Freebirthing in the UK: The Good Mother Concept and the presentation of results via narrative and arts-based research.

这项研究建立在自由分娩研究的基础上，该研究探讨了英国妇女自由分娩的经历（即在没有医生或助产士在场的情况下故意分娩）。建议的工作包括以下目标：1。关于家庭中产科暴力的研究。产科暴力是保健专业人员在妇女分娩或生产时对她们实施的虐待。这可能包括，例如，非自愿的阴道检查。在这方面的研究中，我将提出的例子，从我的博士研究的妇女的经验，这发生在自己的家中，而上下文这些学者如何以前理解的现象。通过档案研究，我将展示这种暴力是如何被记录了数百年的，以及它是如何不仅限于医院或医疗设施的。探索社会如何制定孕妇应达到的行为标准。我们的社会已经制定了孕妇应该达到的各种行为标准。这包括例如，他们应该吃的食物类型，他们应该（和不应该）参与的活动以及他们应该从哪里获得怀孕建议。当妇女达不到这些标准时，她们可能会受到社会的谴责、侮辱、歧视，甚至惩罚。我对英国女性自由分娩经历的研究强调了当女性拒绝接受产妇护理或不听从医疗建议时，这种所谓的“好母亲”概念通常会发挥作用。虽然妇女在法律上有权作出这种决定，但她们往往不得不为保持自主权和身体完整而斗争。本研究将透过回顾已发表的文献，探讨学者如何提出社会上的好母亲标准，以及这些标准如何影响现今孕妇的生活。“追寻叙事”与"女主人公之旅“的方法论研究。“探索叙事”和“女主角的旅程”一直被认为是作家们用来呈现他们故事的叙事弧线。学者们注意到，这些故事出现在著名的神话和童话故事中，是西方故事的一个既定部分。我将展示如何“探索叙事”和“女主角的旅程”可以作为一种新颖而有趣的方式来呈现研究发现。公众参与通过钩针艺术装置。与针织相比，钩针是一种相对较新的工艺，历史上一直由妇女进行。此外，钩针反映了一个产科工具命名为钩针。近年来，钩针编织被用作一种抗议形式，通过“纱线轰炸”和反犹太主义等活动。这项研究的一个目标是与钩针编织者一起制作一个艺术装置，反映我在自由生育研究中的发现，并在一个人们可以亲自参观和在线参观的展览中展示。学术界内外的人都可以参加的在线会议。生育以及妇女和生育者的相关权利是许多人参与的领域，包括助产士、医生、律师、历史学家、社会学家、助产士，当然还有可能已经怀孕或正在怀孕的公众。这一在线会议将汇集各学科以及非学术界人士，讨论生殖权利，以期交流知识和促进合作。

This research builds on the Freebirth Study, which explored women's experiences of freebirthing in the UK (i.e. intentionally giving birth without doctors or midwives present). The proposed work includes the following aims:1. Research exploring obstetric violence in the home. Obstetric violence is abuse carried out on women by health care professionals while they labour or birth. This could include, for example, a nonconsensual vaginal examination. In this aspect of the research, I will present examples from my doctoral study of women's experiences of this occurring in their own homes, whilst contextualising these in terms of how scholars have previously understood the phenomenon. Through archival research, I willdemonstrate how such violence has been documented for hundreds of years and how it is not limited to hospital or medical facilities.2. Exploration of how society creates standards of behaviour that pregnant women are expected to meet. Our society has created various perceived standards of behaviour that pregnant women are expected to meet. This includes for example, the type of food they should eat, the activities they should (and shouldn't) be involved in and where they should source their pregnancy advice. When women do not meet these standards, they can be subjected to social opprobrium, stigma, condemnationand even punishment. My research on women's experiences of freebirthing in the UK highlighted how this so-called 'Good Mother' concept often played a role when women declined aspects of maternity care or did not defer to medical advice. Although women are legally entitled to make such decisions, they often had to fight to retain their autonomy and bodily integrity. Through reviewing the published literature, this aspect of the research will explore how scholars have presented the social standards of good mothering and how they impact pregnant women's lives today.3. Methodological research on the 'quest narrative' and the 'heroine's journey.' The 'quest narrative' and the 'heroine's journey' have been recognised as narrative arcs that authors throughout time have used to present their stories. Scholars have noted that these narratives appear in well-knownmyths and fairy tales and are an established part of Western storytelling. I will demonstrate how the 'quest narrative' and the 'heroine's journey' can be used as a novel and interesting way to present research findings.4. Public engagement via a crochet arts installation. Compared to knitting, crochet is a relatively new craft that has historically been carried out by women. Further, the crochet hook reflects an obstetric tool named the amnihook. In recent years crochet has been used as a form of protest through activities such as 'yarn bombing' and craftivism. One goal of the research is to work with crocheters to produce an art installation that reflects my findings from the Freebirth Study and to present this in anexhibition people can visit both physically and online.5. An online conference accessible to people inside and outside of academia. Birth and the connected rights of women and birthing people are areas in which many people are engaged, including midwives, doctors, lawyers, historians, sociologists, doulas and of course members of the public who may have been or currently are pregnant. This online conference will bring together people from a range of academic disciplines as well as non-academics to discuss reproductive rights with a view to exchangingknowledge and promoting collaborations.