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Lesson 01: The Six Worldview Lenses

Key Idea

Field practitioners map culture by looking past surface customs and identifying the worldview assumptions that shape them.

Lesson Goal

Learn the six foundational lenses that reveal how a society understands reality.

What This Lesson Teaches

  • Players, Core Foci, Tools, System, Theme, and Goal.
  • How each lens reveals a different part of local meaning.
  • Why field practitioners must observe more than customs.

Practical Action

Choose one local custom and note what you can observe for each worldview lens.

Lesson Summary

Use these six lenses as the foundation for every worldview map.