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Social contactAt the moment, there is no location available for social contact. We’re working to make this possible again soon. Keep an eye on the website or get in touch for the latest status.
Social contact is about places and activities where people meet, do things together and get to know one another through repeated contact. This may happen during a practical activity, around a table over coffee or because people regularly meet in the same neighbourhood or environment.
The capability therefore does not take the same form everywhere. A location may provide space to sit down and talk, organise shared activities or build contact with people in the neighbourhood through recurring projects. Select a location to see its local approach.
A short conversation, working on something together or seeing one another at roughly the same time each week can be the beginning of familiar contact. Through repetition, faces become recognisable, conversations start more easily and people gradually learn more about one another and about what is happening around them.
A quiet place, a cup of coffee or a shared activity can provide an opportunity to sit down, talk and get to know other people.
Making, repairing, learning, gardening, making music or helping with a project provides a practical reason for contact and something to focus on together.
Activities that return regularly can lead to recognition, familiarity and longer-term contact with people at a location or in the neighbourhood.
Not every conversation needs to be planned in advance or have a separate purpose. When people are doing something together or meet repeatedly, there is often a natural opportunity for a greeting, a question, a story or a practical gesture. The combination of a concrete setting and recurring presence allows contact to develop at its own pace.
Sometimes it remains a brief hello or a cup of coffee together. At other times it develops into a longer conversation, a shared activity, practical help or a new idea. Its form depends on the people involved, the place and what is happening there at the time.
Contact can develop during almost any practical or creative activity. Working together on a repair, making something from wood, gardening or making music gives people a shared subject and something to do together. Projects can also create recurring contact when people remain involved with the same activity or environment over a longer period.
Below are projects in which social contact plays a role. Projects are built up and developed over time; how this capability is used or combined with other capabilities varies from project to project.
Coffee corner at The Owl’s Nest – Paul Krugerstraat gives meeting people, coffee and tea, knowledge sharing and informal contact a recognisable place within this implementation, continuing a longer history of such meeting places.
How social contact takes shape differs by location. You may come for an activity, work on something together with another person or use a place where there is room for informal contact. The information for the selected location describes what is possible there and how this is organised in practice.
If you want to build contact, rhythm or familiarity through practical activity, you can also see Learning and rebuilding.
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