Collective residencies / Olot
Negotiating Non-Motherhood
From Monday, 14 March 2022 to Friday, 18 March 2022
![Negotiating Non-Motherhood Negotiating Non-Motherhood](https://docs.llull.cat/IMAGES_22/no-maternitats-3.jpg)
March 2022
Negotiating Non-Motherhood: Voluntary, Involuntary, and Circumstantial Childlessness
This thematic residence focuses on the experiences, representations, and perceptions of women who do not have children against the backdrop of traditional gender norms, pronatalist policies and patriarchal structures. While involuntary and voluntary childlessness have typically been treated separately and studied within different disciplines in previous scholarship, we explore non-motherhood beyond the involuntary/voluntary divide and consider the experiences of women who have chosen not to have children; of those who did not have children due to other life choices and/or through circumstance; and those who could not have children. We bring together a range of perspectives from different national contexts and from different disciplines, including sociology, anthropology, gender studies, and literary and cultural studies to explore non-motherhood. The project we are working on will focus on how these women’s life positions are negotiated, felt, represented, and received.
Residents
![JENNY BJÖRKLUND JENNY BJÖRKLUND](https://docs.llull.cat/IMAGES_22/jenny-bjorklund-2-.jpg)
JENNY BJÖRKLUND
Professor of Gender Studies![MERCEDES CARBAYO ABENGOZAR MERCEDES CARBAYO ABENGOZAR](https://docs.llull.cat/IMAGES_22/mercedes-carbayo-abengozar.jpg)
MERCEDES CARBAYO ABENGOZAR
Lecturer![VALERIE HEFFERNAN VALERIE HEFFERNAN](https://docs.llull.cat/IMAGES_22/valerie-heffernan.jpg)
VALERIE HEFFERNAN
Professor of Literary and Cultural Studies![DOVILE KUZMINSKAITE DOVILE KUZMINSKAITE](https://docs.llull.cat/IMAGES_22/dovile-kuzminskaite.jpg)
DOVILE KUZMINSKAITE
Assistant Professor and Researcher at Vilnius University![LAURA LAZZARI (ONLINE) LAURA LAZZARI (ONLINE)](https://docs.llull.cat/IMAGES_22/laura3.jpg)
LAURA LAZZARI (ONLINE)
Postdoctoral Researcher, Childbirth and Postpartum Educator![ANNA Mª MORERO BELTRÁN (ON LINE) ANNA Mª MORERO BELTRÁN (ON LINE)](https://docs.llull.cat/IMAGES_22/anna3.jpg)
ANNA Mª MORERO BELTRÁN (ON LINE)
ssociate Professor of the Department of Sociology at the University of Barcelona![MARÍA SEBASTIÀ SÁEZ (ON-LINE) MARÍA SEBASTIÀ SÁEZ (ON-LINE)](https://docs.llull.cat/IMAGES_22/marias2.jpg)
MARÍA SEBASTIÀ SÁEZ (ON-LINE)
Assistant professor and researcher![LINA ŠUMSKAITĖ, ONLINE LINA ŠUMSKAITĖ, ONLINE](https://docs.llull.cat/IMAGES_22/lina-1.jpg)
LINA ŠUMSKAITĖ, ONLINE
Assistant Professor at Vilnius University, Researcher![JULIE RODGERS JULIE RODGERS](https://docs.llull.cat/IMAGES_22/photo-julie-rodgers-1-.jpg)
JULIE RODGERS
Associate Professor![DAGNE BERZAITE ( ON LINE) DAGNE BERZAITE ( ON LINE)](https://docs.llull.cat/IMAGES_22/fem4.jpg)
DAGNE BERZAITE ( ON LINE)
Assistant Professor at Vilnius University, Researcher![ELISABET ALMEDA SAMARANCH ELISABET ALMEDA SAMARANCH](https://docs.llull.cat/IMAGES_22/elisabet-almeda-samaranch-2.jpg)
ELISABET ALMEDA SAMARANCH
Full professor of Sociology at the University of BarcelonaOpinions
What residents are saying about us
![DOVILE KUZMINSKAITE](https://docs.llull.cat/IMAGES_22/dovile-kuzminskaite.jpg)
Assistant Professor and Researcher at Vilnius University
DOVILE KUZMINSKAITE
The Project The MotheNet Project offers deeper analysis and understanding of motherhood involving interdisciplinary approaches from humanities, social sciences, and medicine. The project tries to answer some crucial questions, in particular “What ...
+ info![VALERIE HEFFERNAN](https://docs.llull.cat/IMAGES_22/valerie-heffernan.jpg)
Professor of Literary and Cultural Studies
VALERIE HEFFERNAN
The Project The MotheNet Project offers deeper analysis and understanding of motherhood involving interdisciplinary approaches from humanities, social sciences, and medicine. The project tries to answer some crucial questions, in particular “What ...
+ info![MERCEDES CARBAYO ABENGOZAR](https://docs.llull.cat/IMAGES_22/mercedes-carbayo-abengozar.jpg)
Lecturer
MERCEDES CARBAYO ABENGOZAR
The Project The MotheNet Project offers deeper analysis and understanding of motherhood involving interdisciplinary approaches from humanities, social sciences, and medicine. The project tries to answer some crucial questions, in particular “What ...
+ info![JENNY BJÖRKLUND](https://docs.llull.cat/IMAGES_22/jenny-bjorklund-2-.jpg)
Professor of Gender Studies
JENNY BJÖRKLUND
The Project The MotheNet Project offers deeper analysis and understanding of motherhood involving interdisciplinary approaches from humanities, social sciences, and medicine. The project tries to answer some crucial questions, in particular “What ...
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