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The Vandana Shiva Reader
No full text“Her great virtue as an advocate is that she is not a reductionist. Her awareness of the complex connections among economy and nature and culture preserves her from oversimplification. So does her understanding of the importance of diversity.”—Wendell Berry, from the foreword
Motivated by agricultural devastation in her home country of India, Vandana Shiva became one of the world’s most influential and highly acclaimed environmental and antiglobalization activists. Her groundbreaking research has exposed the destructive effects of monocultures and commercial agriculture and revealed the links between ecology, gender, and poverty.
In The Vandana Shiva Reader, Shiva assembles her most influential writings, combining trenchant critiques of the corporate monopolization of agriculture with a powerful defense of biodiversity and food democracy. Containing up-to-date data and a foreword by Wendell Berry, this essential collection demonstrates the full range of Shiva’s research and activism, from her condemnation of commercial seed technology, genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and the international agriculture industry’s dependence on fossil fuels, to her tireless documentation of the extensive human costs of ecological deterioration.
This important volume illuminates Shiva’s profound understanding of both the perils and potential of our interconnected world and calls on citizens of all nations to renew their commitment to love and care for soil, seeds, and people.
Vandana Shiva is the director of Navdanya in India. A physicist, philosopher, and feminist, she is the author of more than twenty books and the recipient of more than twenty international awards.
The Vandana Shiva Reader provides an important East-West agrarian bridge connecting two of the world’s great democracies and their struggles with industrial agriculture as it drives out sustainable alternatives, destroying both ecosystems and human communities along the way. To read Dr. Shiva’s work is to feel the power of a fertile theoretical mind engaged in fierce and inspirational acts of resistance. Hers is a unique voice. -- Bill Vitek, coeditor of The Virtues of Ignorance: Complexity, Sustainability, and the Limits of Knowledge
Vandana Shiva stands alone as an powerful critic of industrial agriculture. The clarity of her voice and the commitment of her life work are evident in this reader. There are few who match her tireless dedication to seeds and their life generating capacities. As this book shows, she is blazing a path toward healthy soil and food for future generations. -- Mary Evelyn Tucker, Forum on Religion and Ecology at Yale University
Her great virtue as an advocate is that she is not a reductionist. Her awareness of the complex connections among the economy and nature and culture preserves her from oversimplification. So does her understanding of the importance of diversity. -- Wendell Berry, from the foreword
Vandana Shiva has had an enormous impact on how we view the world around us; it is a hugely valuable service to have her key writings in one place for easy reference. Because we should refer to them often! -- Bill McKibben, author of Deep Economy
The Vandana Shiva Reader is a thought-provoking challenge to the notion that modern methods and technologies of farming are helping feed people around the world. -- Tennessee Library Associationhttps://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_environmental_sciences/1004/thumbnail.jp
Evidence of convective transport in tropical West Pacific region during SHIVA experiment
No full textAir masses in the convective outflows of four large convective systems near Borneo Island in Malaysia were sampled in the height range 11–13 km within the frame of the SHIVA (Stratospheric Ozone: Halogen Impacts in a Varying Atmosphere) FP7 European project in November and December 2011. Correlated enhancements of CO, CH4 and the short-lived halogen species (CH3I and CHBr3) were detected when the aircraft crossed the anvils of the four systems. These enhancements were interpreted as the fingerprint of vertical transport from the boundary layer by the convective updraft and then horizontal advection in the outflow. For the four observations, the fraction f of air from the boundary layer ranged between 15 and 67%, showing the variability in transport efficiency depending on the dynamics of the convective system
VUCA, BANI, SHIVA – acronyms explaining the world
