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Subjects:
Activism, Anthropology, Cities, Community, Environment, Geography, Sociology, Urban Planning |
Grade Level: JrH-Adult
Producer: Asterisk
Closed Captioned: No |
Running Time: 10 x 26 min.
Country of Origin: Canada
Study Guide: Yes |
Copyright Date: 1997
Available in French: Yes
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What is "community" and why do we yearn for it? If we have lost our sense of community, how do we get it back? What is the spiritual need that draws us all to community? These are the questions that WAYS WE LIVE sets out to answer. The concept of community is central to our well-being as individuals and as a society. Yet fragmented families, constant moving and job changes have led to a pervasive feeling of isolation and a sense that we've somehow lost community to the past. WAYS WE LIVE explores new models of community that provide the spiritual sustenance we crave. Producers Heather MacAndrew and David Springbett take us on location around the United States and Canada to uncover a treasure trove of changing communities and meet local heroes who create them - ordinary people who find ways to reclaim their neighborhoods, and a new breed of thinkers who champion a return to grassroots participation in community. The series tackles a lot of life's tough questions about what, in the end, gives meaning to our lives. |
