Scholar Salon 31
Environmental Hero Dr. Vandana Shiva to address ASWM symposium
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Environmental Hero Dr. Vandana Shiva to address international symposium
Dr. Vandana Shiva has written and spoken extensively about advances in the fields of food production, the roles of women in agriculture, and climate justice. Her work to promote biodiversity in agriculture to increase productivity, nutrition, farmer’s incomes and it is for this work she was recognized as an ‘environmental hero’ by Time magazine in 2003.
Dr. Shiva will give the keynote presentation for the 2022 Symposium of the Association for the Study of Women and Mythology:
“HEARING THE INVISIBLE: Lessons from Sentient Beings and Inter-relational Ecosystems”
Sunday, April 10, 2022
Jane Goodall has pointed out our own contemporary lesson that human global disregard for nature brought on the current pandemic, documenting that mistreatment/exploitation of sentient beings can result in an exponential crisis for the whole planet.
Our 2022 biennial Symposium focuses on meanings found in the relational reality among science, culture, and mythology in regards to animals, the green world, and ecosystems.
This year’s symposium will take place entirely online, Sunday, April 10, 2022. The theme brings together scholars, artists, educators, and individuals of a variety of backgrounds for discussion and inquiry.
With our primary focus on interconnectedness, the symposium will feature academic and artistic presentations concerning ecological and scientific scholarship. Panels will address collaborations between humans and other sentient beings, foundational myths about earth’s response to misuse, and scientific solutions to transgressions against the balance of nature.
ASWM is the only nonprofit dedicated specifically to fostering the growth of scholarship and resources related to women and mythology, the divine feminine, and ecofeminism. Founded in 2008, ASWM is an international membership organization that produces academic conferences and symposia, online scholarly salons, and volumes of proceedings. We offer a unique perspective in generating dialogues among academic scholars, artists, and teachers from a variety of cultures and backgrounds.
The theme of this symposium, as with all of our past events, arises from our ongoing commitment to making scholarship relevant and available to all, for its power to inform and transform.
Registration now open:
General Public Register here ($160)
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Member registration for 2022 Symposium
Announcing Scholar Salon 39: Register for March 24
“Healing the Earth with Traditional Ecological Knowledge”
with Cristina Eisenberg
Thursday, March 24, 2022 at 3 PM Eastern Standard Time
REGISTER HERE
Ecologist Cristina Eisenberg, author of The Carnivore Way: Coexisting with and Conserving North America’s Predators, says of her work, “Mother Earth holds powerful lessons about healing. As a Native American ecologist of mixed heritage, for me these lessons have to do with braiding together Western Science and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) to find solutions to our most pressing conservation and social justice problems. TEK is based on ancient Indigenous wisdom, which is matriarchal. Today the Western scientific world is learning that this ancient wisdom is the best way to heal the damage we’ve done to the natural world. In this presentation I will share insights from my 25-year journey as an ecologist who has directed a citizen-science global research program. I will share stories about my teachers, the plants, animals, and forces of nature I study as an ecologist, and the lessons they’ve taught me, to illustrate the progress made and the work that remains as we work together to heal the Earth and ourselves.”
Dr. Cristina Eisenberg is graduate faculty at Oregon State University in the College of Forestry. An Indigenous woman scientist, she is the principal investigator on two major on-the-ground projects with First Nations (Alberta, Canada) and Native American (Montana, USA) communities to integrate Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) into plant and wildlife conservation in Western North America. The former Chief Scientist at Earthwatch Institute, she oversaw a global research program focusing on ecological restoration, social justice for Indigenous peoples, and sustainable production of natural resources. Cristina serves on the board of Society for Ecological Restoration, where she chairs the TEK Working Group. She has written two books, The Carnivore Way and The Wolf’s Tooth: Keystone Predators, Trophic Cascades and Biodiversity, and is at work on two more under contract, one about climate change and wildlife and another about bison conservation.
Save the dates for upcoming ASWM Salons this summer:
June 17 2022 3PM Eastern Standard Time
Title TBA
Lisa Levart and Vicki Noble
July 15 2022 12 NOON Eastern Standard Time
“Sacred Midwifery: Woman as the First Home”
Katsi Cook
The Salon recording will also be available to members after the event.
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