Comments for Remembering Val Plumwood http://valplumwood.com A memorial site to honour the life and work of Val Plumwood Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:53:55 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Memorial Page by Bron Taylor http://valplumwood.com/memorial-page/#comment-993 Bron Taylor Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:53:55 +0000 http://valplumwood.com/?page_id=51#comment-993 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. 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 http://valplumwood.com/2008/03/08/being-prey/#comment-712 Meg Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:21:30 +0000 http://valplumwood.wordpress.com/?p=8#comment-712 Thank you for this. I have been meaning to read Being Prey for ages. Thank you for this. I have been meaning to read Being Prey for ages.

]]> Comment on Interviews and videos by micha multhaup http://valplumwood.com/inteviews-and-videos/#comment-253 micha multhaup Thu, 05 Mar 2009 07:34:59 +0000 http://valplumwood.com/?page_id=52#comment-253 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." 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 http://valplumwood.com/memorial-page/#comment-240 Jane Salmon Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:30:38 +0000 http://valplumwood.com/?page_id=51#comment-240 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. 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.

]]> Comment on Memorial Page by Jane Salmon http://valplumwood.com/memorial-page/#comment-239 Jane Salmon Sat, 28 Feb 2009 12:27:09 +0000 http://valplumwood.com/?page_id=51#comment-239 It's been a year today (29 Feb 2008). The sting is still there. So is the gratitude and so are the lessons, which keep rolling out. Few did as much as Val to defend the bush and the hole she has left as a philosopher, friend and activist is very large. Looking forward to Val's published work and a growing appreciation of her academic legacy. It’s been a year today (29 Feb 2008). The sting is still there. So is the gratitude and so are the lessons, which keep rolling out. Few did as much as Val to defend the bush and the hole she has left as a philosopher, friend and activist is very large. Looking forward to Val’s published work and a growing appreciation of her academic legacy.

]]> Comment on About by Asad Keshavarzi http://valplumwood.com/about-this-site/#comment-94 Asad Keshavarzi Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:02:59 +0000 http://valplumwood.com/about-this-site/#comment-94 Dear Peter Brandis, I was reading Raimond Gaiata's "The Philosopher's Dog" and then tried to find some book reviews, and I finally came to Val Plumwood critique that gave rise to new questions in my mind. I searched Plumwood's name on the Internet to send her a mail but sorrily I noticed she has passed away. Anyway, I offer my condolensce and hereby express my respect for Val. Give my hello to your friends who are Val's. Best Regards, Keshavarzi from Iran Dear Peter Brandis,
I was reading Raimond Gaiata’s “The Philosopher’s Dog” and then tried to find some book reviews, and I finally came to Val Plumwood critique that gave rise to new questions in my mind. I searched Plumwood’s name on the Internet to send her a mail but sorrily I noticed she has passed away. Anyway, I offer my condolensce and hereby express my respect for Val. Give my hello to your friends who are Val’s.
Best Regards,
Keshavarzi
from Iran

]]> Comment on About by Afeissa http://valplumwood.com/about-this-site/#comment-65 Afeissa Sun, 03 Aug 2008 14:49:15 +0000 http://valplumwood.com/about-this-site/#comment-65 Hi Peter, I am a french philosopher working on environmental ethics since several years. I have heard about Val Plumwood since the beginning of my work in this field, and I have been in contact with her from june 2007 to december 2007 because I planned to organize a seminar with her in France (but did'nt finally succeed to do it). What we need, I think, is a complete bibliography of Plumwood's work. Could you please make it available as soon as possible? Thanks. Hicham Stéphane Afeissa. Hi Peter,

I am a french philosopher working on environmental ethics since several years. I have heard about Val Plumwood since the beginning of my work in this field, and I have been in contact with her from june 2007 to december 2007 because I planned to organize a seminar with her in France (but did’nt finally succeed to do it).
What we need, I think, is a complete bibliography of Plumwood’s work. Could you please make it available as soon as possible?
Thanks.
Hicham Stéphane Afeissa.

