Women, Ageing and Media Research Workshops

Currently this is an under-researched area and, therefore, the workshops aim to facilitate discussion, raise questions and open up debates around aspects of women ageing and media. These workshops will be a combination of academic, grassroots and innovative. The workshops are about generating ideas, facilitating discussion and building networks. The workshops will include a range of formal papers and works-in-progress. The aim of the workshops is to provoke colleagues to think through issues related to the ageing female body in response to presentations and group discussions. This is a starting point for what we hope will be a really productive academic dialogue and we would like to invite you to be involved in the early stages of what we anticipate will be an important project.

 

The Workshops

The following workshops will take place in 2008. Lunch and refreshments will be included. Please use the online booking form to register your interest using the links below.

 1. Emotion and Affect
University of Gloucestershire, Cheltenham, UK
2nd July 2008
Times: 10.30-3.30

This workshop was attended by the following and the contributions can be viewed in WATCH ONLINE.

Josephine Dolan (UWE, UK); Colette Duke, (Sussex, UK); Frances Eames, (Nottingham, UK); Abigail Gardner, (Gloucestershire, UK); Joanne Garde-Hansen, (Gloucestershire, UK); Kristyn Gorton, (York, UK); Julia Hallam (Liverpool, UK) Claire Jenkins (Warwick, UK); Ros Jennings, (Gloucestershire, UK); Ruth Kelham (Gloucestershire, UK), Susan Knabe (Western Ontario, Canada); Eva Krainitzski (Gloucestershire, UK); Sherryl Wilson (UWE, UK).

 

2. Visibility/Invisibility
University of West of England, Bristol, UK
10th September 2008
Times: 10.30-3.30

This workshop was attended by the following and the contributions can be listened to in WATCH ONLINE.

Josephine Dolan (UWE), Colette Duke (University of Sussex), Joanne Garde-Hansen (University of Gloucestershire), Claire Jenkins (University of Warwick), Clare Johnson (UWE), Irmi Karl (University of Brighton), Ruth Kelham (University of Gloucestershire), Eva Krainitzski (University of Gloucestershire), Ros Jennings (University of Gloucestershire), Jeanette Monaco (UWE), Estella Tincknell (UWE), Sherryl Wilson (UWE).

 

3. Scary Bodies
University of York, UK
24th October 2008
Times: 10.30-3.30

This workshop was attended by the following and contributions can be viewed in WATCH ONLINE

Joan Baker (University of York), Jo Garde-Hansen (University of Gloucestershire), Abigail Gardner (University of Gloucestershire), Kristyn Gorton (University of York), Sharron Hinchcliff (University of Sheffield), Eva Krainitzki (University of Gloucestershire), Ros Jennings (University of Gloucestershire), Ann Kaloski-Naylor (University of York), Helen Stapleton (University of Sheffield), Corinna Tomrley (University of York), Estella Tincknell (University of West of England), Sherryl Wilson (University of West of England), Sue Winterburn (Women's Institute, Yorkshire)

 

 

4. Consumerism and Commodification
University of West of England, Bristol, UK
12 November 2008
Times: 10.30-3.30

This workshop was attended by the following and contributions can be viewed in WATCH ONLINE

Justine Coupland (Cardiff University); Josephine Dolan (University of West of England); Julie Doyle (University of Brighton); Claire Jenkins (University of Warwick); Ros Jennings (University of Gloucestershire); Helen Kennedy (University of West of England); Eva Krainitzki (University of Gloucestershire); Estella Tincknell (University of West of England); Julia Twigg (University of Kent); Sherryl Wilson (University of West of England).