TY - JOUR AU - Sireni, Maarit PY - 2009/09/01 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Naisten neuvontajärjestöt luontoa ja naiseutta koskevien käsitysten rakentajina JF - Alue ja Ympäristö JA - A&Y VL - 38 IS - 2 SE - Artikkelit DO - UR - https://aluejaymparisto.journal.fi/article/view/64388 SP - 34-46 AB - <p>This article investigates the role of two women´s<br>counselling organizations, the Martha Organization<br>and the Rural Women’s Advisory Organization, in<br>the construction of the relationship between human<br>beings and nature. Special attention is devoted to<br>the gendered aspects of this relationship. The key<br>issue of this paper deals with the meanings given to<br>nature in the current activities of these organisations.<br>This particularly concerns the questions whether<br>their traditional approach, i.e. the utilisation of<br>nature in various forms, still dominates, or whether<br>these organisations have actively adapted their<br>interpretations towards, e.g., seeing nature as an<br>aesthetic experience or in terms of protection<br>and environmental sustainability. In order to reveal<br>issues and interpretations of gendered aspects and<br>nature, the study utilised textual and visual material<br>concerning the aims and activities of the organizations.<br>It is concluded that the interpretations of these two<br>organizations deviate from each other in an interesting<br>manner. The Martha Organization appears to be better<br>informed on the current discourse on environmental<br>sustainability, and its traditional approach is in fact<br>quite close to the discourse’s key tenets. The Rural<br>Women’s Advisory Organization, on the other hand,<br>has found its niche in counselling that focuses on the<br>postproductionist utilisation of nature.</p> ER -