Ep 22 Max Dashu | Witches | Rematriation | Standing Firm in our Feminism

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Max and Esmée talked of rematriation (returning to the mothers, becoming matriarchal), witches and the hunts, and keeping feminism centered in our feminism.

 

Max Dashu founded the Suppressed Histories Archives (1970) to research and document global women's history. She teaches with images from her collection of over 80,000 photos of female cultural heritages across time and space. She is internationally known for her expertise on archaeomythology / iconography, matricultures, and orature; historical processes of patriarchalization and how they are entangled with other systems of domination; medicine women, shamans, witches, and the witch hunts. Her books include Witches and Pagans: Women in European Folk Culture, 700-1100 (2016) and Women in Greek Mythography: Pythias, Melissae and Titanides (2023). She has produced scores of videos and teaches via webcasts and online courses.

 

Links in the notes to books and courses 

New course website

https://maxdashu.freshlearn.com/

 

Motherhouse, Land/Justice/Future

https://www.landjusticefutures.org/video-library/motherhouse 

 

Rojava Women and Governance

https://weall.org/resource/rojava 

Inspired by the ideas of Abdullah Öcalan, Rojava’s vision emphasises social ecology, communalism, and ecological sustainability. Rojava has been working to implement cooperative and communal economic models aiming to harmonise human society with the natural environment, promote sustainable practices, and address environmental challenges through collective action and community-based solutions.

• https://womendefendrojava.net/en/about-us/
• https://www.womensvoicesnow.org/womens-revolution-in-rojava
• https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/5050/rojava-revolution-reshaping-masculinity/
• https://revistaperiferias.org/en/materia/rojavas-prisional-systems/
• https://rapidtransition.org/stories/rojava-in-syria-growing-local-democracy-and-defending-ecology-in-the-midst-of-conflict/

 

Max Dashu’s Work, Archive, Books

• Veleda Press www.veleda.net (books, posters, dvds)
• Open access videos: https://www.youtube.com/@maxdashu/videos
• Stream-on-demand videos: https://maxdashu.freshlearn.com
• Follow Suppressed Histories Archives FB page: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064415032446
• Max Dashu substack https://oldwitch.substack.com/
  • https://oldwitch.substack.com/p/secret-history-of-the-witches

Events and publications: https://www.instagram.com/maxdashu/