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 Conventions
allow the coexistence of human groups - even very
large ones - through the creation and acceptance
of common rules.
The sharing of rules (behavioural, legal, etc) and
codes makes it possible to communicate, to manage,
and to overcome conflicts within groups. Flexibility
and the capacity to listen and communicate are essential
to reach an agreement on such rules.
The definition of conventions implies sharing
meanings, searching a common territory, having a
‘cultural mediation’ capacity. Conventions
are not absolute.They can be modified according
to the changes in thinking patterns, in behaviours
and, more generally, in the historical and social
needs they come from.
Again, by way of example, in order to develop a
sense of conventions it may be useful to
study methods of measurement in each country – of
time (the various calendars) and of distance (the
mile, the kilometre, etc), and also ways of measuring
length, area, volume/capacity and weight. |
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