Similar to other cultural systems such as art, religion, or mathematics, employing the heuristic of matriculture allows for, among other things: cross-cultural comparisons fresh insights into the social roles of women, men, otherwise identified, children, and the entire community of humans, animals, and the environment and/or renewed understandings of historically mis-labelled cultures. Talking about matricultural systems allows us to consider as primary the cultural context of a given society as perceived, constructed, and lived by its women. Matriculture refers to the cultural system that brings together all cultural aspects informing the lives of mothers, usually women, of a given society, and by extension, the lives of women. Matrix is a new journal in the humanities and social sciences, founded to provide an interdisciplinary forum for those who are working from the theoretical stance of matriculture as a Geertzian cultural system. Matrix is published online twice yearly (Autumn/Winter and Spring/Summer). Matrix: A Journal for Matricultural Studies ( Matrix) is an open-access, peer-reviewed and refereed scholarly journal published by the International Network for Training, Education, and Research on Culture (Network on Culture), Canada. Submission via email to: Linnéa Rowlatt, Managing Editor, at or to the Editorial Collective at (subject line: Matrix Vol 4, Issue 1) Please submit a 250-word abstract (max) to the Editorial Collective of Matrix: A Journal for Matricultural Studies. Issue Editors: Editorial Collective of Matrix Historical instances of women’s preeminent relationship with water ![]() Special relationships associating the moon, water, and womenĮconomic consequences of women’s associations with water Rituals and ceremonies concerning water done by womenĬulturally-affirming relationship between oceans, seas, rivers, ponds, or other natural bodies of water and women Possibilities for papers include yet are not limited to the following. Personal essays or reflections on the theme are also welcome. We also encourage creative artworks (any media) and community contributions which focus on the relationship between women and water, women and the moon, and/or women, water, and the moon. Is the special relationship to water some cultures attribute to women connected to our wombs as the matrix of life, particularly to menstruation and the uterine liquids in which embryos swim? Or are there other reasons buried deep in myth and storytelling which explicate a special ritual relationship? What are women’s ritual responses, for example, to water pollution? What is the role of the moon when considering women and water? We are interested in exploring the cultural roots and contemporary shapes of the importance of water to women’s lives and we encourage research about women’s rites of passage using water, water-based rituals or ceremonies, water festivals, and seasonal honourings, showing how they are centered in women’s identities and cultural roles, within their creation stories, and their life teachings. Today, there is a heightened knowledge of the preciousness of water to human life. ![]() We are looking for articles which, among other things, describe women’s ritual behaviour in relation to water, the ways in which water affects women’s lives and experiences, the cultural stories and views which inform their relationship. ![]() This issue of Matrix seeks to explore that relationship. The relationship of women with water is deep, flowing among and between cultures as disparate as the Anishnaabeg of eastern Canada, the Celtic people of Europe, and the Ashanti of western Africa. THEME: Women and Water: the Flow of Matricultureĭeadline for abstract submission: 15 June 2023 Volume 4, Issue 1 ( Autumn 2024 / Winter 2025 )
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