…is absent. And, oddly enough, even our computers and phones may be on to something. The word “cavity” comes from the Latin for “hollow.” “Civity” saves us from “cavity.” #community#regions#word#civility#relationships#Civity…
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“Civity” by Any Other Name…
The word “civity” is not new. The Oxford English Dictionary lists “civity” as an archaic, no-longer-used word for “city.” “Civity” calls us back to the essence of “city,” which originally…
How Complexity Makes Civity Clearer
…starting point is to reframe our understanding of the word “complex” by borrowing concepts from the field of Complexity Science. Far from the conversation-stopping deployment of the word “complex” in…
Civity and Inequities – and Privilege
…our most challenging social divides involve inequities – inequities that correlate to race, to gender, to religion, to “have versus have-not,” to sexual orientation, to ethnicity. The word “privilege” describes…
Civity Iceland: “Thingvellir” or the “Assembly Field”
…also a stirring image, but my focus shifts to the crowd, the people, the families, friends, and even rivals. The Icelandic word “thing” means “assembly.” (“Althing” is the assembly of…
Reaching for Civity
Krista Tippett, host of NPR’s On Being, struggles with the word “civility.” In a recent Living the Questions segment, Tippett names the danger of using “civility” as a “passive-aggressive weapon”…
Putting Difference on the Table: A Civity Tribute to Toni Morrison
“File:Vitoria – Graffiti & Murals 0392.JPG” by Zarateman is licensed under CC0 1.0 The word most frequently used to describe a group of people who are linked in some way…
Civity & the “Tough Issues”
…word “civity” (from the Latin word for “the people of a city”) to name a culture of intentionally creating cross-cutting relationships: relationships of respect and empathy across the differences that…
Civity is All About Food
…knowing what this special word “civity” involves. In one way or another, I have always made my friends part of my work, and over time they have adapted the word…
Seeing Beyond the Title: Supporting Civity Conversations at the Human Library
…have a very positive experience. We are excited to have the opportunity to work with Civity again on our next iteration of the Human Library.” And the word gets around!…