5th Annual Conference: M.O.M. (Museum Of Motherhood) & MFI (Motherhood Foundation Inc.) in collaboration with Mamapalooza at Marymount Manhattan College, New York City USA
The Vulnerable Mother: Social Interactions, Institutions, and Systems of Cultural Values
May 23, 24 and 25, 2011
*Additional performance activities take place in New York City the weekend of May 21st & 22nd.
Mothers in the Arts, Literature, Media and Popular Culture
Academic, Artistic, Cultural and Socially Relevant Presentations Welcome
We are currently accepting submissions for papers, panels, research projects, performance and roundtables for the upcoming conference entitled: The Vulnerable Mother: Social Interactions, Institutions, and Systems of Cultural Values. The goal of this conference is to create an interdisciplinary exchange of both academic ideas and popular culture about the well being of mothers and families. All submission should be limited to 250 words with a 50word bio of presenters in Microsoft Word. Deadline for submissions is April 15, 2011.
We welcome submissions from scholars, students, activists, artists, community agencies, service providers, journalists, mothers and others who work or research in this area. Cross-cultural, historical, and comparative work is encouraged. We encourage a variety of types of submissions including academic papers from all disciplines, workshops, creative submissions, performances, storytelling, visual arts, and other alternative formats.
Sample Topics include: Vulnerable Mothers in Popular Culture, Mental Illness, Historical Perspectives on vulnerable mothers, The Mother-Child Relationship, Vulnerable Mothers in Film, Video, Art, Music, Dance and Theater; Theorizing Motherhood and Representation; Race, Representation and Motherhood; Visual culture; Countering Media Discourses on Motherhood; Maternal Loss, Depression, and Domestic Violence; Performing Feminist Mothering in Practice and Expression; Mother Writer: Writing Vulnerable Motherhood; Vulnerable Children; Imaging LGBT Mothers and Maternity; Post-Maternal Mother Artists; Vulnerable Mothers on the Internet; The Politics of Motherhood and Music and Visual Culture of Vulnerable Mothers; Motherhood, Art, and Creativity; The Performance of the Maternal or Performing Motherhood; Mothering and Disability: Producing New Paradigms of Normal; Motherhood in the News: Mothers as Newsmaker; Documenting Motherhood: Maternal Documentaries; Mothers, Motherhood and Photography; Behind the Camera: Expressing: Imaging Breastfeeding Mothers, Mommy Bloggers: Re-Writing Motherhood, etc.; Dealing with (Post-partum) Depression or Illness; Pregnant moms; How images of fathers impact vulnerable motherhood representation; News media coverage of foster moms; Moms in politics; teen mothers in film or television; Mothers as consumers; Mothering and the representation of Class in institutions and systems of cultural values.
The Motherhood Foundation Inc. (MFI), benefitting the Museum Of Motherhood, is a certified nonprofit 501c3 that creates, produces and presents artistic, educational and cultural content that studies and supports mothers and their activities. MFI disseminates information about mothers for broad public consumption, while paying tribute to mothers (Moms) free of age, race and socio-economic barriers. MFI cares about, and acts upon the status of women, while celebrating the courage, fortitude and ingenuity of mothers, and addresses important issues, creates meaningful content, and provides compelling community experiences.
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