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Some people see communities in terms of the metaphor
of a machine which has been created by putting together
many separate parts which were designed to fit together in
one special way. If a machine does not work properly, the
engineer/mechanic seeks to identify which part is at fault
so as to remove the defective part and fix or replace the
defective part.
People who are in the engineering mode are likely to
look at a community and perceive the community as made up
of many parts which have been put together to constitute
the whole community. If the community does not function
properly the communal engineer is likely to look for the
part/person who is at fault so as to remove the defective
part and fix or replace the defective part. The defective
part is at fault; guilty of making the community
malfunction. The process of fixing the community often
entails making the defective people feel guilt/shame and
so to be alienated.
The typical person in the scientific and/or
engineering mode, is not likely to be sensitive to the
importance of alienation and estrangement in the dynamics
of dysfunctional communities---and so be ignorant of their
presence and ignore their presence. To them, all that is
important is to find, remove and fix/replace the defective
part/person---and if that part/person is made to feel
shame and/or guilt, that is just a natural part of the
process of fixing what is wrong. In the typical
engineer's paradigm, there is no reason for having any
regret or concern about a natural part of the process of
fixing the community.
From the point of view of people who are sensitive
to, and perceptive of, reflexive realities and
relationships---one of the keys to helping a dysfunctional
community recover health is to discover the roots of
alienation and estrangement, and to work to facilitate
open and honest communication within and among the members
of the community. Such people do not intervene to
remove, fix and/or replace defective parts. The whole
community is not seen primarily in terms of parts. Such
people are not ignorant of, or prone to, ignore or take
advantage of guilt and shame. Their integrative approach
to a dysfunctional community is quite different from that
of the typical communal engineer---for they can see far
more than can the typical communal engineer can see,
understand and deal with.
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