No full textАвтором показана трансформация социального устройства, вызванная ростом технологий, изменением экономических, политических, культурологических, климатических и эпидемиологических факторов. Проанализированы основные концепты, объясняющие специфику современного социума, начиная со второй половины XX в., такие как VUCA-, BANI- и SHIVA-мир. В заключении ставится вопрос о наличии практик адаптации к новым условиям бытия человечества.The author shows the transformation of the social structure caused by the growth of technology, changes in economic, political, cultural, climatic and epidemiological factors. The main concepts explaining the specifics of modern society since the second half of the 20th century, such as VUCA-, BANI- and SHIVA-world, are analyzed. In conclusion, the question about the availability of practices of adaptation to the new conditions of human existenceis raised
La mirada del ecofeminismo (tres textos)
No full textTo extend the look on the articulating axes between feminism and proposals for planetary sustainability, three texts of Vandana Shiva, one of the central figures in the world in the field of ecofeminism are posted here. In them the author presents new ways of seeing and understanding concepts such as poverty and democracy, impeaches development as a culturally biased project, which destroys the healthy and sustainable lifestyles and creates material poverty, and denounces violence of corporate globalization.feminism, gender discourse, Latin America, subjective dimension of beingPara ampliar la mirada sobre los ejes articuladores entre el feminismo y las propuestas de sustentabilidad planetaria, se presentan tres textos de Vandana Shiva, una de las figuras centrales en el mundo, en el ámbito del ecofeminismo. La autora expone nuevas formas de mirar y comprender conceptos como pobreza y democracia; denuncia el desarrollo como proyecto culturalmente tendencioso que destruye los estilos de vida sanos y sostenibles y crea pobreza material; y denuncia la violencia de la globalización corporativa
La mirada del ecofeminismo (tres textos)
No full textPara ampliar la mirada sobre los ejes articuladores entre el feminismo y las propuestas de sustentabilidad planetaria, se presentan tres textos de Vandana Shiva, una de las figuras centrales en el mundo, en el ámbito del ecofeminismo. La autora expone nuevas formas de mirar y comprender conceptos como pobreza y democracia; denuncia el desarrollo como proyecto culturalmente tendencioso que destruye los estilos de vida sanos y sostenibles y crea pobreza material; y denuncia la violencia de la globalización corporativa.Afin d’enrichir notre vision sur les axes qui articulent le féminisme et les propositions de durabilité planétaire, trois écrits de Vandana Shiva sont ici présentés, l’une des figures centrales de l’écoféminisme dans le monde. L’auteure expose de nouvelles formes de regard et de compréhension des concepts tels que la pauvreté et la démocratie ; elle dénonce le développement comme un projet culturellement tendancieux qui détruit les modes de vie sains et durables et génère une pauvreté matérielle ; et dénonce la violence de la mondialisation corporative.To extend the look on the articulating axes between feminism and proposals for planetary sustainability, three texts of Vandana Shiva, one of the central figures in the world in the field of ecofeminism are posted here. In them the author presents new ways of seeing and understanding concepts such as poverty and democracy, impeaches development as a culturally biased project, which destroys the healthy and sustainable lifestyles and creates material poverty, and denounces violence of corporate globalization.feminism, gender discourse, Latin America, subjective dimension of bein
KONSEP EKOFEMINISME VANDANA SHIVA DALAM PERSPEKTIF FILSAFAT LINGKUNGAN HIDUP
No full textABSTRAK
Skripsi ini mengkaji tentang Konsep Ekofeminisme Vandana Shiva Dalam
Perspektif Filsafat Lingkungan Hidup. Penelitian ini dilatarbelakangi oleh Aliran
Feminisme yang menuntut persamaan hak secara penuh antara laki-laki dan perempuan
yang merupakan penggabungan dari berbagai doktrin hak dan persamaan. Aliran
feminisme adalah gerakan yang berangkat dari anggapan bahwa perempuan pada
dasarnya ditindas oleh sistem penindasan, oleh karena itu diperlukan upaya untuk
menghentikan ketidakadilan penindasan. Salah satu tokoh ekofeminisme yang paling
terkenal adalah Vandana Shiva. Shiva adalah tokoh ekofeminisme Hindu dari India selain
itu Shiva mengubah dominasi laki-laki dan menganjurkan solusi alternatif, yaitu
kombinasi teori tentang ekologi dan feminisme yang dikenal sebagai ekofeminisme.
