“Feeding Children in new parenting culture” Conference 21st March

By Lisa Lactivist, on January 24th, 2011

The line-up for this conference is looking a little one-sided Author & ‘feminist’ Joan Wolf http://tinyurl.com/mmy6fn , scientist Mary Fewtrell http://tinyurl.com/696hblq and journalist Zoe Williams http://tinyurl.com/dxtx3e If you’re in the London area 21st March you might be interested to attend.

This event, which received funding from the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness, is being held on Monday March 21^st at the British Library Conference Centre. It is FREE to attend, but places are limited to 45, so please email the organiser Charlotte Faircloth C.Faircloth@kent.ac.uk to book in.

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Feeding children in the new parenting culture
The British Library Conference Centre, London, Monday 21st March 2011
Funded by the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness
9.30‐10 Arrivals and Coffee
10 Welcome, Dr Charlotte Faircloth (Mildred Blaxter postdoctoral
fellow, SSPSSR, University of Kent)
10.10 Dr Polly Russell (Curator, Social Science Collection: ‘Eat your
greens’: Feeding children of the past – examples from the
British Library.
10.30‐12.30 Keynote session ‘Is breast really best?’
Chair Dr Charlotte Faircloth
10.30‐11.30 Dr Joan Wolf (Women and Gender Studies Programme, Texas
A and M University), author ‘Is Breast Best? Taking on the
Breastfeeding Experts and the New High Stakes of Motherhood
11.30‐12.00 Discussants: Professor Elizabeth Murphy (Pro‐Vice‐Chancellor
and Head of the College of Social Science, University of
Leicester), Dr Mary Fewtrell (Reader in Childhood Nutrition,
Honorary Consultant Paediatrician, Institute of Child Health,
UCL) and Zoe Williams (Columnist, The Guardian)
12 ‐ 12.30 Open Discussion
12.30‐1.30 Lunch
1.30 ‐3 Panel 1: Feeding children in the ‘obesity crisis’
Chair: Professor Frank Furedi (Professor of Sociology, SSPSSR,
University of Kent)
Speakers: Dr Roel Pieterman (Sociologist of Law, Erasmus
University, NL) From ‘overweight’ to ‘healthy weight’: reframing
policy to stop the obesity epidemic among Dutch
children.”
Dr Julia Keenan (Research Assistant, University of East Anglia)
‘I just want them to eat when they’re hungry and I want
them to eat well. And I want them not to be hung up really,
and I don’t want them to be overweight’: The impact of
obesity discourses on maternal identities, early feeding
relationships and parenting practices.
Dr Emma Rawlins (Research Fellow, Centre for Research into
Family and Relationships, University of Edinburgh) “I’ve got no
choice, I’ve got children”: Understanding family eating
practices
3‐3.30 Coffee
3.30 – 5 Panel 2: Food, motherhood and meaning
Chair and closing comments: Dr. Ellie Lee (Senior Lecturer,
Social Policy, SSPSSR, University of Kent)
Speakers: Dr. Charlotte Faircloth. Militant Lactivism?
Accounting for infant feeding
Dr. Rebecca O’Connell (Research Officer, Thomas Coram
Research Unit, Institute of Education) Food responsibilities in
working families: avoiding maternal blame
Dr. Emma Head (Lecturer, School of Sociology and
Criminology, Keele University) ‘Don’t rush to mush’? Infants,
food and contemporary family practices
5.30‐ 7 Wine reception in nearby venue (by invitation)