LABR 2P96 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Vandana Shiva, Irreversible Process, Virilization
3 Nov 2016
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LABR 2P96
November 1, 2016
Development as Uprooting: Vandana Shiva
A Cartesian Space
- Development sees the soil in terms of territory to be conquered and owned
- When a site is identified for development, project, it is destroyed as spiritual and ecological
home
- The stimulation to move on and progress, produces uprooting and destruction
- A irreersile proess of geoide ad eoide is eutralized the ters displaeet ad
resettleet
Development
- It is based on the dismantling of society and community, on the uprooting of people and
cultures
- Deelopet otiued oloialiss ufiished task
- Development projects kill the soil and survival of communities are under threat, because rich
countries want to preserve their environment, their economies, and lifestyle
Bonds with the soil as the basis of resistance
- People with the soil have been sacrificed to accommodate mines, dams, factories, and wild life
parks
- Relocation is inconceivable, because people who hold the soil as scared are not voluntary
uprooted, development requires a police state and terrorist tactics
- Bullet and bulldozers are often necessary to execute development projects
- People with the soil have been sacrificed to accommodate miners, dams, factories, pipelines,
and wildlife parks
- Resistance rejects cash compensation
- People resist because it tear them away for the soil of their birth which has provided them
sustenance and which link them to their ancestors
- Soil and society, meaning, the earth and its people are intimately interconnected. Soil is womb
not only for the reproduction of biological life, but also for cultural and spiritual life
Masculinization of the Motherland
- Masculinization of the motherland involves the elimination of all associations of strength with
the feminine and with diversity
- In Canada, colonization and development have tried to eliminate indigenous people as beings
- Motherland as a symbol of the country was charged with love, diversity, and was the source of
energy and protection
- Everyday life in Motherland was locally determined and governed, it was replaced by a
masculinized nation-state
- Power is defined in forms of the militarized masculine identity while tolerance of diversity is
defined as effeminate and weak
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