Current Activities
Global Matricultures Research Network (MatNet)
The Global Matricultures Research Network (MatNet) is an international network for research based on Marie-Françoise Guédon’s concept of matriculture. That is, as a cultural system in the classical Geertzian sense within which the experiences and expressions of women are primary.
Similar to other cultural systems such as art, religion, or mathematics, employing the heuristic of matriculture allows for, among other things: cross-cultural comparisons; fresh insights into the social roles of women, men, children, and the entire community of humans, animals, and the environment; or renewed understandings of historically mis-labelled cultures. With Guédon’s work in mind, then, and based on Geertzian principles, the concept of matriculture is both a model of reality by rendering the structure of matricultures apprehensible and a model for reality, where psychological relationships are organized under its guidance.
MatNet encourages and supports research which explores, evaluates, re-evaluates, and interprets global cultures from this perspective. An important MatNet initiative is the journal Matrix: a Journal for Matricultural Studies. Launched in 2020, it provides a forum for current research in the field.
MatNet will be active at the joint AAA / CASCA 2023 conference in Toronto, Canada, from 15 to 19 November 2023. We will host two sessions of presentations and one round table, all in-person. For further information, please see the Calls for Papers listed here:
How to Submit a Project to the Network on Culture
The Network on Culture welcomes proposals for research, training, or education on culture, or opportunities to collaborate on the same.
If you would like to propose a project, please complete and forward the Proposal Outline (below). We will acknowledge receipt of your Proposal Outline immediately and provide a formal response within sixty days of receipt. If the Proposal Outline aligns with our Mission Statement, fits our Mandate, and agrees with our Guiding Principles, we may ask for further information. In this case, our final decision will be provided within a further sixty days of receiving the requested information.
Please note that we only accept project proposals from members. Information on how to become a member of the Network on Culture is available here.
Proposal Outline
If you need assistance in completing the Proposal Outline, contact us at 'info@networkonculture.ca'.
Please use Arial 11 pt font, with page margins of 2 cm. Maximum three pages, plus CV.
- Contact Information (please ensure you update your membership contact information)
- Work Proposed
- Qualifications