Put simply, the definition of empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. This kind of interconnection reflects the ubuntu principle of “I am because you are.” Because many of us ...
Ubuntu can be understood as the importance of being connected to each other. This kind of personal connection extends to the workplace too. Research shows that less frequent interactions among coworkers affects overall health and ...
We all have an inherent need to belong, and that means something different for each one of us. In the workplace, its important that individuals feel like a valued member of a team. We can ...
At its core, ubuntu is about relationships, and building relationships is about connecting to each other on a human level. One area of our lives in which relationships are of utmost importance is in the ...
Education and liberation go hand in hand. But when educators lose sight of what (and who) matters, students suffer. In Teaching to Thrive, the podcast of the Abolitionist Teaching Network, transformative educational leader and activist ...
Systems thinking is rooted in the understanding that everything is interconnected, or simply put, everything is related. This understanding is especially applicable when it comes to education, a main effort of the Ubuntuworks Project. Applying ...
Restorative justice, generally defined as a system of criminal justice that focuses on rehabilitation and reconciliation, approaches positive relationships with others as vital to human existence and well being. Whereas conventional judicial proceedings focus on what ...
As desirable, rewarding, and valuable as peace is, it does not come easily. Conflict happens at every level of society and every corner of the world, which means that peacebuilding must involve people everywhere. The ...
Harmonious relations are at the heart of Ubuntu, a South African philosophy often expressed in English as “A person is a person through other persons.” Ubuntu contrasts with the individualized Eurocentric perspective on society and ...
Ecological thinking, or understanding ourselves as part of nature, means that we recognize how human activity impacts ecosystems. This nonlinear, cause-and-effect perspective acknowledges that we are connected to the larger whole and not sequential points ...
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