Seminars
Consumption and Contested Motherhood Identities
Programme
Seminar 4
Consumption and Contested Motherhood Identities
The University of Edinburgh, McEwan Hall, Reception Room
Friday 15 January 2010
| When | What |
|---|---|
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Arrival, registration & coffee |
| 10:30 – 10:35 | Welcome to the fourth seminar series by Dr Stephanie O'Donohoe, The University of Edinburgh |
| 10:35 - 11:35 | Dr Amy Traver, City University of New York - A tension, a tool: adoptive mothers' consumption |
| 11:35 – 12:00 | Coffee break |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Professor Linda Layne, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York - Creating and obviating kin ties through consumption: the cases of pregnancy loss and single mothers by choice |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch |
| When | What |
|---|---|
| 14:00 – 15:00 | Dr Kathy Hamilton, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow - Consumption and mothering amongst lone mothers on low incomes |
| 15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee break |
| 15:30 – 16:30 | Panel discussion: Contested motherhoods – towards a further research agenda (speakers to be confirmed) |
| 16:30 – 17:00 | Dr Stephanie O'Donohoe and Professor Linda Scott - Concluding comments and preview of next seminar, finish and departure |