Updated April, 2014.
People re-constitute
Society - the Reality of the Social Life World
During the same time
Society re-constitutes
People
Folk may create
transforming stories
Then telling the
transforming stories transforms
Reality
The Common Reality of Everyday Life
The Theatre Reality (marked out by
raising and lowering the
curtain)
The
Cartoon Reality
The
Film reality
The
Dream reality
GOVERNMENT & GOVERNANCE
Local Community Self Help Processes
We do things
to help ourselves, our families and each other
Government Services
We do things
for you
Above as
complementary processes
DOMINANT SYSTEM SOCIETAL RECONSTRUCTION AFTER COLLAPSE
1. Elect
Government
2. Establish
Legal Justice System
3. Establish
Police, Courts and prisons
4. Establish
Economy
5.
Care for People
GRASSROOTS WAY OF SOCIETAL RECONSTRUCTION AFTER COLLAPSE
1.
Healing
Community Wellbeing
a.
Relational
mediating
b.
Personal
and interpersonal healing
c.
Re-constituting
wellbeing
2.
Re-constituting
of our way of life together (our Lore)
3.
Reconstituting
our livelihood (output beyond sustenance)
4.
Re-constituting
our local governance
a.
village
meetings so local chief gains sense of the community will
5.
Reconstituting
local law including village justice
6.
Re-constituting
provincial governance
7.
Reconstituting
Governance of Region-wide issues
8.
Collaborating
Governance of the Global Commons (Air, Water,
MAINTAINING
CONDUCT AND THE CORRECTING PROCESSES
LEVEL |
NORMALITY |
DEVIANCY |
CORRECTING
PROCESS DOMINANT SYSTEM top
down authority
of position |
CORRECTING
PROCESS HEALING
POWER OF COMMUNITY local
lateral personal
& communal
authority |
|
|
1 Values |
Moral Ethical |
Immoral Unethical |
Priests Moral
leaders |
Healing Power of Community |
|
2 Norms (Legality) |
Legal Law-Observance |
Illegal Criminal |
Judiciary Police |
Healing Power of Community |
|
3 Rules (Efficacy) |
Loyal |
Disloyal |
Administrators |
Healing Power of Community |
|
4 Obligations (Capacity) a) Role Performance b) Task Performance |
Role
responsibility (Competence) Ability |
Mental Illness Physical Illness (Disability) |
Psychiatrist Physician |
Healing Power of Community Healing Power of Community |
TOTAL INSTITUTIONS
- FOUR LEVELS
LEVEL |
CAPABILITY AND NATURE |
INSTITUTION |
CONFORMING
PROCESS |
|
|
1
Values |
Capable
and in retreat |
Abbeys,
Monasteries, Convents |
Priests Moral
leaders |
|
2
Norms (Legality) |
Capable
and deliberate threat to society |
Jails,
Penitentiaries, POW Camps, |
Judiciary Police Guards |
|
3
Rules (Efficiency) |
Capable
and there for instrumental purpose |
Army
Barracks, Ships |
Administrators |
|
4
Obligations (Capacity) a)
Role Performance b)
Task Performance |
Incapable
and unintended threat to society Incapable
and harmless |
TB
Sanatorium, Mental
Hospital Blind,
Orphaned, Aged, Indigent |
Physician,
Psychiatrist Physician,
Carer |
MAINTAINING CONDUCT
AND THE CORRECTING PROCESSES
LEVEL |
NORMALITY |
DEVIANCY |
CORRECTING
PROCESS |
HEALING
POWER OF COMMUNITY CORRECTING
PROCESS |
|
|
1 Values |
Moral Ethical |
Immoral Unethical |
Priests Moral
leaders |
Healing
Power of Community |
|
2 Norms (Legality) |
Legal Law-Observance |
Illegal Criminal |
Judiciary Police |
Healing
Power of Community |
|
3 Rules (Efficacy) |
Loyal |
Disloyal |
Administrators |
Healing
Power of Community |
|
4 Obligations (Capacity) a) Role Performance b) Task Performance |
Role
responsibility (Competence) Ability |
Mental Illness Physical Illness (Disability) |
Psychiatrist Physician |
Healing
Power of Community Healing
Power of Community |
DEPICTING THE WAY DOMINANT SOCIETY
AND GRASSROOTS HEALING COMMUNITY ACCOMMODATE DIVERSITY AMONG
PEOPLE, SOCIO-ECONOMIC
GROUPS, ETHNIC GROUPS AND CULTURES
Level |
Normality |
|
Dominant
Society Correcting Process |
Healing Power
of Community Correcting Process |
Cleavage Diversity |
Current
way: Oppressor/ Oppressed Advantaged/ Disadvantaged Subjugating Exploiting Possible
way: Harmonious Unity |
Oppressor Protest Disobedience Conflict Sabotage Insurrection War
Terrorising Torturing Killing Oppressed Hiding Being
Terrified Fearing
Loathing Numbing Disintegrating |
Venting
energy Fines
Compelling
compliance Coercion
& sanctions Imprisonment
Warrior
system yang Political
Mediators Negotiation Police/Military Para-military Militias Torture
& Trauma Shaming
& Maiming (Towards
status quo in current way) |
Cultural
Keyline Healing
nurturing Healing Yin Therapeutic
Community Mediation
Therapy Peacehealing Healing/Wellbeing
networks Festive,
and celebratory gatherings Everyday
life Integrating wellbeing
processes (Towards
possible way of harmonious cleavered unity) |