Maria Mies: Difference between revisions

 

===1978–2001===

Mies arrived in India in 1978 to analyze rural subsistence production, meaning how domestic and farm labour, as well as cottage industry, allowed families to survive, but also led to the expansion of wealth for landlords and industries. She remained in India to the end of 1979 and spent time with her former pupil, Sarkar, who at the time was a lecturer at the Goethe Institute in [[Hyderabad]]. The results of her study of rural industry were published as ''The Lacemakers of Narsapur: Indian Housewives Produce for the World Market'' in 1982. She returned to Europe after accepting a position at the [[International Institute of Social Studies]] in [[The Hague]]. There, she created a [[master's degree]] programme for women from [[Developing country|developing countries]]. To enable her students to complete the [[Practicum|practical requirements]], Mies made contact with local feminist groups to develop joint projects they could carry out.<ref name="Bauer" /> The administration decided not to renew the "Women and Development" programme for the next semester but Mies and her students successfully protested and the course continued to be offered.<ref name="Bauer" /> Because no textbooks at that time existed on the history of women's movements, particularly for the Global South, Mies and [[Kumari Jayawardena]], a political scientist at the [[University of Colombo]], wrote a series of texts for their students to use. Launching an international research project, she worked with scholars [[Mia Berden]], [[Rhoda Reddock]], and [[Saskia Wieringa]] to create a historiography of women's movements for Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, and Latin America with help from academics and activists from those countries.<ref name="Dubel">{{cite web |last1=Dubel |first1=Ireen |title=Passing Away: Emeritus Professor Maria Mies |url=https://www.iss.nl/en/news/passing-away-emeritus-professor-maria-mies |website=IISS News |publisher=[[International Institute of Social Studies]] |access-date=2 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524045353/https://www.iss.nl/en/news/passing-away-emeritus-professor-maria-mies |archive-date=24 May 2023 |location=The Hague, Netherlands |date=22 May 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref>