Relationships

Within A Local
Network
• Networks are
often likened
to a spider
web.

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 It serves the needs and
purposes of the
network holder.
The network of
relationships has its ✘ A network is
base support, a centre made up of
and some strategic interacting
places. groups of people.

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LAYERS OF RELATIONSHIPS

Household/family
Barangay/village LOCAL
State NETWORKS
Global networks

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“
“The starting point of a local
network is the relationship between
two individuals which is the
fundamental support base of any
society.”
– Eriksen (2010)
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1. HOUSEHOLDS
A dyadic relationship commonly starts in
the household which usually consists of
members of a nuclear or extended
family.

A household is always connected to

other households and to larger social
institutions, such as the community or
state.
 2. BARANGAY
Interdependent household
relationships within a
A barangay is a Filipino village.
native term for a village
formerly known as barrio. Compromised of groups of
households.
Households come together
for economic, religious,
social and political. Kinship
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BEYOND THE LOCAL
NETWORK

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 THE LOCAL The local network can be
observed in the dynamics of
NETWORK AND relationships among people
and groups in the
THE community.
INDIVIDUAL
The individual performs diverse
and overlapping social roles
that both meet personal and
social goals.
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 LOCAL
KNOWLEDGE

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Maria Luisa Canieso- Doronila
describes development as:
1. Placing people at the center of development
2. Developing their creative and powerful potential so
that they can participate meaningfully in the entire
development process
3. Recognizing that social development must start with
how people themselves respond to the forces that
either constrain or encourage social transformation.
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