From: Van oost Kenneth (kennethvanoost@belgacom.net)
Date: Mon 23 Jun 2003 - 14:37:28 GMT
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From: "Wade T. Smith" <wade.t.smith@verizon.net>
> But, indeed, all cultures require a venue, because all cultural
> interaction requires a performer and an observer, and they cannot exist
> in two dimensional space or time. The venue is this space, but it is
> also the cultural milieu, and it is also a controlled environment, made
> to ensure, through repetition and experience and alterations,
> performances of continuing fidelity.
> It is a form, if you will, of prediction, the venue. This is a fact
> Richard has continually chosen to ignore.
Wade,
In order to help you out,
This is analogous to what forms groups, social- psychological seen
that is,
A venue is a kind of formal group where within goals and a few
important rules are fixed, sometimes very strict.
The rules are considered to be connected with assignments of
duties and competence + the follow up of procedures, decision-
making amongst others. There will be more planning.
All of this has a predictive character.
Within such a venue certain rules are a given, there are certain
circumstances to be made under with it can and will function,
that is inducing performances upon human beings so that cer-
tain performances can and will be expected to ensure the con-
tinuance of the venue itself.
Within a formal group its members are taking the rules seriously
( untill a certain level is reached) and this becomes a very im-
portant aspect of its function. The way of how such a group
will end up is more predictable that way. Control is a necessity,
but a piece of spontaneity is still avaible, creativity...
Two kinds of rules are playing at the bias, rules as a given and
those which occur on the spur of the moment.
Regards,
Kenneth
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