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Les femmes et l’eau : le flux des systèmes matriculturels. Introduction (français)
No full textLes relations entre les femmes et l'eau sont profondes et fluides, influençant la définition du féminin, les rôles qui leur sont assignés et la perception même de la vie. Ce numéro de Matrix cherche à explorer certains aspects de ces relations et la manière dont les femmes interprètent les systèmes symboliques pour se positionner comme actrices dans le grand jeu concret des relations avec l'environnement dans son ensemble. Dans ce numéro, nos auteures examinent la relation entre les femmes et l'eau chez les peuples d'Amérique du Nord, d'Europe du Nord, du Nigéria, des Alpes italiennes et du Cameroun. À travers la mythologie, l'expérience personnelle, l'art et les rituels, elles explorent les différentes expressions de cette relation, qui constitue une part importante de la vie des communautés d'hier et d'aujourd'hui.The relationships between women and water are deep and fluid, informing the definition of the feminine, the roles assigned to women, and the very perception of life. This issue of Matrix seeks to explore certain aspects of these relationships and the ways in which women interpret symbolic systems to position themselves as actors in the great concrete game of relationships with the environment as a whole. In this issue, our authors examine the relationship between women and water among peoples of North America, Northern Europe, Nigeria, the Italian Alps, and Cameroon. Through mythology, personal experience, art, and ritual, they explore the different expressions of this relationship, which constitutes an important part of the lives of communities past and present
Water, an Agent of Purification and Life Sustenance: The Relationships of Women with Water in the Southern Provinces of Nigeria
No full textIn traditional Nigerian societies, women and girls predominantly bear the responsibility of fetching water, reflecting their nurturing roles within families and communities. Water is essential for domestic tasks like cooking, laundry, and child bathing, positioning women as the primary gatherers. Many Nigerian cultures link water with healing, purification, fertility, and life, often involving women in rituals that promote well-being and restore balance. This paper explores multi-ethnic Nigerian beliefs about women and water, with a special focus on the Igbo people. Over six months, interviews with women from various ages and social statuses provided diverse perspectives on these cultural practices. Key findings reveal the significant roles women play in festivals such as the Osun Festival in Osogbo, the Igue Festival in Benin City, and the Yemoja Festival in Ibadan, where rituals are centered around rivers and women are pivotal participants. Additionally, in many Nigerian cultures, it is frowned upon for men to perform domestic chores or fetch water, as these tasks are traditionally assigned to women. The study underscores the central role of women in water-related activities and rituals, emphasizing the need for policies that address the unique challenges women face in accessing water and sanitation.Dans les sociétés nigérianes traditionnelles, les femmes et les filles assument principalement la responsabilité d'aller chercher de l'eau, ce qui reflète leur rôle nourricier au sein des familles et des communautés. De nombreuses cultures nigérianes associent l'eau à la guérison, à la purification, à la fertilité et à la vie, impliquant souvent les femmes dans des rituels favorisant le bien-être et rétablissant l'équilibre. Cet article explore les croyances sur les femmes et l’eau parmi les peuples Yoruba, Edo et Igbo, trois groupes ethniques du Nigéria. Des entretiens avec des femmes d'âges et de statuts sociaux variés ont fourni diverses perspectives sur ces pratiques culturelles. Les principales conclusions révèlent le rôle important que jouent les femmes dans des festivals tels que le festival Osun à Osogbo, le festival Igue à Benin City, les rites de passage Ikwe Ezi des communautés Mgbidi et le festival Yemoja à Ibadan, où les rituels sont centrés sur les rivières et où les femmes sont des participantes essentielles. L'étude souligne le rôle central des femmes dans les activités et les rituels liés à l'eau, soulignant la nécessité de politiques qui répondent aux défis uniques auxquels les femmes sont confrontées pour accéder à l'eau et à l'assainissement
Styling the Surveillance Self in Fashion Media: Strategies of Sexualization and Sentimentality
No full textThe burgeoning market for wearable technologies with surveillance capabilities is reorienting our relationship with our bodies, privacy, and digital data. This expanding sector has prompted an exploration into how the surveillance of the individual body has been normalized more broadly in the fashion sphere through its visual communications practice. To this end, a multimodal critical discourse analysis following an adapted framework examined a series of photographic editorials and identified two overarching trends that characterize the representation of surveillance in female-focused fashion consumption contexts. Firstly, by adopting a visual style that uses analog aesthetics and obsolescent technology, contemporary surveillance’s obtrusive and expansive reality is obscured and replaced with hauntological nostalgia. Secondly, by framing the act of self-surveillance via screen technologies as erotically charged and potentially empowering, the body’s surveillance is celebrated rather than scrutinized. With close reference to two specific case studies, I demonstrate how these visual treatments can be interpreted as downplaying concerns about privacy and assisting in accelerating the collapse between public and private spheres. I argue that the fashion media’s aesthetic softening of surveillance has culturally foreshadowed an expansion of surveillance capitalism manifesting in the current interest in, and demand for, fashionable wearables
Asad’s Engage and Evade: How Latino Immigrant Families Manage Surveillance in Everyday Life
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