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claim:true-belonging-comes-from-having-a-shared-vision-of-the-community-that-expresses-inner-longings-and-deeper-meaningTrue belonging comes from having a shared vision of the community that expresses inner longings and deeper meaning
The core thesis of the chapter: without a shared vision, true belonging is impossible
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- Christopher Alexanderauthored
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- A large-scale participatory movement where tens of thousands of citizens shaped the future of their city, leading to preservation of arcades and new housing consistent with tradition
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- Defines the fundamental mechanism through which authentic connection to place happens
- Belonging that arises from living processes and unique adaptation, not from wealth or ostentation
- A concise formulation of the causal link between living process and belonging.
- Central assertion that only living processes generate the emotional reality of belonging
- Historical contrast asserting a widespread contemporary deficit
- Rehabilitates animistic and premodern worldviews as reporting genuine reality.
- Distinguishes wealth-driven uniqueness from the true uniqueness born of living process