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miércoles, 23 de octubre de 2013

GUEST SPEAKERS


Dr. Heide Goettner-Abendroth

born in Thuringia, Germany, in 1941, is a mother and a grandmother. She earned her Ph.D. in philosophy of science at the University of Munich where she taught for ten years (1973-1983).

She has published extensively on philosophy of science, in addition to various books on matriarchal society and culture, and through her lifelong research on matriarchal societies has become a founder of Modern Matriarchal Studies.                                                  

In 1986, she founded the “International ACADEMY HAGIA for Matriarchal Studies and Matriarchal Spirituality” in Germany, and since then has been its director.                            She has also been visiting professor at the University of Montreal in Canada, and the University of Innsbruck in Austria. She lectured extensively at home and abroad.

In 2003, she organized and guided the “1st World Congress on Matriarchal Studies” in Luxembourg; in 2005, the “2nd World Congress on Matriarchal Studies” in San Marcos, Texas; and in 2011, a major conference on Matriarchal Politics in Switzerland.

In 2005, she was elected by the international initiative “1000 Peace Women Across the Globe” as a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize. In 2012, she received an award for her scholarship at the “Women and Mythology” conference in San Francisco.




Magdalena Frey

Magdalena Frey was born in Graz
In 1985, she created her first photographic works.
Soon, her main theme emerged, which still continues to shape her work: the life of women and their environment. (mujer mexicana, Maria M)
In 1989, she moved, together with her family, to the northern Weinviertel region of Austria, which has also influenced her photo collages. (Landmeter, m-98, Family Altar)
In 1996 she began to develop her collages using computer technology, a practice which hasn’t changed to this day.
Her work also includes a number of portraits of people she considers important, such as Andrea Sodomka, Susanne Wenger, and Friedl Kubelka.
In the Roma, Sister and Brother, Bosnian, Maria M and drivers diary USA 06 cycles, Frey analyses travels in foreign culture spheres, and again retains her distinct focus on the image of women.
Several of Frey’s works indirectly take on the character of a diary, something that is even further emphasized in a small number of these works. (Mothers Cake, Abortion, Intervention)
Since 2008, she has mainly worked on short films, with her focus usually remaining on both general and specific aspects of the appearance of women (All OK, EMILIE, 3 Women – 3 Worlds, Elisabeth Fuchs, Conductress,
Juchitan, Women’s Networks, The Women of Nashira, etc.)
She has held lectures on her work in Finland, Poland, Vienna and Salzburg, among other places.
In 1988, she was awarded the Honorary Prize of the State of Lower Austria for Artistic Photography, and in 1999, she received the Promotion Award of the State of Styria.

Selected National and International Exhibitions:Gallery of the City of Prague; Liget Gallery, Budapest;
Kunsthalle Krems, Austria; Hummel Gallery, Vienna;
Rupertinum, Salzburg, Ausria; Landesmuseum Niederösterreich, St. Pölten, Austria; Hofstätter Gallery, Vienna;Women’s Art Festival, Aleppo, Syria;
Kunst und Handel Gallery, Graz, Austria; Studio Morra, Neapel / Italy
Backlight05, Museum Centre Vaprikkii, Tampere / FIN
Ernst Muzeum Budapest; Museumszentrum Mistelbach, Austria;
the23project, Los Angeles, USA; Künstlerhaus, Vienna;
Budapest Gallery, Budapest, HU;



Bernedette Muthien 

Is a scholar, a poet, and an activist. She co-founded and directs an NGO, Engender, which works in the intersectional areas of genders, human rights, justice and peace. Her community activism is integrally related to her work with continental and international organisations, and her research necessarily reflects the values of equity, societal transformation and justice.

She has published widely, written for diverse audiences, and believes in accessible research and writing. Over 20 years, on all six continents, she produced 170 publications and conference presentations, some of which have been translated from English into other languages, including Dutch, Flemish, French, German, and Italian.

Among others, she co-convenes the Global Political Economy Commission of the International Peace Research Association and serves on its International Executive Council; is a member of Amanitare, the African network of gender activists and serves on various international advisory boards, including the international journal Human Security Studies. She also serves on the Council of Iziko Museums of South Africa, as well as the board of the South African NGO Coalition in the Western Cape.

