Areas of Interest and Research

Members are drawn from many scholarly fields (e.g. philosophy, religion, ethics, sociology, nursing, psychology, literature and art) hence areas of interest and research are varied and frequently interdisciplinary. For example,
 

• The portrayal of mothering in media
• The commonalities in mothering
• The diversity in mothering
• Re-thinking and re-imagining the dominant shared understanding of mothering in Australian society
• The social and cultural constructions of motherhood
• Philosophies and representations of the maternal body
• ‘The experiences and practices of mothers.’

 

Contact   Dr Marie Porter, m.porter2uq.edu.au