Menurut Shiva, kemerosotan alam termasuk kemerosotan prinsip feminitas. Kerusakan ini
disebabkan oleh adanya sistem patriarki-kapitalis, yaitu budaya yang harus dikuasai oleh
laki-laki, dan laki-laki harus didahulukan dari pada perempuan. Sebagai penggerak bagi
kaum perempuan untuk menjaga alam semesta, Vandana Shiva juga mengkritisi
perkembangan feminisme lain, karena hanya menitikberatkan pada kesetaraan antara laki�laki dan perempuan, yang menurut Shiva meniadakan nilai-nilai feminis ke dalam
persaingan antara laki-laki dan perempuan.
Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kepustakaan (library research). Penulis
mengadakan penelusuran terhadap buku-buku, jurnal, tesis, dan dokumen lainnya.
Pengumpulan data dalam penelitian ini menggunakan metode filosofis komparatif, dan
untuk menganalisis data dalam penelitian ini digunakan metode deskripsi, deduksi,
interpretasi dan penarikan kesimpulan.
Temuan penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa: 1) Perspektif ekofeminisme
Vandana Shiva terkait isu lingkungan dipengaruhi oleh perempuan secara langsung,
kemudian beberapa feminis mengklaim bahwa perempuan menempati posisi utama dalam
membantu menciptakan paradigma ekologi baru. Pemikiran ekofeminis Vandana Shiva
adalah bahwa pendidikan lingkungan terutama ditujukan untuk menyadarkan masyarakat
akan realitas yang ada. Vandana Shiva mendapat pengaruh yang cukup kuat dari tradisi
dan pandangan kosmologi India, hal ini tercermin dari pandangan kosmologi India yang
sering Ia gunakan sebagai sudut pandang dalam memahami dan menjelaskan hakikat
alam. 2) Ekofeminisme Vandana Shiva dalam Perspektif Filsafat Lingkungan, yaitu
bagaimana gerakan moral berjuang untuk mewujudkan keadilan gender dan kelestarian
lingkungan. Dalam menguraikan pandangannya tentang gender, Shiva berangkat dari
pandangannya tentang kategori maskulin dan feminin. Menurut Shiva, kategori maskulin
dan feminin adalah konstruksi sosial dan budaya. Komponen budaya hukum akan
terbangun ketika telah dilakukan reformasi moral terhadap isi dan struktur hukum.
Budaya hukum akan sulit dibangun selama isi dan struktur hukum tidak benar-benar
didedikasikan untuk membebaskan diskriminasi terhadap perempuan dan eksploitasi
alam. Budaya hukum akan sulit ditumbuhkan selama hukum itu sendiri tidak memuaskan,
selama aparat yang seharusnya bertugas tidak menjalankan tugasnya, selama karena
pengadilan bukanlah tempat untuk mencari keadilan. Gerakan moral menjadi kurang
efektif, mudah dilupakan dan mudah dipatahkan jika tidak diikuti oleh kemauan politik
yang kuat dari negara dalam bentuk pembuatan kebijakan dan norma hukum positif dapat
menjadi acuan bagi pembangunan hukum kehutanan yang lebih berkeadilan gender dan
berwawasan lingkungan jika mengakomodasi sistem nilai feminin yang diusung oleh
Vandana Shiva. Asas-asas dan nilai-nilai etika yang dikembangkan oleh Vandana Shiva
dapat dijadikan dasar bagi perkembangan asas-asas hukum di Indonesia. Sehingga
melahirkan nilai-nilai etika ekofeminis, norma moral dan hukum, serta nilai-nilai luhur.
Kata kunci: Ekofeminisme, Vandana Shiva, Filsafat Lingkungan Hidup.
ABSTRACT
This thesis examines Vandana Shiva's Ecofeminism Concept in
Environmental Philosophy Perspective. This research is motivated by the flow of
Feminism which demands full equality of rights between men and women which is
an amalgamation of various rights and equality doctrines. The flow of feminism is a
movement that starts from the assumption that women are basically oppressed by the
system of oppression, therefore efforts are needed to stop the injustice of oppression.
