What is a group of people living in the same place?

A group of people in a small or large social fabric living together that has something in common, such as religion, norms, values, or identity, etc. is a ‘Community.’ Communities often share a sense of belongingness over a particular place, which is situated in a given geographical area. For example, a country, village, town, or neighbourhood or in virtual space through communication platforms.

Stable and lasting relations that extend beyond immediate genealogical ties also define a sense of community. People tend to define those social bindings as important to their practice, roles, and identity in social fabric such as family, home, work, government, society, and humanity-at-large. Although, communities are usually small relative to personal social ties in a Lilliputian-level, “community” may also refer to large group affiliations or big sizes, such as international communities, national communities, and virtual communities.

Three Types of Community.

Urban: The city-dwelling inhabitants are called Urban Tribe. The urban populace lives in cities and towns with a high density of population. The concrete infrastructure, industries, and co2 emission from fossil fuels are some of the harmful elements of urban life.

Suburban: A suburb is a mixed-use or residential area, existing either as part of a city or urban area or as a separate residential community within commuting distance of a city. Suburbs tend to breed around cities that have an abundance of adjacent flat land.

Rural: A rural area is an open swath of land that has few homes, buildings and not many people. The density of population in rural area population is very low. Many people live in a city, or urban area. Their homes and businesses are located very close to one another. In a rural area, there are fewer people, and their homes and businesses are located far away from one another.
Agriculture is the basic industry in rural areas. Most people live and work on farms or ranches. Hamlets, villages, towns, and other small settlements are in or surrounded by rural areas.
Wildlife is more abundantly found in rural areas than in cities because of the absence of people, industries, infrastructure and buildings. In fact, rural areas are often called the country because residents can see and interact with the country’s indigenous wildlife.

History of Socialism.

Thomas More conceived the term “utopia” in 1515 in his treatise titled “Utopia,” but utopian imaginings began long before his. Plato described a similar environment surrounding the myth of “Atlantis” when he wrote the philosophical work “Republic” in 360 B.C. In 1627, explorer Francis Bacon’s “New Atlantis” advocated a more scientific approach, fixed in the scientific method.

Bacon conceived a research-institute-like society where inhabitants studied science in an effort to create a congenial environment through their accumulation of knowledge. In extension to these landmark works, more than forty utopian-themed novels were published from 1700 to 1850, sealing its status as a very popular archetype. Because many social discriminations — such as slavery and oppression — were running rampant, the motif was quite popular among embittered and dispirited populations.

Although a French revolutionary named François Noël Babeuf is credited with the idea of doing away with private property to create equality among the masses and is often considered the first Socialist, the concept was not popularized until the late 1700s, when the Industrial Revolution caused some drastic changes around the world.

The Industrial Revolution marked a transformation from agricultural societies to modern industries, in which tools were eschewed in favour of cutting-edge machinery. Factories and railways sprung up, rising in tremendous wealth for the owners of these industries. Although they profited from these changes, workers were thrown into sudden poverty due to a lack of jobs as machines began to replace human labour. Many people were scared that this disparity in income would continue to spread, making the rich richer and the poor poorer.

Socialism with Regard to Communities.

Kibbutz.

Kibbutz in Hebrew is a gathering of Israeli collective settlement, usually agricultural and often industrial, in which all wealth is held in for the good of the common. The members are provided with food, clothing, and shelter with social and medical services from the profits that are reinvested in the settlement.

Adults have intimate quarters, but children are generally lodged and cared for as a group. Cooking and dining are common for everyone. The settlements have edged toward optimum privacy with regard to person and property since the formation of Israel in 1948. The kibbutzim, which are generally established on land leased from the Jewish National Fund, convene weekly general meetings at which the kibbutz members determine policy and elect their administrative members.

The Auroville City of Dawn.

The Auroville City is also known as “The City of Dawn,” is an experimental township comprising of the district of Villupuram in Tamil Nadu and with some parts in the Union Territory of Puducherry in India. It was founded by Mirra Alfassa in 1968. Her followers also knew her as “The Mother.”

Auroville wants to be a universal town where men and women of all countries are able to live in peace and progressive harmony, above all creeds, all politics and all nationalities. The purpose of Auroville is to realize human unity- Mirra Alfassa.

Auroville and its Economy.

1. Auroville belongs to nobody in particular. Auroville belongs to humanity as a whole. However, to live in Auroville, one must be the willing servitor of the Divine Consciousness.
2. Auroville will be the place of a never-ending education, of constant progress, and a youth that never ages.
3. Auroville wants to be the missing link between the past and the future. Taking advantage of all discoveries from within and from without, Auroville will boldly spring towards future realisations.
4. Auroville will be a place of material and spiritual researches for a living embodiment of an actual Human Unity.

Instead of paper and coin currency, residents are given account numbers to connect to their central account. Auroville issues Aurocard, a kind of a debit card for temporary visitors. Residents of Auroville are expected to contribute monthly to the community by means of work, money, or kind.

The “guest contribution”, is a daily fee paid by the guests of Auroville, comprises a part of Auroville’s budget. There is a procedure of “maintenance”, whereby those Aurovilians in need can receive from the community ‘a monthly maintenance money,’ which covers simple basic needs of life.

Auroville’s economy and its overall life are of an evolving nature and there are ongoing experiments to reach nearer to the vision.

Internet and the Virtual Communities.

With the advent of the internet, the world has become a closely connected cobweb. We are now connected to people who we do not meet in person; however, we meet them through the internet. We chat, talk, share each other’s feelings, views, opinions, business prospects, jobs and careers and about almost everything. The internet has provided a platform for everyone to connect to each other irrespective of nationality, race, gender and religion.

People now have infinite choices to make their lives better with the continuous flow of information on the World Wide Web. People of particular interest have distinct forums or communities all over the internet. There are thousands of dedicated forums and communities for almost everything.

Virtual Communities- are based on interests, passion, hobbies, lifestyle, dating, shopping, gadgets, education, childcare, government and non- governmental organisations, etc. These communities have a dedicated fan following and are serious communities. Some are closed groups, some are not, and some require an invitation and token request for joining a community or forum of your interest.

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