]]> Comment on Memorial Page by jim isenberg http://valplumwood.com/memorial-page/#comment-58 jim isenberg Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:11:18 +0000 http://valplumwood.com/?page_id=51#comment-58 I just learned about Val's death today. I have many very warm memories of spending weekends with her and Jill Bowling (my former wife), both in Australia and in America. . I will always remember going to dinner at a restaurant near Val's home in Braidwood, bringing along her pet wombat. The restaurant folks were happy to help prepare a bowl of (formula) wombat milk for the little wombat to eat while we ate dinner. Jill was a very good friend of Val's. Very sadly she died 20 months ago, in a tragic accident in Nepal. It is shocking for them both to be gone. Jim Isenberg Eugene, Oregon, USA I just learned about Val’s death today. I have many very warm memories of spending weekends with her and Jill Bowling (my former wife), both in Australia and in America. . I will always remember going to dinner at a restaurant near Val’s home in Braidwood, bringing along her pet wombat. The restaurant folks were happy to help prepare a bowl of (formula) wombat milk for the little wombat to eat while we ate dinner.

Jill was a very good friend of Val’s. Very sadly she died 20 months ago, in a tragic accident in Nepal. It is shocking for them both to be gone.

Jim Isenberg
Eugene, Oregon, USA

]]> Comment on Memorial Page by jan copland http://valplumwood.com/memorial-page/#comment-49 jan copland Mon, 19 May 2008 02:39:32 +0000 http://valplumwood.com/?page_id=51#comment-49 YOu were an inspiration , I miss you. I enjoyed being in the forest with you janet YOu were an inspiration , I miss you. I enjoyed being in the forest with you
janet

]]> Comment on Memorial Page by Ruth Irwin http://valplumwood.com/memorial-page/#comment-48 Ruth Irwin Sat, 17 May 2008 22:22:59 +0000 http://valplumwood.com/?page_id=51#comment-48 I'm grateful to have this opportunity to talk about Val Plumwood. I couldn't make it to her funeral, and along with many, many other prople I want to pay my respects. Val's work iss incredibly important, and possibly not yet fully recognised by the wider community for its philosophical and ecological potential. It is not simply that she has produced a really impressive legacy but instead, something far more worthwhile. Val has been one of a handful of people who have opened up a space for rethinking what it is to be human and how to shake ourselves out of the dead-end of late modernity. Possibly one of her last articles was submitted to me shortly before she died. It is called "Nature in the Active Voice". It is coming out an edited collection titled _Climate Change and Philosophy; transformational possibilities_. It should be out at some stage next year. Val will leave a real gap in advocates for ecologcialy sensitive, cultural change at a time when voices such as hers are sorely needed. Hopefully the rest of us will step up and realise some of the ideas that she has set out with so much thought and care! Ruth Irwin, University of Auckland r.irwin@auckland.ac.nz I’m grateful to have this opportunity to talk about Val Plumwood. I couldn’t make it to her funeral, and along with many, many other prople I want to pay my respects.

Val’s work iss incredibly important, and possibly not yet fully recognised by the wider community for its philosophical and ecological potential. It is not simply that she has produced a really impressive legacy but instead, something far more worthwhile. Val has been one of a handful of people who have opened up a space for rethinking what it is to be human and how to shake ourselves out of the dead-end of late modernity.

Possibly one of her last articles was submitted to me shortly before she died. It is called “Nature in the Active Voice”. It is coming out an edited collection titled _Climate Change and Philosophy; transformational possibilities_. It should be out at some stage next year.

Val will leave a real gap in advocates for ecologcialy sensitive, cultural change at a time when voices such as hers are sorely needed. Hopefully the rest of us will step up and realise some of the ideas that she has set out with so much thought and care!

Ruth Irwin, University of Auckland
r.irwin@auckland.ac.nz

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