Ecofeminism, Reproductive Labor, and Gender in the Human and non-Human World: Merchant's Enduring Legacy

Session Submission Type: Complete Panel

Abstract

Profs. Ann M. Little (Colorado State University) and Molly A. Warsh (U. Pittsburgh) have organized two roundtables exploring the legacy of Carolyn Merchant's call for more attention to gender in environmental history. Each roundtable address distinct aspects of Merchant's body of work and its enduring influence on current scholarship. Ann Little will chair panel 1, titled "Sex, Race, and Merchant’s Scientific Revolutions " and Molly Warsh will chair panel 2, titled "Ecofeminism, Reproductive Labor, and Gender in the Human and non-Human World: Carolyn Merchant's Enduring Legacy"

Sub Unit

• ASEH Annual Conference

Individual Presentations

• Misreadings of Ecofeminist Thought and the Integration of Gender in Environmental Analyses - Sarah Payne, Colorado State University

• Activism, Scholarship, and Reproductive Labor in Environmental History - Emma Schroeder, Postdoctoral fellow, University of Maine

• Domination vs Interdependence: Gender and Animals in Early Modern Europe and Amazonia - Marcy Norton, University of Pennsylvania

Chair

• Molly A Warsh, University of Pittsburgh