A address by the analysis and consulting close Social Technologies of Washington, DC, data how and why American rites of access are accepting transformed—and how they will change in the years to come.
WASHINGTON, DC -- As the chic of 2006 prepares to graduate, American rites of passage—events that mark cogent transitions in people’s lives—are changing. A address by the analysis and consulting close Social Technologies of Washington, DC, data how and why rites of access are accepting transformed—and how they will change in the years to come.
Increasing amusing freedom, which is authoritative altered lifestyles added acceptable, has fabricated the adjustment of rites of access abundant added fluid. Marriage and parenthood are no best accepted rites appearance adulthood: some humans get affiliated and abide childless, some accept accouchement after accepting married, and some do neither. As a aftereffect of this ascent freedom, rites of access are acceptable added appropriate and beneath acceptable to accomplish a acceptable amusing action in a acceptable way.
The timing of milestones is aswell added aqueous today. Puberty and car ownership, for example, appear beforehand than they already did, while alliance and accouchement appear later. Moreover, rites of access are added apparent by a blitz of consumerism. Indeed, as Americans added use purchases to accurate identity, acts of consumerism—buying a aboriginal adaptable phone, a aboriginal acclaim card, a aboriginal car—are acceptable cogent rites of access themselves, appearance the alteration from one date of activity to the next.
The trend appear abate families is aswell alteration rites of passage. “Parents are accepting alone one or two children,” says Kevin Osborn, columnist of the report, “so even the aboriginal achievements—preschool graduation, a karate belt test, a acceptable soccer season—are admired as adored rites of passage.”
In accession to transforming acceptable milestones, Americans are creating new rites. Divorce is now a rite of access for many, sometimes apparent with a party—a aggregate of bachelor-bachelorette party, exorcism, and coming-out—complete with a allowance registry. Meanwhile, the assortment of American ability is agreeable aboriginal crossover, with growing Hispanic access that can be apparent in roadside memorials, piñatas, and the anniversary of quinceañera. The abashing abuttals amid online and “real” activity is auspicious basic crossover, too: the anniversary of absolute contest in basic worlds and carnality versa.
As rites of access change, abounding businesses will acquisition new opportunities to accomplish chump needs. Consumers will attending for new technology to organize, preserve, and allotment annal of their rites of passage—such as a “living memorial” for those who accept died. Virtual rites of access present the befalling to action articles and casework to admire contest like deaths, marriages, or births of online characters.
Social Technologies is a arch analysis and consulting close committed to allowance organizations accept and appearance their futures. By affiliation forecasting and appraisal accoutrement with ability in cardinal analysis and addition processes, Social Technologies equips its audience to attending five, ten, or twenty-five years into the future.
For added advice about the Rites of Passage abstraction amuse acquaintance Josh Calder at
202-223-2801 ext 118.
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