Literature Review: Exploring the Nexus between the Subjugation of Women and Nature
Introduction This paper will consider the subjugation of women and it’s alignment to that of nature as an ecofeminist argument. It will describe the rationalisation behind the oppression of women and its connection to the extractive approach to nature. The changing roles of women as the evolution of environmental and gender ethics unfolded will be discussed, along with the complexity involved in what the rational patriarchal, consumption-driven culture sells as success, opp
To the students in a recent module
Thank you for your participation in the module we navigated together. I have many times sat quietly, both at Schumacher College, England, in my 13th century home of ecology and spirit, and also in my sunny Lynedoch clay home listening to the constant flow of children. Wondering about the strange enormity of our work together which, in some ways, seems like dream time. See, you have helped me understand something deceptively simple. In the excitingly frightening world emergin
Eco Feminism Literature Review
1. Introduction The following essay will give a critical appraisal of the ecofeminist arguments that the subjugation of the nature is akin to and stem from, the subjugation of women. For many years, prior to colonisation, native women believed that oppression of women did not exist. Women used to serve as political, spiritual and military leaders (Warren, 1997: 21). Like women, violence of the eco system was unheard of because it only served the needs of the people. The main
Application: Colonialism at the root of modern education and its impact to children’s separation fro
1. Introduction The dualistic mental models, based on largely Judeo-Christian beliefs of human’s supremacy over nature and non-believers, in conjunction with the advent of modern Western scientific explorations, are argued to be the driving force behind humankind’s lost connection to nature and lack of global ethic for how to right the current ecological predicament. The application of this statement will be demonstrated through a review of the colonial and modern education s
Literature Review: Attributing colonisation as a root cause to the current ecological predicament (P
1. Introduction As humans, we find ourselves in a specific and unique ecological predicament. A predicament cited as being largely due to our own actions, excessively consumptive behaviours, and loss of connection with nature or an acknowledgement of dependencies on nature (Swilling & Annecke 2012, Schmidt et al. 2013, WWF 2016). This assignment will give a brief overview of the ecological predicament, the key driving factors resulting in this predicament as they related to t
Case Study: A convergence in diversity: Supportive Immersion in Systems Wonderland (Part B)
One of the major challenges currently facing socio-ecological movements is fostering bonds of solidarity which promote collective action (Forno & Graziano 2014). One of the major contributing factors for the current lack of effective collective and collaborative action is that these bonds of solidarity are being forged primarily through asserting a common unifying belief or value (Weston 2004; Holt-Giménez & Shattuck 2011). However, this convergence in similarity tends to enc
Radically Reimagining Environmental Ethics Using Alice and Wonderland (Part A)
As a self-identified environmentalist and humanist, the question that keeps me awake at night is the extent to which I should accept or reject the realities of a system that don’t embody my values? Perhaps the hardest part about approaching, let alone answering, this question is the feeling of fear that pervades all my choices: the fear, at an individual level, that my anger, sadness and frustration towards this oppressive system will jade my view of life so much that I will
