strategy
Employing symbolic practices
Description:
Enabling men to use symbolic practices as a training method to encourage community participation. The effect is a community having a greater sense of corporateness through training in the use of symbols. Context:
An integral part of enabling community engagement though societal education, to allow the creative participation of each individual in world wide social structures. Implementation:
Tactics include: missional symbols to remind the individual of his community responsibility; spirit music to create a self-conscious community; life myths to ground the individual and community in a historical self story; celebrational events to dramatize a person's awareness of his universal cultural heritage; and secular rituals to embrace the individual's relationship within his particular setting. An example is to organize workshops on family symbol-making, encouraging a stronger identity with the community. Narrower:
Symbolic lawbreakingAssigning symbolic tasksActing out symbolic world viewWearing common symbolic clothingIncreasing symbolic celebrationsOrganizing symbolic leader visitsDeveloping symbolic service forceRevitalizing secular symbolic lifeProviding symbolic head for governing body Facilitated by:
Promoting study of social sciencesSupporting symbol creating activitiesGiving attention to qualitative factorsRecognizing legal validity of symbolic substantiationRecognizing symbolic functions accruing from social status Organizations:
Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism Institut international de symbolisation - Europe International Symbolization Institute, Dayton Subjects:
Social Activity → EmployersIndividuation → Symbols, myths
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
