10:00 - 10:20
Introductions led by Matt Malpass
10:20 - 11:00
Brief presentations from participants working in related fields:
Louise Mullins is Lecturer in Health Visiting at City St George's University of London. She is also a qualified midwife.
Harriet Barratt, University of Sussex, is a medical humanities researcher of imaginaries of assisted reproductive technology.
Sally Sutherland. is a PhD design researcher on breastfeeding discourses at the University of Brighton.
11:00 - 11:40
Working in groups, we will create a few situations of care, and will critique a few selected technologies
11:40 - 12:30
Maternal Machines: Design Speculations about Fantasies of Care
Presentation of research project by Paulina Yurman. Description of afternoon's activities
12:30 - 13:00
Working in (new) groups and using various visuals we will begin to create our own imagined scenarios with technologies (real or unreal) in spaces related to maternal and infant care. We will focus in particular on situations post-partum.
Lunch 13:00 - 14:00
14:00 - 15:30
Coffee Break 15:30 - 15:45
15:45 - 17:00
Group discussions, interrogations, themes, next steps and wrap up.