What does an ecofeminist household look like?
Subsistence feminism against universality
Keynote talk with Geneviève Pruvost and introduction by Anne-Sofie Dichman
Join us for a lecture where Geneviève Pruvost explores the idea of what an ecofeminist household might look like. The term “housewife” emerged parallel to the rise of capitalism and thereby also to ecological degration. What does it mean to carry out domestic work in the age of climate crisis? Why do we need to reinvent the term housewife? And why is the idea of the “universal” problematic for ecofeminism?
The lecture is arranged by the research network ‘Histories and Futures of French Travelling Concepts’ in collaboration with CApE. In this séance, the network examines the concept “l’universel” from ecocritical perspectives.
The lecture will be followed by a small reception.
Bios
Geneviève Pruvost (Centre d’études des mouvements sociaux, EHESS) is a sociologist working with forms of ecological life. Her latest books, Quotidien politique : Féminisme, écologie, subsistence (2024) and La subsistence au quotidien : Conter ce qui compte (2024), unfold these themes within an ecofeminist framework.
Anne-Sofie Dichman (Centre d’études des mouvements sociaux, EHESS) is a political theorist working at the intersections of feminist theory, ecological thinking, and ethnographic research. Her first book Judith Butler: Køn, demokrati og klima – en introduktion was published in 2025.
Together, Geneviève and Anne-Sofie’s book Husholdningens politik is forthcoming in 2026.