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生育研究的基础上，该研究探索了英国女性免费分娩的经历(即在没有医生或助产士在场的情况下故意分娩)。拟开展的工作主要包括以下几个方面：1.家庭产科暴力研究。产科暴力是指保健专业人员在妇女分娩或分娩时对她们实施的虐待。例如，这可能包括非自愿的阴道检查。在这方面的研究中，我将提供我的博士研究中的例子，这些例子是女性在自己家里经历的，同时根据学者们以前对这一现象的理解，将这些例子联系起来。通过档案研究，我将展示数百年来这种暴力是如何被记录下来的，以及它如何不仅仅局限于医院或医疗设施。探索社会如何创造孕妇应达到的行为标准。我们的社会创造了孕妇应该达到的各种可感知的行为标准。例如，这包括他们应该吃的食物类型，他们应该(和不应该)参与的活动，以及他们应该在哪里获得怀孕建议。当妇女达不到这些标准时，她们可能会受到社会的羞辱、耻辱、谴责甚至惩罚。我对英国女性免费分娩经历的研究突显出，当女性拒绝产妇护理或不听从医疗建议时，这种所谓的“好母亲”概念往往会发挥作用。尽管妇女在法律上有权做出这样的决定，但她们经常不得不为保持自己的自主权和身体完整性而斗争。通过回顾已发表的文献，这方面的研究将探索学者如何提出好母亲的社会标准，以及它们如何影响今天孕妇的生活。“任务叙事”与“女主人公之旅”的方法论研究《探险叙事》和《女主人公之旅》被认为是历代作家用来呈现他们故事的叙事弧线。学者们注意到，这些故事出现在众所周知的神话和童话中，是西方讲故事的既定部分。我将演示如何使用“任务叙事”和“女主角的旅程”作为一种新颖而有趣的方式来呈现研究成果。通过钩针艺术装置使公众参与进来。与针织相比，钩针是一种相对较新的工艺，历史上一直由女性进行。此外，钩针钩反映了一种名为羊水钩的产科工具。近年来，钩针已被用作一种形式的抗议活动，如‘纱线轰炸’和手工艺。这项研究的一个目标是与钩针编织者合作，制作一件反映我在自由生育研究中的发现的艺术装置，并将其展示在一个人们可以实物和在线参观的展览上。一个学术界内外的人都可以访问的在线会议。妇女和生育者的生育和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成员。这次在线会议将使来自不同学术领域的人以及非学术界人士齐聚一堂，讨论生殖权利，以期交流知识并促进合作。

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.