Muthien was the first Fullbright-Amy Biehl fellow at Stanford University (1994-1995), and holds postgraduate degrees in Political Science from the University of Cape Town (Dean’s Merit List), and Stellenbosch University (Andrew W Mellon Fellow, 2006-2007) in South Africa.

Her current research centres on the Egalitarian KhoeSan – Beyond Violence, in other words, how social and gender egalitarianism are coterminous with nonviolence, as well as showing that nonviolent and egalitarian societies have existed throughout time and continue to exist at present. She is also presently leading a pan-African research project on Ubuntu and the Gift Paradigm in Africa.


During 2012 she published her first solo poetry anthology, “ova”, with critical acclaim around the world.

sábado, 17 de agosto de 2013

GUEST SPEAKERS


1. Heide Göettner-Abendroth

2. Cecilia Keller

3. Erela Shadmi

4. Bernedette Muthien

5. Magdalena Frey

6. Sonia Blanco

7. Alba Stella Barreto

8. Colectivo María de Magdala - Vicky Falcon, Sandra Sarria, Daniela Vega

9.  Ana María Morales traduction 






viernes, 16 de agosto de 2013

NASHIRA ECO-VILLAGE VIDEO




We invite you to watch the video of Nashira, the place which will welcome you to the Matriarchal Circles in November de 2013.


jueves, 15 de agosto de 2013

Dr. Heide Goettner-Abendroth

born in Thuringia, Germany, in 1941, is a mother and a grandmother. She earned her Ph.D. in philosophy of science at the University of Munich where she taught for ten years (1973-1983).

She has published extensively on philosophy of science, in addition to various books on matriarchal society and culture, and through her lifelong research on matriarchal societies has become a founder of Modern Matriarchal Studies.                                                  

In 1986, she founded the “International ACADEMY HAGIA for Matriarchal Studies and Matriarchal Spirituality” in Germany, and since then has been its director.                            She has also been visiting professor at the University of Montreal in Canada, and the University of Innsbruck in Austria. She lectured extensively at home and abroad.

In 2003, she organized and guided the “1st World Congress on Matriarchal Studies” in Luxembourg; in 2005, the “2nd World Congress on Matriarchal Studies” in San Marcos, Texas; and in 2011, a major conference on Matriarchal Politics in Switzerland.

In 2005, she was elected by the international initiative “1000 Peace Women Across the Globe” as a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize. In 2012, she received an award for her scholarship at the “Women and Mythology” conference in San Francisco.




MATRIARCHAL MANIFIESTA

We, the women of the world, who are mothers and have mothers, proclaim the following:
 The values we formulate here are maternal values which are the basis of matriarchal societies around the world: caring, nurturing, need-orientation, gift giving, peace keeping, gender-equality, respect for all living beings, holiness of our Mother Earth.
 1. Life is precious. Women are precious and must be honored and respected. Every girl has a right to be educated. Children, animals and plant life are precious. Killing, enslaving, raping, or torturing human beings, and torturing of animals by any individual, community, state, army, society, or country is no longer tolerated. All killing must stop.

2. We vow to overturn all systemic patterns of violence, force, and oppression, replacing  them with respect, freedom, safety and love.

3. Mother Earth is precious. Pouring toxic chemicals or radioactive essences in our environment is no longer tolerated. Violators will be required to clean up their mess.

4. The ocean is the womb of all life. Our water is being killed through acidification by CO2, chemical dumps, floating garbage and is now infected with high doses of radioactivity. We demand that our oceans, and the lifeforms which live there, be protected from further pollution and devastation.

5.   Beginning immediately, we call upon all nations to remediate their nuclear waste issues and revamp their energy requirements using non-toxic renewable resources. It is urgent that the forests, rivers, and mountains be protected, and the rights of indigenous peoples to their historic lands be respected.

6. Mother Earth shares her resources with us freely. Those of us who have an abundance will begin sharing with those who have less.

7. We  value the worth of all physical labor and call on all peoples to give fair pay to all labor and equal pay for equal work.

8. We confirm that it is an offense against humanity and a threat to Mother Earth to interfere with the normal function of the planetary system, be it for civil or military use, i. e.  nuclear pollution, geo engineering, and genetic engineering. We especially object to geo engineering to manipulate the natural circulations in the atmosphere (ionosphere) or in the earth’s interior (rotation), which is a risk to the entire biosphere.
We demand public discussion of such topics kept under secrecy.

