Disrupting Patriarchal Patterns

This event is part of Greaterthan's Annual Solistice Jamboree, taking place from June 21 - July 21, 2023. See all events.

About this event

Patriarchy lives all around and through us. We are born into it, and if we do not cultivate awareness, we end up reproducing patriarchal systems of inequality through our being and living.

‘Disrupting Patriarchal Patterns’ is an effort inside Greaterthan to become more aware of our individual and collective patriarchal patterns. Our intention is to not only identify the invisible patterns, but to also, through awareness, transform social relations for more equal and inclusive futures.

Each of the three sessions aim to create awareness about the more subtle patriarchal patterns of thought that infuse our knowing, being and doing.

Greaterthan members want to explore when/how these patterns play out, and we are inviting you to explore them with us- to reflect together with us, and at the same time as we do.

Session 1) explores Voice & Leadership, session 2) delves into the emotional and embodied experience of patriarchal gender relations, and session 3) investigates Power-Over & Subtle Acts of Exclusion.

Event Theme: #Systems

Who is this for?

Anyone who is willing to dive deep within to explore subtle unidentified patriarchal patterns that may be influencing their day-to-day interactions/presence and their subjective sense of self.

What to expect?

• A safe space for solo and collective reflection: this is not about men vs women, this is about that all of us are born in patriarchal societies and we want to change this- recognising that patriarchal systems limit and constrains all of us.

• Some hard-hitting (but gently delivered) facts and figures about patriarchal systems

• Embodiment practices

Your Hosts

Miriam Moreno: https://www.linkedin.com/in/miriammorenobellido/

Miriam is a Organizational Transformation Consultant specialized in Self-Managing Systems and Remote Work, working for Companies form 1999. From her early years in Organizational context she noticed the Inequity existing on them. So she decided to include a feminist perspective in her work and all that she did. So she get certified in Equality by the Ministry of Equality of Spain and Feminicidio.net, and she’s been supporting Organizations in DEI since 2018.

She’s a feminist activist and content creator in loquedigalapunqui. She’s partner at PMAC (Platform of Women in Contemporary Art), that promotes Art Fests, projects and initiatives to make visible and dignify the art work of underrepresented collectives as women, LGBTQI+ and people with disabilities.

She’s Co-founder at “Change Point” a social non-profit that promotes projects and researches with DEI perspective, working with underrepresented collectives as immigrant people, old people, young people, women, etc.

She recently started working to help and welcome expat people on their first days of arrival to a new Country.

Sarah Houseman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahhouseman/

Participating in the inaugural women’s studies subject taught at Melbourne University in 1983 blew my mind and transformed my world. Since that time, feminism has driven me to foreground the structural and psychic effects of being a participant in a patriarchal society and to bring feminist principles of equality, diversity, inclusion and transparency into my professional and personal relationships.

In the last 30 years I have participated in different women’s liberation collectives and served on a range of NFP boards championing DEI. I have focused on understanding the barriers to transformational change through education: I taught in OASES Graduate School Masters Programin Integrative and Transformative Studies (2014-16), produced a research paper, An exploration into gender and power in the Australian Family Business (University of Canberra, Master of Education, 2001), and was awarded a PhD for my study of four non-hierarchically structured organisations Emerging ecologies of organisation: Renewing governance in the Anthropocene(La Trobe University, 2021).

Lena Bumke: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lena-bumke-54a72214a/

Lena Bumke is a community builder, facilitator, artist and bodyworker. She is dedicated to creating a future worth living for through enabling meaningful collaboration, supporting the shift towards participatory, self-managed work places and fostering embodiment. She holds transformational spaces in a multiplicity of contexts and facilitates community-centred events and experiences. The sacredness of bodies and nature and the unique essence of each human being sit at the core of her work. As a member of Greaterthan she supports communities and companies on their journey of self-management and alternative money practices.

Ashish Arora: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashisharora27/

Ashish supports people to follow their hearts and organisations to create transformative cultures. He is presently an Associate at Greaterthan.

After graduating from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee in 2009, Ashish briefly worked for a Climate Change consultancy firm, for a social enterprise in community based water purification systems, and for Uplifting Himalayan Livelihoods (UHL) initiative of IIT, Mandi, India.

In 2013, Ashish co-founded Sahaj Foundation with his partner to work in the Personal, Systemic and Organisational Transformation space. He organises retreats for youth to understand their hearts’ calling, facilitates workshops to collectively explore the limitations and possibilities of transformation of our mainstream socio-economic systems, and works with organisations to inspire them to embrace the Teal paradigm. Through The Vriksh Initiative, Ashish also incubates the work of early-stage social leaders who work with communities in the Sustainability and Climate Change sector.

At a personal level, Ashish prefers to practise simple living that involves farming, cooking and spending time in nature. He is very fond of experimenting with different meditation practices to dive deeper into self-awareness and mindfulness.

* Image Credit: Koushik Chowdavarapu on Unsplash