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Community is built through third places, neighbourship, inter-family ties, and other deep and lasting connections between people. That a workplace is a place fo
by HeinzStuckeIt 1y ago
Community is built through third places, neighbourship, inter-family ties, and other deep and lasting connections between people. That a workplace is a place for community is an unfortunate belief that arose in the USA in recent Bowling Alone decades just because Americans largely don’t perceive any other time and place for community.
- jimbokun 1y agoIt’s true that work place socialization is not sufficient, but back when all those forms of community were in abundance people still engaged in workplace pleasantries.
- HeinzStuckeIt 1y agoYes, but they didn’t need workplace pleasantries in order to feel community like the OP suggested.