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Memorandum

To: Kelly Roberts

From: Kailie LeggettDate: February 18, 2015

Subject: Writig to De!ie a" Describe

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T$is memo is i res%ose to your re&uest !or a "e!iitio a" a "escri%tio o! a tec$ical

term !rom my !iel" o! stu"y' T$e term c$ose !or t$is %roject is: (co!emiism'

Audience:

T$is "e!iitio a" "escri%tio )ill a%%ear i a broc$ure !or t$e Woma*s +eter buts%eci!ically e"er Stu"ies stu"ets at t$e -i.ersity o! /"a$o' y "e!iig t$is au"iece

a !e) assum%tios ca be ma"e: t$e rea"er is most liely a u"ergra"uate college

stu"et i t$eir early t)eties )$o alrea"y %ossess a basic u"ersta"ig o! !emiism, is

!amiliar )it$ e.irometal issues but is ot ecessarily "e.ote" to a""ressige.irometal issues'

Problem/Purpose Addressed:

T$e %ur%ose o! t$is broc$ure is to relate t$e subjects o! atural resource maagemet a"e.irometal stu"ies to ge"er stu"ies' (.irometal %roblems mig$t ot seem

a%%licable to majors outsi"e o! t$e +ollege o! atural Resources' ut by itro"ucig a

iter"isci%liary a%%roac$ to t$e subject, t$roug$ a !emiist !rame)or, stu"ets

itereste" i ge"er stu"ies a" issues t$a t$ose stu"ets may "e.elo% a "ee%ercoectio )it$ t$e e.iromet' 3lso, u"ersta"ig t$e term (co!emiism re.eals to

stu"ets a)are o! ge"er e&uality issues t$at t$e !emiist a" e.irometal mo.emetsare actually more similar t$a "i!!eret' T$ere!ore, t$e i!ormatio %ro.i"e" i t$isbroc$ure "irectly a""resses $o) treatmet o! t$e e.iromet a" treatmet o! t$e

!emiie are $ig$ly correlate"'

Placement:

T$is i!ormatio )ill be cotaie" i a broc$ure !or t$e -i.ersity o! /"a$o*s Woma*s

+eter i co.ergece )it$ (art$ Wee'

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Technical Definition: Ecofeminism

T$e t$eory o! (co!emiism utili4es !emiist u"ersta"ig a" isig$t to better

u"ersta" e.irometal "egra"atio' (co!emiist t$eory re.eals $o) socially

costructe" masculie6 i"eas a" costructs margiali4e a" o%%resses t$e !emiie,6)$ic$ is "irectly correlate" )it$ ature, symboli4e" i terms suc$ as 7ot$er (art$'6 y

associatig ature )it$ t$e !emiie, male scieti!ic t$iers )ere able to see it as

somet$ig t$at, lie a )oma,6 ee"e" to be "omiate" Da.io, 2009' (co!emiistRosemary Ra"!or" Ruet$er e;%lais t$at

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Technical Description: Ecofeminism

Eer$a%s t$e most ob.ious e;am%le o! (co!emiist t$eoretical o.erla% )it$ moretra"itioal !emiist t$eories a" u"ersta"ig "e.elo%s i t$e cote;t o! re%ro"uctio,

)$ic$ remais a basis i !emiist %$iloso%$y Da.io,2009' Similarly, t$ere is a

ogoig "ebate o.er t$e et$ics o! geetically mo"i!ie" see"s t$at $a.e bee stri%%e" o!t$eir re%ro"ucti.e ability Da.io, 2009' 3lt$oug$ suici"e see"s6 a" ot$er 7

"ebates ca be stu"ie" !rom a .ariety o! sta"%oits, (co!emiism re.eals $o) t$e "esire

to cotrol t$e re%ro"ucti.e %o)er i see"s mirrors a %atriarc$al "esire to cotrol )ome*sre%ro"ucti.e rig$ts' T$is s$o)s a "e.aluig o! %rocesses relate" to atural re%ro"uctio

bot$ i %lats a" i )oma' y taig a)ay t$e atural

re%ro"ucti.e %o)er o! see"s a" gi.ig !a.or to tec$ocratic

solutio society ca o) mae "ecisios about )$e or $o) t$igs)ill be re%ro"uce" a" cotiue a arrati.e o! "omiatio' T$is is

%$iloso%$ically alige" )it$ a "esire to cotrol )$e a" $o)

)ome are allo)e" to re%ro"uce' T$e tec$ology im%ose" o.er

re%ro"uctio, eit$er i a lab or i a $os%ital, seems to suggest t$att$ese atural %rocesses ee" to be $el%e" alog by tec$ology a

e;tesio o! society, )$o claims o)ers$i% as re)ar"'

T$e tec$ology be$i" 7 see"s ot oly mirrors t$e

cotrol o! re%ro"ucti.e cycles i )oma a" ature but also)ors to u"ermie )ome*s roles i t$eir commuity

i.ol.ig see" sa.ig %ractice' (co!emiist Ga"aa S$i.a 1@@A )rites o! $o) i /"ia

)ome %ri"e t$emsel.es o t$eir tra"itioal o)le"ge o! see" sa.ig %ractice a" s$are

it amogst geeratios' Suici"e see"s6 "o ot allo) see" to be sa.e", t$ere!ore,"iscre"itig a" "iscoectig !emale !armers !rom t$eir commuity role' Wester

masculie society "iscre"its t$ese %rocesses' T$is lea"s to a bigger i"ea %resete" by

(co!emiist Kare Warre 1@@H, t$e logic o! "omiatio )$ic$ states t$at !emiie isi!erior, a" ee"s to be cotrolle" i or"er to )or' / see"s t$is is see as ee"ig to be

cotrolle" by )ester tec$ology ot by ature a" or )ome i or"er to be e!!iciet' /

)$ole, t$is "iscre"its a" "iscoects )oma !rom t$eir )or )it$i t$e e.iromet'

Work Citied

Da.io, G' 2009' Future o! (.irometal E$iloso%$y'Ethics & the Environment,2,

1I@150'aar", ' 1@@A' Ecofeminism : Women, animals, nature' E$ila"el%$ia: Tem%le

-i.ersity Eress'

S$i.a, G' 1@@A' Wome*s i"igeous o)le"ge a" bio"i.ersity coser.atio'6 /7' 7iles, G' S$i.a ("s', (co!emiism %%' 1HI19A' Jali!a;: Fer)oo"

Eublicatios'

Warre, K' 1@@H' (cological Femiist E$iloso%$ies' loomigto: /"ia -i.ersity

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