In the first video "The Power of Communitas," we introduced Victor Turner’s concept of communitas - unique, egalitarian bonds that form when society enters a state of liminality. In this week's video lecture, we go a step deeper. We examine how the "in-between" spaces of our lives compel us to reflect critically on the systems… Continue reading The Power of Communitas (Part 2): Why You Can’t Go Back to “Normal”
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The Power of Communitas:How Liminal Spaces and Shared Stories Connect a Fragmented World
What happens when society’s hierarchies vanish and we are forced into the uncomfortable but potentially magical "in-between"? Anthropologist Victor Turner called this state Communitas - a temporary, unstructured phase born within liminal spaces where individuals drop their societal masks and connect as absolute equals. In my new video, we explore the potent intersection of academic… Continue reading The Power of Communitas:How Liminal Spaces and Shared Stories Connect a Fragmented World
