saint or a deity.