summative notes

Civil Disobedience

The intentional, peaceful refusal to obey certain laws, demands, or commands of a government or authority as a form of protest, aiming to bring attention to injustice and promote social or political change.

Cultural Resistance

The act of using cultural practices, traditions, language, art, and stories to resist oppression, assert identity, and preserve heritage.

Quiet Resistance

Subtle, often non-verbal or low-profile ways of opposing oppression or injustice, such as maintaining traditions or preserving language.

Cognitive Empathy

The ability to understand another person’s perspective, thoughts, or feelings intellectually, mentally putting yourself in someone else’s shoes.

Emotional Empathy

The ability to feel and share the emotions of another person, emotionally connecting with their experiences.

Compassionate Empathy

Combines understanding someone’s perspective and feeling their emotions with a strong desire to take action to help.

Holism

The idea that all parts of a system are interconnected and should be understood as a whole rather than in isolation.

Interrelatedness

The concept that everything is connected and affects everything else within a system.

Synergy

When different parts or people work together in harmony, creating an effect greater than the sum of their individual contributions.