Below are the foundational terms used throughout Politikal Theatre. Each term links to a deeper explanation, providing structure for new crews, partners, and observers.
✅ Foundational Concepts
- Steward Logic
- Crew Structure
- Rotating Roles
- Memory Kits
- Pressure Escalation
The method of building pressure through public risk, memory, and role rotation.
The smallest operational unit—a team of three or more with rotating public roles.
The discipline of shifting who speaks, documents, and anchors to prevent burnout and hierarchy.
Documented public records of crew actions, lessons, and outcomes.
A strategy for building increasing public consequence for ignored harm.
✅ Governance and Accountability
- Federation Criteria
- Doctrine Jury Protocol
- Non-Support
The required conditions for scaling infrastructure beyond volunteer crews.
The peer-review process used to resolve structural misalignment or disputes.
A structural pause in network support for crews or bodies that fall out of alignment.
✅ Public Practice and Action
- Public Grievance
- Teach Forward
- Campaign as Continuation
- Not to Be Understood (Doctrinal Seal)
The public naming of harm, filed or staged as part of an organized action.
The discipline of documenting and sharing lessons to prevent structural drift.
The principle that steward practice must continue into office, not be replaced by it.
The boundary that prevents the method from being redesigned or softened for approval.