Architectural Firm: CS STUDIO Year of implementation: 1996-1999 Client/ Organisation: Langa community‚ Western Cape Reason: Community empowerment What is the balance of power? During 1996 the Langa Development Forum asked CS Studio to work on a Cultural Centre to create a space for community and culture upliftment. Firstly‚ house hold surveys were undertaken to establish the needs of the community‚ workshops were then held with various local organisations of Langa‚ this was taken to large
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person driving through a neighborhood and spotting a community garden‚ the values of that garden can be greatly overlooked. “A community garden is any piece of land gardened by a group of people. The land may produce fruit‚ vegetables‚ and/or ornamentals.”(“Community Gardens”). The majority of community gardens are located in neighborhoods‚ schools‚ and public institution areas‚ such as hospitals. Community gardens are beneficial to the community in many ways such as in economic benefits‚ in decreasing
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discourse community The concept of Discourse and discourse community is very important in English reading and writing. Discourses are group members’ shared “ways of being in the world” (Gee 484). According to the authors we studied‚ Porter‚ Gee‚ Swales‚ Johns and Porter‚ we willingly or unwillingly are part of many different discourse communities or Discourses. Almost everything we do in our everyday life requires involvement in some discourse community. Discourse or discourse community is a very
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Community Planning‚ Disaster Risk Management and Community-based Resource Management (FINAL PAPER) Bernabe‚ Jan Michael Busilan ‚ Yula Carillo‚ Jackylene Garcia‚ Benjamin Go‚ Lindsley Hayuhay‚ Ever I Nessa Community -based coastal Resource Management (CBCRM) Community -based coastal Resource Management (CBCRM) is an all-inclusive practice or strategy that involves the active involvement and participation of people or the community as a whole in the management process of
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The American culture promotes individualism which expects people to be self-centered‚ independent and self-reliant. We believe in free will and personal choice. Under this cultural influence‚ when we hear about individuals who are poor‚ unemployed‚ in poor health‚ having family problems‚ drinking too much alcohol‚ or committing crime‚ it is natural to think that their problems are theirs alone‚ and that they and other individuals with the same problems are entirely to blame for their difficulties
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My education begins with me attending my community college back in Laredo‚ Texas. In Laredo Community College‚ I didn’t know which major to go into in all honesty‚ like all new college students I was caught up with the new experience of college and the scenery the college provided. Then after discussions with my advisors I’ve decided to enter the field of Criminal Justice‚ which at a time where difficult because I’d needed to know different laws that have changed over the years‚ many court cases
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Is free community college the way of the future? Right now in the U.S. College is basically a necessity to getting a good career later in life‚ but sadly‚ as it stands now‚ most U.S. citizens just cannot afford to go to college and further their education. This is a really sad fact in the U.S. right now and its due mostly to the fact of colleges‚ instead of competing with other schools in prices and tuition rates‚ compete in having the nicest looking campus and the most amount of student services
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In order to graduate some people feel as if teens should have a community service project. Should they have a community service project? As like many things doing a community service project can have some good things to it like for instince helping others at free will with no money or keeping teens out of trouble. But we have found more bad reasons to this rather than fiinding good ones. Here are some of these reasons‚ like many people in this world most teens do not have transportation and not havinig
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INDIVIDUALISM VS. COLLECTIVISIM : WHICH ONE IS BETTER‚OR SHOULD WE FIND A MIDDLE WAY ? by Ş.Merve Ulus What is asked in the heading of this article has been discussed for several times by business authorities and still an accurate answer cannot be found. Let me write the definitions of these expressions first. Individualism : Philosophy or quality that characterizes a manager or employee who makes decisions and performs tasks in his own way or style. The advantage of encouraging individualism
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The single most impactful experience in my life is attending Ventura Community College. Nothing has hurt me more. In high school I had taken AP and IB classes and had finished within the top ten percent of my class but I had no idea what I wanted to do. I applied to some schools that I considered to be mediocre so that I could continue swimming‚ but as the application deadlines ended and most of my friends were being accepted to places such as UCLA‚ UCSB‚ and even Harvard‚ I had realized that I
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