indeed far from globalisation jeopardising the possibility of viable communal life it has probably given the latter a new lease of life it has probably given the latter a new lease of life thus transnational communities are almost destined to provide the most significant form of community in the future . it may be that most future communities will not only derive numerous advantages from operating with a transnational or global orientation but this will be increasingly necessary perhaps even inevitable if they are to fulfil the needs of their member adequately the fact the more and more communities are now transnational in intention and practice does not mean that locality has ceased to be significan. for one thing, at any one moment in time everyone occupies a local with its attendant life-world no matter how much they travel or participate in multiple worldwide networks however, it is also the case that globalisation compels the local to rethink itself;globalisation relativises and changes the local even as localisation not only presupposes but also, in turn revitalises and informs the global