The Emergence Machine

Village

physical · Anthropology · Level 10 · E9

E9Cultures

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Emergence definition

A village is a small, self-sustaining community that arises from the intersection of a field, a community, and the cultural and social structures that support it.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “village” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “village”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
village
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL10L9L8L7L4L2L1L0VillageCultureSocietyCommunityLanguageFieldObjectiveOrganism… intermediate l…ForceFormInformationLifeActionChangeCollectionMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

used byprerequisitesCottageL11VillageL10FieldL4CommunityL7CultureL9E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Field L4 (requires) polysemous
    Small settlement smaller than a town -- prerequisite: field
  • Community L7 (requires) polysemous
    Small settlement smaller than a town -- prerequisite: community
  • Culture L9 (requires)
    An anthropological concept relating to village, involving human societies, cultures, or evolutionary development.

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