One of the most famous ecofeminist figures is Vandana Shiva. Shiva is a Hindu
ecofeminism figure from India besides Shiva changing male dominance and
advocating an alternative solution, namely a combination of theories about ecology
and feminism known as ecofeminism. According to Shiva, the decline of nature
includes the decline of the principle of femininity. This damage is caused by the
existence of a patriarchal-capitalist system, namely a culture that must be controlled
by men, and men must take precedence over women. As a motivator for women to
protect the universe, Vandana Shiva also criticizes the development of other
feminism, because it only focuses on equality between men and women, which
according to Shiva eliminates feminist values into the competition between men and
women.
This research is a library research (library research). The author conducts
searches on books, journals, theses, and other documents. The data collection in this
study used a comparative philosophical method, and to analyze the data in this study
used the methods of description, deduction, interpretation and conclusion drawing.
The findings of this study indicate that: 1) Vandana Shiva's ecofeminism
perspective related to environmental issues is influenced by women directly, then
some feminists claim that women occupy the main position in helping to create a
new ecological paradigm. Vandana Shiva's ecofeminist thought is that environmental
education is primarily aimed at making people aware of the existing reality. Vandana
Shiva received a fairly strong influence from Indian cosmological traditions and
views, this is reflected in the Indian cosmological view which he often uses as a point
of view in understanding and explaining the nature of nature. 2) Vandana Shiva's
Ecofeminism in Environmental Philosophy Perspective, namely how the moral
movement struggles to realize gender justice and environmental sustainability. In
outlining his views on gender, Shiva departs from his views on masculine and
feminine categories. According to Shiva, masculine and feminine categories are
social and cultural constructs. The legal culture component will be built when moral
reform has been carried out on the content and structure of the law. Legal culture will
be difficult to build as long as the content and structure of the law is not truly
dedicated to freeing discrimination against women and exploitation of nature. Legal
culture will be difficult to cultivate as long as the law itself is not satisfactory, as long
as the officers who should be on duty do not carry out their duties, as long as the
courts are not a place to seek justice. Moral movements become less effective, easy
to forget and easy to break if they are not followed by strong political will from the
state in the form of policy-making and positive legal norms can be a reference for the
development of forestry laws that are more gender-just and environmentally sound if
they accommodate the feminine value system that is promoted. by Vandana Shiva.
The ethical principles and values developed by Vandana Shiva can be used as the
basis for the development of legal principles in Indonesia. Thus giving birth to
ecofeminist ethical values, moral and legal norms, and noble values.
Keywords: Ecofeminism, Vandana Shiva, Environmental Philosophy
Exosophy of Vandana Shiva
No full textOvaj diplomski rad razmatra ekološku filozofiju (ekozofiju) indijske autorice Vandane Shiva. Autorica ukazuje na promjenu poimanja planeta Zemlja od Majke Prirode do resursa svedenog na proste faktore. Upravo su resursi temeljni poticaj za kolonizaciju i neokolonizaciju koja, kako autorica tvrdi, nikad ni nije završila, a bez radikalne promjene ni ne može završiti. Pojmom biopiratstvo označava krađu prirodnih dobara zemalja Trećeg svijeta, a na primjeru patenata i genetički modificiranih organizama pokazuje na koje se sve načine eksploatira Treći svijet. Patenti oduzimaju mogućnost ljudske kreativnosti, a genetički modificirani organizmi čine posljednju točku čovjekova uplitanja u prirodu. Čovjekovo djelovanje na Zemlji dovodi do smanjenja bioraznolikosti, do lokalnih i globalnih ekoloških kriza. Kulminacija čovjekova izrabljivanja prirode očituje se u klimatskim promjenama kojima ih sustav proizvodnje, koji ih je i stvorio, izrabljuje u svoju korist i tako produbljuje problem klimatskih promjena, a ujedno ih maskira kao odgovornost pojedinca. Kao temeljni problem autorica navodi sustav proizvodnje – kapitalizam koji pokušava do krajnje mjere iskoristiti i posljednji resurs Zemlje. Međutim, ne samo da takav sustav iskorištava prirodu; on to čini i s ljudima – eksploatira ih, bogatiji postaju sve bogatiji, a siromašni sve siromašniji. Do