Topology of local communities

Phenomena of space, place, field test new revival. In philosophical discourse it is marked as "spatial" or " topological turn". Topology is the doctrine about a field or a place. The space is perceived as a social field or as a special atmosphere. This research gives substantial and methodological pulses for the topological analysis of local communities on the basis of regular display of values of topological, spatial interpretation, statements of questions and methods. Topological concept is one of perspective mechanisms of the description of the phenomenon of local communities, the topological understanding assumes uniform topological perception of the space of local community. The topology enables full interculture understanding of social processes, their properties and changes occurring in local communities, it represents a structure where these properties are shown in their set. Local communities may not be described as social units spatially homogeneous and steady in time, but only by means of various set "topos" understood as the local social orders supported and reproduced with participation of various social fields. Topology reflects what is close to each local community, namely: manufacture and transformation of social and communicative practices, their objective and subjective conditions, manufacture of events in the given place, in the given space, in the given community. The analysis of social space of local community recognizes social relevance of space, social perception and actions of members of local communities are also characterized and structured by spatial characteristics. The system model for the analysis of local communities as the network model of system, the measured concept of community is introduced, central points, interaction in networks, institutional and constructional consequences, socio-cultural distinctions in the system model are defined, consequences of scaling distinctions are given. Representation of local communities from the point of view of the system theory as a retive network system with central connections, between which there is a field space, enables to consider the location of community not as a picture opposing the person, but as a situational spatial atmosphere, the social field penetrating into people and determining their social, behaviour.

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