The document discusses networks from the personal to the national level, including family as the most basic and immediate network, the local community or barangay as the next level of network, and finally the country as composed of different local communities under a single government. It examines characteristics and definitions of each type of network, showing how people rely on increasingly expanded networks from the personal to the national to meet needs and participate in trends.
The document discusses networks from the personal to the national level, including family as the most basic and immediate network, the local community or barangay as the next level of network, and finally the country as composed of different local communities under a single government. It examines characteristics and definitions of each type of network, showing how people rely on increasingly expanded networks from the personal to the national to meet needs and participate in trends.
The document discusses networks from the personal to the national level, including family as the most basic and immediate network, the local community or barangay as the next level of network, and finally the country as composed of different local communities under a single government. It examines characteristics and definitions of each type of network, showing how people rely on increasingly expanded networks from the personal to the national to meet needs and participate in trends.
The document discusses networks from the personal to the national level, including family as the most basic and immediate network, the local community or barangay as the next level of network, and finally the country as composed of different local communities under a single government. It examines characteristics and definitions of each type of network, showing how people rely on increasingly expanded networks from the personal to the national to meet needs and participate in trends.
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Main Reference:
Marquez, L. (2018). Trends, networks and critical thinking in the 21st century culture. Quezon City: Philippines. C & E Publishing, Inc.
“No man is an island.”
• Extended outside the personal network • Consist of the family, local community and country • People rely on local networks to compensate what personal network lacks • People need to form local networks to protect their right to life A family is ______. 1. FAMILY • “A basic autonomous social institution” - 1987 Phil. Constitution, Art. II, Sec. 12 • “As the foundation of the nation” - Art. XV, Sec. 1 • “Family, being the foundation of the nation, is a basic social institution which public policy cherishes and protects.” - Family Code of the Phil. 1. FAMILY • In the Philippines ...
The family is the basic unit of society and
the foundation of the nation, which the State cherishes and protects.
• Members of the family are the first and
immediate networks 1. FAMILY • Family relations include those: a. Between husband and wife; b. Between parents and children; c. Among ascendants and descendants; and d. Among brothers and sisters, whether of the full or half-blood. - Family Code of the Phil., Art. 150 1. FAMILY • Sempio-Diy (2006): Members of the household Illegitimate and adopted children Nephews, nieces, uncles and aunts • Language of the law may be deemed lacking when it is applied in the language of everyday life 1. FAMILY • Characteristics of a family according to Aristotle: a. Human lack of self-sufficiency b. Reproduction of species c. Satisfaction of daily needs d. Necessity of labor e. Rearing and education of children f. Worship of the gods A barangay is ______. 2. LOCAL COMMUNITY • Barangay Municipality/City Province • Balangay /ba-lang-gay/ 2. LOCAL COMMUNITY • Balangay /ba-lang-gay/ First boat National boat of the Phil. Central in the trading of the inhabitants of the islands Political unit of the society 2. LOCAL COMMUNITY • Barangay Made up of hundreds of families There is a total of 42, 028 barangays in the Phil. as of Dec. 31, 2013 Before: Made up of families that were related with one another Now: More diversified 2. LOCAL COMMUNITY • Municipality/City There is a total of 1,490 municipalities and 144 cities in the Phil. as of Dec. 31, 2013 Each municipality/city has distinct culture (Dialect, feasts, etc.) 2. LOCAL COMMUNITY • Province There is a total of 81 provinces in the Phil. as of Dec. 31, 2013 Residents of the same province often share the same language What about regions? - Political or geographical subdivision - Composed of different provinces with varied communities 2. LOCAL COMMUNITY • One’s network of friends and acquaintances are usually found in the local community • People find a place where they fit (friends, classmates, church mates and community) • Contributes in the emergence and progression of trends A country is ______. 3. COUNTRY • Composed of different local communities What is a state? • Bernas (1933): Community of persons more or less numerous Permanently occupying a definite portion of the territory Independent of external control 3. COUNTRY • Bernas (1933): Possesses an organized government Great body of the inhabitants render habitual obedience Four elements: People, Territory, Sovereignty, Government 3. COUNTRY • Nation vs. State Can be used interchangeably but essentially different NATION STATE • Group of people who • Created through the share the same collective declaration language, culture, of the members of the traditions, customs, nation of their practices and beliefs sovereignty • Does not have sovereignty 3. COUNTRY • Country vs. State Often used synonymously with the term “State” Refers more to an area of land that forms part of the national territory of a State over which it exercises its own sovereignty 3. COUNTRY • 18 geo-political regions • Three important areas: Metro Manila (Luzon), Metro Cebu (Visayas), Metro Davao (Mindanao)