9. We will award the Matriarchal Medal of Appreciation  to the individual or group who, on an annual basis, brings the most positive social change to our planet, as chosen by our panel of matriarchs.

10. Culture created by women is precious. We respect the diversity of cultures, especially those of existing matriarchal peoples across the globe. We object to the destruction of their age-old egalitarian societal and cultural patterns, which can give us excellent examples of balanced and intentionally peace building societies. We  respect the spiritual heritage which has come to us from past matriarchal cultures and what they teach us about the interconnectedness of all life on earth and in the universe.


Russell Means talks about matriarchy

Women as Source

Means began his discussion of the importance of matriarchies as a source of guidance in a troubled world by articulating the basis of all matriarchal
societies: awe for the woman as life giver. He observed that the calibration
of the human gestation period of 280 days with great astronomical cycles
indicates "the woman is in rhythm with the entire universe." "Men get in
rhythm by honoring the female," he said.

Conflict Resolution through Mothering Values: Deep Listening and Respect

Speaking about the Lakota, in particular, he noted that the matriarchal
social structure affords "instant conflict resolution." "The clan system
solves problems in days, if not hours, and everyone comes away feeling good about themselves," he observed. This is because every problem and decision is taken into counsel and worked until unanimous consent is reached. "Even if it takes you sometimes a year to reach a decision, you have no one disgruntled and talking behind your back -- because everyone has come to agreement."
"We never made the mistake of adopting democracy," Means asserted. "Majority rules means a minority suffers, and that minority must endure it until they become a majority. If that is civilization, I'm uncivilized."
Implying that all indigenous cultures were originally matriarchal, he
maintained, "No weapons of war from a pre-Colombian grave have been found."

Working in Harmony with Nature as Mother

As a matriarchy, the Lakota follow the principle of "natural law," he said,
"which means that when you need a tipi pole, you ask the tree, the earth,
and all the creatures and plant life around it for permission. If you want
deer meat, corn, grass for a skirt, you must ask permission and ask for
forgiveness." Natural law, he said, also means that you don't completely
destroy a beehive and the queen when you want honey, and you don't decimate a bush by eating all of its berries. "Living with life is a lot more
scientific than living without it," he commented. "It requires powers of
observations, patience, and the applications of the teachings of the
ancestors."

A matriarchal social structure also promotes social harmony, Means said, in that a husband and wife do not have to answer to their respective
mothers-in-law. The life of the wife continues to center around her mother's
longhouse, and the husband does not presume to get involved in those
affairs. "No mother-in-law problems!" he exclaimed humorously.

Sufferings under Patriarchy

The dislocations and traumas imposed upon the Lakota and other peoples by patriarchal Europeans have severely impaired such societies from being able to function normally, Means, a long-time activist for Native American rights, reported sadly. On the Lakota reservation, where he lives, the average life expectancy is 48 years, unemployment is 87 percent, the school dropout rate is 70 percent (starting in grade school), and the suicide rate is the highest in the world. "But that's where my people are and where
natural law still functions, and I love my people," he said. "They're worth
saving."

How we may support the restoration of matriarchies that have been thusly
assaulted -- and how we may apply lessons from matriarchal societies to
current global problems -- has been the ongoing work of modern matriarchal studies, under the leadership of Heide Goettner-Abendroth, and the gift economy movement, under the leadership of Genevieve Vaughan, for several decades. Conferences, a book of essays, university courses, and specialized list serve in which members of matriarchal societies, scholars, activists, artists, and others have contributed attest to the energy around these topics and the hope they offer for the future. See more below.

More on Matriarchies, Past, Present, and Future

Visit Russell Means' Websites:  http://www.russellmeans.com/ and

To join the campaign to promote matriarchal values worldwide, consider
signing the newly penned Matriarchal Manifesta

Visit the Second world congress on matriarchal studies site (with audios and videos of many of the presentations):

See also the first world congress on matriarchal studies (with links to the
Hagia Akademia website, which coordinates much activity on matriarchal
studies):

Read the book Societies of Peace, with essays on matriarchies worldwide:


Introduction to the Gift Economy (with articles by Gen Vaughan and others,
as well as conference links): http://www.gift-economy.com/theory.html