rješenja problema patenata, biopiratstva, neokolonijalizma, klimatskih promjena, eksploatacije i dr. neće doći sve dok ne dođe do promjene sustava.This thesis discusses the ecological philosophy (ecosophy) of Indian author Vandana Shiva. The author points out the change in the understanding of the planet Earth from Mother Nature to a resource reduced to simple factors. It is the resources that are the fundamental impetus for colonization and neo-colonization, which, as the author claims, has never ended, nor can it end without radical change. The term biopiracy means the theft of natural assets of Third World countries, and with the help of patents and genetically modified organisms it shows in which ways the Third World is exploited. Patents take away the possibility of human creativity, and genetically modified organisms are the last point of human interference in nature. Human activity on Earth leads to the reduction of biodiversity, to local and global ecological crises. The culmination of man's exploitation of nature is manifested in climate change, which the production system, which created them, exploits them to its advantage and thus deepens the problem of climate change, while masking them as the responsibility of the individual. As a fundamental problem, the author cites the system of production - capitalism, which tries to make the most of the last resource of the Earth. However, not only does such a system exploit nature, it does so with humans – it exploits them, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. The solution to the problems of patents, biopiracy, neocolonialism, climate change, exploitation, etc. will not be reached until there is a change in the system
Planetary Consciousness, Local Economies
No full textDr. Vandana Shiva, internationally known author and global sustainable agriculture/ food security expert, will speak as part of Georgia Southern’s Sustainability Seminar Series. You won’t want to miss this incredible sustainability leader of our time!
This event is hosted by the Center for Sustainability in partnership with First Year Experience, the Multicultural Student Center, Women’s and Gender Studies Program, and International Programs and Services. The event is free and open to the public.https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/sustainability-seminar-series/1005/thumbnail.jp
Iconography analysis of flower and animal ornaments on the prabhamandala of Shiva statue of the National Museum Indonesia: Analisis ikonografi ornamen bunga dan binatang pada prabhamandala arca Siwa koleksi Museum Nasional Indonesia
No full textShiva is one-third of the highest Gods in Hindu religion, who together with Brahma and Vishnu form Trimurti. The worship of Shiva is embodied in the form of lingga or a statue, decorated with distinctive ornaments and attributes commonly depicted to identify Shiva. A statue with inventory number 29a/3184 in the National Museum Indonesia depicts Siwa with flower and animal ornament which have never been found in other Shiva statues. This article aims to investigate the religious concept flourished during the making of this statue by conducting an iconographic analysis on the said ornaments. Through a descriptive-explanatory approach, the author suggests that the Indian lotus (padma) and goose (hamsa) ornaments are the representation of Shaiva Siddhanta rite practiced during XIII-XIV century CE in the eastern Java
Problemática ambiental: desposeimiento ecológico y desvalorización de la vida en el pensamiento de Vandana Shiva
No full textThe following essay aims at a comprehensive approach to current environmental problems, considering the proposal as a primary source of the Indian writer and environmentalist Vandana Shiva. So, she writes from her experience and focused on the events in their country of origin, its proposal reaches the philosophical and epistemologists that could be at the root of the ecological crisis, those that transcend territorial boundaries and intellectuals for explanation and possible answers to the problem. The text addresses the current state of things following the analysis and reflection of the author, which reveals the connection of the various factors that promote this crisis, and the mechanisms put in place, principally through dissemination and entrenchment of the idea of an ecological dispossession, also that of a devaluation of life, to be linked to the possibility of a paradigm shift.El siguiente ensayo tiene como finalidad una aproximación integral a la problemática ambiental actual, considerando como fuente primaria la propuesta de la escritora y ecologista hindú Vandana Shiva
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