Comments for Remembering Val Plumwood

Comment on About by pbrandis

pbrandis — Fri, 13 May 2011 00:38:50 +0000

Thanks Rosalia – we appreciate your comments, and your english is just fine.

Comment on About by Rosalía Balboa

Rosalía Balboa — Thu, 12 May 2011 14:40:45 +0000

I meant “spread”, not expand

Comment on About by Rosalía Balboa

Rosalía Balboa — Thu, 12 May 2011 14:39:40 +0000

The existance of this website makes me feel happy. I have discovered Val Plumwood´s thought recently, when studying ecofeminst issues. In my opinion, her thought is the richest among the ones who tried to understand the intersection of Feminism and Ecologism and the links between all kinds of domination in western tradition. I find her constructive critiques towards the Enviromental philosophies quite important. Yes, I do think she is not enough known and recognized among scholars and activist from different liberation movements around the world. All feminists, ecologist, enviromentalists and philosophers should get to know her great work. I will talk about her every time I can to expand her anti-dualistic and anti-domination message. Go on with the work.

Greetings from Spain (and excuse my poor use of English language),

Rosalía Balboa

Comment on Memorial Page by aadeniyi

aadeniyi — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:37:26 +0000

Val will always be remembered for his relentless effort to keep the earth in its original state. He is a true lover of nature, and we will always love him for that.

Comment on Memorial Page by Tim Stilwell

Tim Stilwell — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 09:41:31 +0000

After Minding Animals

One of those days when twigs don’t crack on
the fox-trod path to any part of a forest.
White gumtree bark curls round an unsparked fire
so tight, the dry perspective goes awol
in the sky grid, slow siphon of a greeting,
vacuums footprints, old movie in reverse.
Black and white to blue, the canopy thieves
from the spheres, trills the rain song to the leaf.
The wood is the walker on Plumwood Mountain,
indifferent from the active voice.
Val heard. Those crows knew her in that instant.
Here by the supercontinental strand,
ground ochre, the sea-green lichen company,
they fall to cawing in the murderous court.

Comment on Ecological Death by Gorman

Gorman — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 22:07:23 +0000

Your impressive and unique content amazed me. You have written perfect piece.

Comment on Memorial Page by Bron Taylor

Bron Taylor — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:53:55 +0000

Val figures prominently in part of my book DARK GREEN RELIGION: NATURE SPIRITUALITY AND THE PLANETARY FUTURE, which is introduced at my website. The crocodile taught her a lesson, and thus, many of us, too.

Comment on Being Prey by Meg

Meg — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:21:30 +0000

Thank you for this. I have been meaning to read Being Prey for ages.

Comment on Interviews and videos by micha multhaup

micha multhaup — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:34:59 +0000

I am was reading about dualism on wiki and stumbled across Val! Now I am hungry for more because it all made sense what I was reading, it was like experiencing a déja vu about what I think of this world and all its thinkers and the resulting madness called science. Thank you Val for the explanation I was craving all my life!
“1) Backgrounding—The master denies the essentialness of and dependency on the other. (2) Radical Exclusion/ Hyperseparation—All differences between the groups are made to have positive and negative connotations. Continuities between the master and the other are denied. (3) Incorporation—The master creates the norm, and the other is seen as substandard. The other cannot be independently identified, but is dependent on the master for its specification. (4) Instrumentalism—The other is objectified and made an instrument or resource to the master. The other must set aside its own welfare to serve the master. (5) Homogenization/Stereotyping—This is necessary within each of the two groups to reinforce and naturalize the differences between the groups.”

Comment on Memorial Page by Jane Salmon

Jane Salmon — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:30:38 +0000

Very grateful too for the new acquaintances that have developed through Val. The group Friends of Plumwood is specialm wise and strong.

Best wishes to Anne Edwards who has done so much to preserve, guard and project Val’s knowledge, her work, public understanding of Val and her place.