Treasures of Women's History 2018 Course This online course includes monthly visual livecasts / webinars, readings, and discussions via the Veleda email matrix. Readings include advance excerpts from my forthcoming book Pythias and Melissae, but this course has a very eclectic set of readings and discussions on topics including: female shamans and priestesses in various countries; female icons / ancient figurines; and my new visual talks on Persecutory Culture and Dangerous Women. Course members get to vote on topics for some livecasts. HOW THE COURSE WORKS: One month's subscription is $31. (No refunds.) For a reduced rate of $25/month, you can prepay your sub for three months or more. Low-income scholarship subs are available; please honor our intention of making the course accessible to women who are low income. If you would like to be a Sustainer, sponsoring a low-income subscribe while also contributing toward the Suppressed Histories Archives, you can contribute $50. a month and in thanks, receive a signed poster or print of your choice. You can join the course at any time.
It's conducted through the Veleda listserv, a private yahoogroup for course subscribers. You receive articles, images, commentary, discussion, and links to online resources by email. You can access these materials at your own pace, at any time you find convenient, and participate in discussion as you desire. The only scheduled meeting times are the monthly, or occcasionally twice-monthly, real-time livecasts of visual talks. There are no grades, no papers or attendance requirements for this course—and no credits either. You are invited to contribute your insights, comments, questions, and relevant resources -- but this is up to you.
The webcasts are live slideshows on your computer screen; I show images and comment on them; you are invited to ask questions and make comments. You can either speak via headset mic or phone-in interface (VOIP), or you can type in questions/comments via a comments box. (See webcast info link in column at upper left).
All course webcasts are announced via the Veleda listserv. Two or three showings (of the same visual presentation) will be offered to accommodate time zones of all participants.
You get access to all course discussion logs and files (including those for previous courses) for as long as you are subscribed. There is a condition for access to the old course logs: Yahoogroups now requires people to create a Yahoo ID (requiring a mobile phone number) in order to access the web interface where the message logs are stored. However, you can participate in the Veleda listserve (through which the readings, discussion, and course business all happen) without a Yahoo ID. The webcasts are run through a different service which has nothing to do with Yahoo and are open to anyone with a computer, tablet, or smartphone.
When it's time for you to renew, use the Subscription link on this page. I'll post it periodically on the listserv. I'm looking forward to having you join us.
Images in graphic at top, from left: Shipibo ceramic painting; Nüshu women's script; Sahelian mural; Minangkabau elder; Huastec statue; Maricopa basket; Maori weaving; Czech seeress; village in eastern Canada; queen's bust from Giza; strip of BaKuba raffia velvet.
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