Deep Economy: the Maternal Gift

with Genevieve Vaughan

Wednesday, December 2, 2020
12 pm (Noon)  Eastern Standard Time 

 

Patriarchal Capitalism/Capitalist Patriarchy is an artificial system that is destroying the Earth and her children. We need to return to the deep economy of the mother, based on the model of unilateral giving to needs, that every child has to experience in order to survive. Recognizing and validating this model puts us in alignment with Mother Earth and allows the creation of community on that basis. Unilateral gifting has not been seen as structural but recognizing it in the structure of language as well as of the economy, can restore it to the central place in our lives as the source of shared meaning and reveal a newly understood sense of who we are as a species. This will allow us to unite to transition toward alternatives to Capitalism and Patriarchy under the leadership of those who recognize and promote the maternal model. most of whom are women.

Genevieve Vaughan (b.1939) has lived between Texas and Italy most of her life. She founded the all-women multicultural Foundation for a Compassionate Society 1988 – 2005 in Austin, the International Feminists for a Gift Economy network 2001-ongoing and the Temple of Sekhmet in Cactus Springs Nevada (1992-ongoing). She is the author of For-Giving(1997), Homo Donans (2008), The Gift in the Heart of Language(2015) and the editor of Il Dono/the Gift (2004), Women and the Gift Economy(2007), and The Maternal Roots of the Gift Economy (2018). An Issue of the Canadian Women’s Studies Journal: Vol. 34, Feminist Gift Economy: A Maternalist Alternative to Patriarchy and Capitalism (2020) has just appeared. See www.gift-economy.com

The week before our Salon, check out this free webinar on the Gift Economy: 

Matriarchal Gift Economy: Breaking Through

November 27 2020 4 pm to 7 pm GMT

with Vandana Shiva (India), Darcia Narvaez (USA), Heide Goettner-Abendroth (Germany), Sherri Mitchell (Penobscot Nation), Mary Condren (Ireland), and Genevieve Vaughan (USA/Italy). Moderated by Letecia Layson (USA)

and — Save these dates for upcoming ASWM Salons:

January 13 at 3pm Eastern Standard Time
Like a Tree: How Trees, women and Tree People Can Save the World

Jean Shinoda Bolen

January 27 at 3pm Eastern Standard Time
Title TBA: Animal mysteries in the Paleolithic
Susan Moulton

February 10 at 3pm Eastern Standard Time
Living in a Sentient World
Judy Grahn

The Salon recording will also be available to members after the event. 

Beyond the Trees: Ecofeminism and Connections to Current Movements for Change
with Jeannette Kiel, PhD

Wednesday, November 4, 2020
3 pm Eastern Daylight Time 

Ecofeminist activism works to address and transform the interconnected injuries to folks and to nature caused by attitudes of sexism, racism, classism, speciesism, and more. It does not exist in a vacuum and is connected to movements beyond the ecological. In this presentation, I first briefly discuss the foundational ideas of ecofeminism and then examine how ecofeminism connects to current activist movements. Lastly, I present examples of ways folks are connecting their ecofeminists visions with current movements.

Jeannette Kiel PhD is an ecofeminist activist, artist, and scholar. Jeannette believes that all forms of injustice are interconnected to nature and that these must be addressed to create real change and transformation for peace to thrive in our world. Her artwork also addresses her identification as a Mestiza or mixed-race Philipino-Black woman. Jeannette teaches Psychology and Women and Gender Studies at Sacramento City College and Gender Studies and Ethnic Studies at CSU Stanislaugh. Jeannette earned a Ph.D. in Women’s Spirituality from the California Institute of Integral Studies (San Francisco), an MA in Women’s Studies from San Diego State University, and BA in Psychology from Alliant International University (San Diego). For more information: www.jeannettekiel.com.

Save these Dates for Upcoming Salons:

November 18 at 3pm Eastern Standard Time
Hieroglyphic Thinking
Normandi Ellis

December 2 at Noon Eastern Standard Time
Deep Economy: The Maternal Gift
Genevieve Vaughan

January 13 at 3pm Eastern Standard Time
The Creative Soul in the midst of Winter
Jean Shinoda Bolen

The Salon recording will also be available to members after the event.