ASWM Scholar Salon 12: "The MASKS OF THE GODDESS Project" with Lauren Raine, moderated by Simone Clunie, Wednesday August 26, 2020.
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ASWM Scholar Salon 13: "Redeeming Ancient Agriculture from the Dustbin," with Vicki Noble. moderated by Joan Cichon, Wednesday September 23, 2020.
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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.
Afrotree by Jeannette Kiel
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.
When the Moon and Sun are Daughters of Mother Earth: Analysis of Basque Cosmology with Idoia Arana-Beobide
Wednesday, October 21, 2020 3 pm Eastern Daylight Time
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Eguzki Amandrea, the Mother Sun (amaroa.com)
What does it mean to have a feminine worldview? How does it manifest? The recently inaugurated exhibit in Bilbao (Basque Country, Spain) titled ‘Izen Izan’ (to name, to be) cited the “Dominion of the feminine: The matriarchal character of Basque mythology.“ And yet, little was explained about the meaning of the words ‘dominion’, ‘matriarchal’, or what the divine feminine might mean in a society.
Ilargi Amandrea, the Mother Moon (amaroa.com)
The Basque are enigmatic peoples, considered ‘Europe’s mystery people,’ that live in Europe along the Pyrenees mountains facing the Atlantic Sea, between France and Spain. Marija Gimbutas mentioned that Basque mythology shows clues of the ancient matriarchal pre-Indo-European worldview. Furthermore, since the Basque language is the only indigenous non-Indo-European language surviving in Europe, the Basque remain with a strong adherence to their ancestral origins. Even if the present Basque culture has been molded by influences of Indo-European and Latin (Christian) acculturalization, the language and the ancient belief systems tell us of a reality of a feminine-centered worldview.
I will introduce the feminine elements extant in Basque society, as Heide Göettner-Abendroth’s theory of Modern Matriarchal Studies entail. I will explain the principles of its innate Basque mythology, and scholarly interpretations of the reality of the world when the three celestial bodies that sustain life for humans: the earth, the sun, and the moon, are all feminine. To conclude, I will analyze the role of women in these systems in Basque traditional society, and its meaning and possibilities for contemporary life.
Idoia on the beach in Basque Country
Idoia Arana-Beobide is co-founder of ‘Network on Culture,’ home of the online journal Matrix: A Journal for Matricultural Studies and the Global Matricultures Research Network. She is also the Managing Director of Douglas Cardinal Architect Inc., a leader of Organic Architecture. A student of humanism, Idoia graduated with Museum and Interdisciplinary Studies in Medieval History and holds a MA in Religion and Public Life. Idoia is a Euskalduna (Basque speaker) presently researching the source and manifestation of Basque identity through mythology and matriculturalism.
Save these dates for upcoming Salons
November 4 at 3pm Eastern Standard Time Beyond the Trees: Ecofeminism and Connections to Current Movements for Change Jeannette Kiel
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.
ASWM Scholar Salon 14: "Call your Mutha': A Deliberately Dirty-Minded Manifesto for the Earth Mother in the Anthropocene" with Dr. Jane Caputi, moderated by Simone Clunie, Wednesday October 7, 2020.
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