Diane Schmolka wrote: What makes a woman who is active in
> conservation efforts, etc., a feminist?
Moonshadow wrote:
> ... I'm probably about to open a can of worms here, but I'm going
> >to speak my mind.
> >I had great hopes of encountering meaningful {...?} discussion when I signed on
> >to this list, but to date there has been little of that
[EMAIL PROTECTED] made a poetic reference to carolyn merchant in
response to the query heading this thread.
questions:
Moonshadow, do you think it is possible for humans to save forests
without entering into sacred relationship? or ritual recognition of
forest's agency and sentience... (or earth's? which some suspect?)
without this are we continuing the same dichotomy that has created terms
like object relations for mother infant relationship? or something like
captive breeding and the cultural dynamic of descent of power?
what kind of discussion propels us into meaningful action? which we can
continue with integrity? as a mother and an artist i have an interest
in what might be called cultural transmission. i have learned to
approach actual people for my news, to observe my context carefully.my
context is significantly different than yours but we may enrich each
other's. in my work i am exploring the concept of giveaway... instead
of the market economy. this is like the seed washing up on the island,
an insect blown off course, or bird... so i am waiting for your
response to the possibility of creating (sending) a ritual garment.
the net is stimulating and sterile in terms of biology.
>
diane: did you notice a while ago the allusion re entrapment of metaphor
was richly illustrated by its context of copyright infringement? you
have been so silent on the list i was not sure you were still there. i
was struck by this portrayal of our embeddedness. we are not always as
capable of agency in our ecological matrix as our cultural one. (i
suspect education has a biasing effect. the voices of feminism critique
are deconstructing some of this. let it cross over, or deepen and open)
( ): women in the first world are also affected by ecological
depradation. not all women can afford to buy fruit imported from the
third world. although not many women hunt, a generation ago families
with small means were able to fish and hunt to supplement diet. when my
children were young we picked many wild berries, we could afford access
to enough land to grow a garden. we told stories around a small fire in
a meadow under stars, watching the occaisional flicker of satellites
crossing overhead. swam in a wide creek. when i was a child our
neighbors kept chickens, pigs, rabbits... this is vanishing.
r twine: carolyn merchant... yes, a favorite quote?
i don't know if there is a cyber equivalent of listening... but if there
is it may be valuable to discussion.
eg. moonshadow... what is the most important thing to communicate on
list about saving the forests? if you were to consider this a message
in a bottle?
mb
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>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Dec 15 04:20:51 1996
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 1996 06:20:45 -0500
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Subject: Topics from WILDLIFE ECOLOGY Digest (WED) #32
WILDLIFE ECOLOGY Digest (WED) #32
Topics in this issue:
1. Raptor Repertoire: New List Server Discussion Group
2. Felines-L (E-mail Discussion Group)
3. Mink Skulls
4. Cloning Passenger Pigeon
5. Wildlife Underpasses
6. Wildlife Treaty Regimes
7. Cormorants
8. Carolinabirds Mailing List
9. Traditional Mountain Plover Wintering Site (Texas)
10. Job Announcement (Wildlife Management Biologist)
11. RFI: Zebra Finch Or Other Small Eggs
12. Field Assistants Needed (Breeding Birds)
13. Mammals of Crete
14. Need elk DNA samples
15. Forest and Species Declines Continue
16. Hunting and Refuges
17. Hybrid Bucephala-type Duck
18. Nesting Habitat Partitioning
19. Any experts on West African birds?
20. California Condors Released in Arizona
21. Position Available (Golden-cheeked Warbler color-banding)
22. Hunting Safety
23. Turtle Hatcheries
24. Sonic Banding
25. Re: Rabbit Snares And Raptors
26. Re: Hunter/Gatherers (1)
27. Re: Hunter/Gatherers (2)
28. De Wildt Cheetah Centre
29. Re: Ethics and feral animals
30. Animal rights/ethics in forestry
31. New Bird Book
32. States Rights (managing wildlife)
33. Post-doctoral Positions in Evolution, Ecology, Behavior
34. New Tough Law From EU On Wildlife Trade
35. SLAAS Annual Sessions '96
36. Ternate lizard (Lophura amboinensis)
37. Shingle-Back Skink (Trachydosaurus rugosa)
38. RFI: Species Photographs Needed
39. Documents Supporting Wildlife Corridors
40. Faculty Position (Fish Biology)
41. PhD studentship/assistantship in mammology wanted
42. Book Wanted: Insect Behavior (Mathews/Matthews)
43. Correction to "Hunting: The View...(Part 1)"
44. Re: Hunting: The View From Where I Sit (Part 1) (1)
45. Re: Hunting: The View From Where I Sit (Part 1) (2)
46. Hunting: The View from Where I Sit (Part 2)
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