User:Cassidylight/Ecofeminist art/Bibliography

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Bibliography

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Bibliography

O’Brien, P. (2008). Art, Politics, Environment. Circa, 123, 59–65. https://doi.org/10.2307/25564892

Orenstein, G. F. (2003). The Greening of Gaia: Ecofeminist Artists Revisit the Garden. Ethics and the Environment, 8(1), 102–111. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40339055

Wallen, R. (2012). Ecological Art: A Call for Visionary Intervention in A Time of Crisis. Leonardo, 45(3), 234–242. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41550639

Examples:

Luke, Learie. 2007. Identity and secession in the Caribbean: Tobago versus Trinidad, 1889–1980 Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press.
- This is a book published by a university press, so it should be a reliable source. It also covers the topic in some depth, so it's helpful in establishing notability.
Galeano, Gloria; Bernal, Rodrigo (2013-11-08). "Sabinaria , a new genus of palms (Cryosophileae, Coryphoideae, Arecaceae) from the Colombia-Panama border". Phytotaxa.
- This is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, so it should be a reliable source. It covers the topic in some depth, so it's helpful in establishing notability.
Baker, William J.; Dransfield, John (2016). "Beyond Genera Palmarum: progress and prospects in palm systematics". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society.
- This is a peer-reviewed scientific journal, so it should be a reliable source for a specific fact. Since it only dedicates a few sentences to the topic, it can't be used to establish notability.

References

Outline of proposed changes

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ORENSTEIN ARTICLE

- written by Gloria Feman Orenstein ecofeminist art author briefly mentioned in article

- add some of Gloria Orenstein personal background info

- discuss what the ethical considerations are when analyzing an ecofeminism art piece (materials used, leftover residues...)

- reviews artworks from artists including

Mierle Laderman Ukeles

Lynne Hull (1990)

Jackie Brookner

- include photos of artwork from these artists (some listed in the article already just missing additional information) & describe further context behind artwork

WALLEN ARTICLE

- emphasize role of ecological art in the process of promoting a more sustainable culture of people

- more history on ecological art in general and how it emerged in late 1960's mid 70's male artists were recognized first before

Helen and Newton Harrison piece from 2007-2009 show photos go into more detail

- more info on Betsy Damon and add photo of her Living Water Garden, 2010 piece that was constructed with local collaborators in Chengdu, China

O’BRIEN ARTICLE

3 types of contemporary environmental art

explain critical, promethean, integrative
critical: "Artist Hans Haacke has been influential in this area, in particular with his 1972 Rhinewater purification plant, which raised the issue of the deterioration of the water quality in the Rhine river"
promethean: "Promethean environmental art includes the (often macho, American) work that uses nature as a raw material and focuses on the spectacular and the sublime, sometimes without any evident desire to heal the humanity/ nature split. Examples include Walter de Maria's Lighting field, a work focused on attracting lightning strikes"
integrative: "Integrative environmental art is a practice whose goal, or effect, is seen as healing rather than merely diagnosis. The focus of healing is either nature itself, or the perceived split between humanity and environment. This ranges from the ephemeral, photographically documented rearrangement of natural objects as in the work of Andy Goldsworthy, to the geo-surveillance activities of the group Ocean Earth"

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Now that you have compiled a bibliography, it's time to plan out how you'll improve your assigned article.

In this section, write up a concise outline of how the sources you've identified will add relevant information to your chosen article. Be sure to discuss what content gap your additions tackle and how these additions will improve the article's quality.

Consider other changes you'll make to the article, including possible deletions of irrelevant, outdated, or incorrect information, restructuring of the article to improve its readability or any other change you plan on making. This is your chance to really think about how your proposed additions will improve your chosen article and to vet your sources even further.

Note: This is not a draft. This is an outline/plan where you can think about how the sources you've identified will fill in a content gap.

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