Community
Mo Shafieeha and
Community
Chia Amisola
chia.design“Community offers the promise of belonging and calls for us to acknowledge our interdependence. To belong is to act as an investor, owner, and creator of this place. To be welcome, even if we are strangers. As if we came to the right place and are affirmed for that choice.”
“People will be accountable and committed to what they have a hand in creati
The Five Senses of Gentrification
makinganeighborhood.substack.com
Imagine how much relationships would change if people went into one thinking “how can I make this person’s life better” instead of “how can this person make my life better”
Sherrytwitter.comThe hard truth is that no one gets to be in community without effort.
Ann Friedman Weekly
I don’t think technology alone can fix that. It takes people who care about other people. Caring, I think, is the one thing that cannot be outsourced or automated. We can certainly create the illusion of care, and that illusion might be better than nothing for someone who has none, but ultimately I hope everyone gets access to people who care about
... See moreBut we’re human beings, we do not want to be replaceable. We desperately want to be valued for who we are. Becoming disentangled from your web of mutual commitments, shared history, and collective responsibility is to be rendered into a transaction, a slave.2
We want to be loved, to be secure in the knowledge that no matter how much we’ve torn apart... See more
We want to be loved, to be secure in the knowledge that no matter how much we’ve torn apart... See more
billmei.net • Friendships Form via Shared Context, Not Shared Activities
Use or ornament? The social impact of participation in the arts
François Matarasso • 3 highlights
artshealthresources.org.uk