Belonging
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From a register of togetherness, of belonging, architecture became a way of differentiation, and communities started drifting apart from the very fabric that used to unite them, and from the soul of the place that used to represent their common existence.
From my point of view, losing the sense of
belonging
to a place and a sense of sharing it with someone else has made it a lot easier to destroy.
And there are many possible ways to express
belonging
and community through architecture.
We research old paintings, poems and literature from the place, to identify the tree species
belonging
there.
We make sure that trees
belonging
to the same layer are not planted next to each other, or they will fight for the same vertical space when they grow tall.
So instead, someone went to where that gold was being stored and they just labeled it as
belonging
to France now.
I have a weakness for treating people's economic interests as their only interest, ignoring things like
belonging
and pride and the desire to send a message to those who ignore you.
They're also promising our young people the things that they crave: significance, heroism, a sense of
belonging
and purpose, a community that loves and accepts them.
The same confusion, the same sorrow, the same feeling of being betrayed and not
belonging
to anyone.
I would stand there dressed like this, obviously not belonging, and someone would say, "What are you doing here, mister?"
And actually, this is usually very positive things, very seemingly empowering things, such as brotherhood and sisterhood and a sense of belonging, as well as giving somebody a spiritual purpose, a divine purpose to build a utopian society if their goals can be met, but also a sense of empowerment and adventure.
So preventative medicine is, how do we make it so you are naturally resilient to this process of radicalization, whereas that is going to be different if somebody is already showing a symptom or a sign of
belonging
to a violent extremist ideology.
The renowned psychologist Martin Seligman says meaning comes from
belonging
to and serving something beyond yourself and from developing the best within you.
The first pillar is
belonging.
Belonging
comes from being in relationships where you're valued for who you are intrinsically and where you value others as well.
But some groups and relationships deliver a cheap form of belonging; you're valued for what you believe, for who you hate, not for who you are.
True
belonging
springs from love.
For many people,
belonging
is the most essential source of meaning, those bonds to family and friends.
Belonging, purpose, transcendence.
Belonging, purpose, transcendence, storytelling: those are the four pillars of meaning.
And often the conflict is based on old stories of identity and
belonging
and origins.
They give us a sense of
belonging.
Origin stories are usually recently created fictions of ancient belonging, and they're absurd given the complexity of humanity and our vastly interconnected, even if very unequal world.
Belonging
in Lagos is a fluid concept determined by ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender, but most visibly and often most violently, class.
Give them a voice of interaction, participation, and a feeling of
belonging.
But instead of opinions, ask everybody to share a story from their life and experience that nobody around the table has ever heard, to difference or to
belonging
or to a time I changed my mind, giving people a way in to each other without burning the house down.
To understand a joke, you have to belong to the parish, that community of understanding, and if you feel you belong to that community of understanding, of getting the joke, then you will laugh at almost anything that reinforces your sense of
belonging
to that group.
It really doesn't, because we have this incredible capacity for togetherness and belonging, and by invoking that capacity, we can recover those amazing components of our humanity: our altruism and cooperation.
And I call all this the politics of
belonging.
Now, I think this has got the potential to appeal across quite a wide range of people, and the reason for this is that among the very few values that both left and right share are
belonging
and community.
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