Definition
(noun): A shared experience of the past, present, and future.
(verb): How that shared experience is interpreted and used to define, organize, manage, and motivate a group.
Can be place-bound in a confluence of time, geography, and/or people.
Often expressed as shared memories, objects, rules, artifacts (arts, architecture, planning, everyday objects, etc.), behaviours, beliefs, language, ideals, and values.
Can be created intentionally or unintentionally.
Is co-created, though not necessarily equally or with equity.
*An entry from A DIY Healing Dictionary of Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Social Being. The dictionary is a work in progress and part of the larger DIY Ph.D. - Prefiguring Learning for the Ecocene performance.