"us" and "them" - the importance of language in creating a shared vision of...
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This presentation for the Community Development Society Annual Conference 2013 explores how language shapes communities and their ability to come together behind a shared vision.TRANSCRIPT
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“Us” and “Them”The Importance of Language
in Creating a SharedVision of Change
Dennis [email protected]://irishrose.biz
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my home, your playground
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communitas
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togetherness
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…it must be admitted that the political skills, which order the life of the larger community, always lag behind the technical skills which create the potential society in which a greater order is required. -- Reinhold Niebuhr