An online talk about ecology, environmental struggle, resistance, subsistence and gender, which included a presentation by artist Marwa Arsanios (Beirut, Lebanon) about “Convention of women farmers and ecological feminists” (2019), an assembly she organised in 2019 as part of the Warsaw Biennial (Poland), in which she brought together women farmers from Syria, Lebanon, Mexico, India, Poland, Denmark and Greece, to exchange knowledge around their various cooperatives and communes in general, and their agricultural tools and methodologies in particular; and a presentation by activist Lian Gogali (Poso, Sulawesi, Indonesia) the founder of Institut Mosintuwu, a grassroots community organization, established in 2008 in Poso District, Central Sulawesi (an area defined by conflict and interreligious violence) with the aim to build various women’s village reforms school, as a way to dismantle trauma and prejudice, and to create solidarity not only between the villagers but also with nature, in order to preserve their natural resources. The discussion that followed covered a wide variety of topics and issues, including what defines eco-feminism, the relation between macro and micro politics, peacebuilding, solidarity economies and the way arts and culture can be used as tools to facilitate practices.
The discussion was moderated by Brigitta Isabella, researcher and member of KUNCI Studies Forum & Collective, Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
This event took place on: Thursday, 30 July 2020, 16.00-18.00 (+7 GMT)
Language: English
