Ecofeminism in Thea Astley’s Drylands

Ecofeminism and Biblical Interpretation

A Critique of Ecofeminism

Since Francoise d'Eaubonne first coined the term eco-feminisme in 1974, a growing number of feminists and environmentalists have been concerned with the links between the domination of women and the domination of nature in Western culture. Although the concept of ecofeminism has come to mean quite different things to different ecofeminists, Karen Warren suggests that it is at least based on the...

Overcoming or Suppressing Ecofeminism?

Since problems of ecofeminism are orientated not only towards contemporary times, but also towards future, this paper will examine the role of technique in an attempt of their resolving. Post-modern, lets call it fluid, understanding of the Being as plurality is given as an alternative to often criticized horizon of classical metaphysic (reduced on monistic or factual understanding of Being in ...

THEA – A Reference Guide

THEA is a technique designed to help anticipate human-computer interaction failures. It has been developed within the Dependable Computing Systems Centre (DCSC) at York for use by systems engineers. Human factors knowledge is not necessary for the application of the method. It is intended for use early in the development lifecycle as design concepts and requirements concerned with safety, usabi...

Drylands, people and land use CHARACTERISTICS OF DRYLANDS

There is no single agreed definition of the term drylands. Two of the most widely accepted definitions are those of FAO and the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD, 2000). FAO has defined drylands as those areas with a length of growing period (LGP) of 1–179 days (FAO, 2000a); this includes regions classified climatically as arid (Plate 1), semi-arid and dry subhumid. The...