University of Surrey, 26th June
The Families and Parenting Forum brings together an exciting array of research on families, media, communication and contemporary politics of parenthood, consumption, gender and everyday life. Join us at Guildford, for what promises to be an excellent forum. The forum will be followed by a wine and nibbles reception. Tickets are free, but seats are capped.
Opening Plenary: Charlotte Faircloth: 1315-1400
What is ‘intensive motherhood’? Historical and cross-cultural perspectives on childhood and the politics of parenting
Panel 1: 1400-1500
Vicki Harman: Unpacking the Lunchbox: Biopedagogies, mothering and social class
Rachel Brooks & Paul Hodkinson: ‘Just the two of us’: the lack of engagement with parent networks of caregiving fathers of young children
Ranjana Das: The internet and maternal wellbeing: Reflections on emerging health literacies
Tea and Cakes: 1500-1530
Panel 2: 1530: 1630
Kate Burningham & Sue Venn: Understanding and Practising Sustainable Consumption in Early Motherhood
Brita Ytre-Arne: Everyday public connection – gender differences in media use in a family framework
Maria Adams: ‘Surviving’ the effects of incarceration for families
Paul Hodkinson & Ranjana Das: Networked paternal intimacies: Fathers’ adoption of social media to communicate about perinatal mental health
Wine and Nibbles: 1630-1730
Further details and registration information can be found here.