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Creative arts space: perinatal dreaming
S52 The aim of this workshop is to introduce midwives to social media and how they can use it for communication and collaboration. There are a number of reasons why midwives must be introduced to social media and given strategies for managing it effectively. Women turn extensively to the Internet for information, thus midwives need to know how to publish credible information for women. • Midwives need to know how to connect with women and work in a more participatory relationship which is facilitated by Web 2.0. • Soon we will be working with young women who have grown up with social media. Not only will these young women be our clients, but they will also be the next generation of midwives. We cannot bury our heads in the sand and say we only work in the face-to-face environment. If we do, we run the danger of being unable to communicate with, or meet the information needs of this new generation of women. • In these days of economic retrenchment, midwives must look at alternative ways to collaborate, mentor and support each other, provide and access ongoing learning opportunities. By the end of the workshop, midwives will be able to: • list some of the common social media tools that be used for communication and collaboration including Twitter, blogs, wiki, Skype and Facebook; • identify how midwives can use these tools to build communities and networks of practice; • describe some examples and case studies in which midwives use social media for professional development, support and mentoring including the Virtual International Day of the Midwife; • construct a plan for how they can use social media in their own personal learning; • construct a plan for how they can use social media for national and international professional communication and collaboration.
Abstracts product design and the end user in a non-exclusive manner. Berto’s designs have been cited in both local and international design journals and his work has been exhibited in design events both locally and internationally. Berto is senior lecturer and director of industrial design at the University of Technology Sydney. The task of a designer is to project the future into the present by articulating a possible outcome to an existing condition. This exhibition will display the outcomes of these projections that were developed by final year industrial design and interior design students. These practice-led research outcomes are linked to a larger interdisciplinary study on the impact of birthing unit design on communication between birthing mothers, staff and family/support members. With the educational directive in design to explore conceptual ideas, the first of two groups of students were presented with a standard written brief for the redesign of birthing units. They were asked to focus on either: a product, space, or combination of product and spatial design to address the needs of a birthing unit. A second group were given the same problem but were also provided with detailed video ethnographic information to supplement the written brief. The aim of this presentation of student work is to critically reflect upon the differences in the outcomes of a traditional form of design brief with that of the brief using video ethnography. There will be approximately 30 visual boards that make up the exhibition. Each design outcome will be presented using two-dimensional visual boards measuring 420 mm × 594 mm consisting of images and annotations that detail the design proposal. The designs presented represent new ways of examining the future use and experience of birthing units, through innovative concepts that address both the physical and physiological needs of the mother and other users in the space. These stimulating proposals aim to encourage discussion around the definition, method of briefing, and design of future birthing units. Keywords: Design briefs; Video ethnography; Birthing units doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2011.07.017 Creative arts space: perinatal dreaming
doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2011.07.016 Creative arts space: birthing units: new solutions for products and spaces George Verghese is the Dean of the Faculty of Design, Kwantlen Polytechnic University in British Columbia, Canada. Previously he was the director of post-graduate design, and has held positions of course director in Interior Design and Associate Head of School at UTS. He has also held international posts as Head of School in Interior Design at Ryerson University, in Canada, and Visiting Professor at King Monghurt University of Technology Thonburi in Thailand. His international design experience complements his academic career, totalling 30 years. His doctorate research is in grounded theory and innovative materiality within interior practice. Berto Pandolfo’s research interests are focused around the investigation and experimentation of how new and emerging technologies can be introduced and benefit
Marianne Wobcke is a Wakka Wakka woman currently living in Toowoomba and working as a nurse at the Murri School in Brisbane. She locates her artworks within a virtual reality that is informed through her career as a midwife and her ancestral knowledge of the inner landscapes of gestation, birth and death. She received a 1st class Honours’ exploring the theme ‘‘Perinatal Dreaming’’ which relates to her evolution as an urban Indigenous woman reconciling a Stolen Generations ancestry. Her collaborators include Jenny Sanzaro-Nishimuri, Jane Gardiner and Maggie Giles. The artworks selected for the purposes of this conference, engage multiple mediums and media, such as 3D felt sculptures, woven vine baskets, screen prints, lino cuts, film and animation sequences that create an opportunity for the audience to connect with subconscious dimensions of their psyche and begin the adventure of discovering their own Perinatal Myth.
Creative Arts These artworks that are originally from Perinatal Dreaming. The instillation was created to take the audience on a journey through the interior landscapes of conception, gestation, the birth process and the early postnatal period. The artworks visually and viscerally document the impact of perinatal and transgenerational trauma while embracing the potential for transformation and reconciliation. Marianne acknowledges the sensitive nature of the material expressed in these exhibited works, connected to the sacred dimensions of birth, death and sex. In a traditional context such provocative images would be shared with caution and protected through complex ceremonies and rituals facilitated by Grandmothers who were custodians of sacred Women’s Knowledge. The audience will be supported to reflect, document and integrate aspects of their own birth dreaming through the creative process of collage. doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2011.07.018 Other Components of the Creative Arts Festival Midwives’ Daily Planet The Midwives’ Daily Planet was developed as a communication tool for delegates attending the conference. It is a daily printed newsletter aimed at enhancing delegates’ conference experience and supporting the achievement of the meeting’s objectives. The publication will support informal learning and networking among delegates by promoting specific events, highlighting key sessions or activities, profiling speakers and others as well as providing informal ‘vox pops’ commentary and puzzles. A small team of volunteers will manage the production of The Daily Planet drawing on interviews, stories and pictures gathered throughout the conference.The publication complements the monthly email newsletter, Odyssey Countdown, compiled monthly and distributed to delegates registered to attend the meeting. • Norman Booker Norman is a consultant (ntbconsulting) in professional learning, workforce development, service planning and evaluation. He has a background in education, bloodborne viruses, alcohol and other drugs and sexual health. • Maralyn Foureur Maralyn is Professor of Midwifery at University of Technology, Sydney, Adjunct Professor of Midwifery at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and Research Scholar at Northern Sydney and Central Coast Health Districts. • Nicky Leap Nicky is an Adjunct Professor of Midwifery at UTS and a Visiting Professor of Midwifery at Kings College, London. With Rachael Lockey she is the Co-Director of the creative arts Festival for this conference. • Midwifery Student Volunteers A cohort of midwifery students from the University of Technology, Sydney Bachelor of Midwifery and Graduate Diploma in Midwifery programs has volunteered to work with the editorial team to provide material for The Midwives’ Daily Planet publication. This will require them to engage with speakers and their conference presentations, provide summaries of the presentations and engage with
S53 the conference delegates to prepare reflective ‘vox pops’ throughout the conference. doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2011.07.019 The Yarning Table One of the oldest forms of social networking occurs when women sit down together and share stories (having a yarn, or yarning) while simultaneously using yarn (fibres) to create textiles and objects. Throughout centuries and across cultures women have shared their creative skills in the making of tapestries, clothing, samplers, baskets, rugs, bedding and other household items. In many countries, there is a rich history of interconnectedness associated with quilting bees; sewing circles; knitting for soldiers and ‘the war effort’; helping to prepare a ‘layette’, ‘bottom drawer’ or ‘glory box’; and in recent years, initiatives such as ‘Wrapped With Love’ — knitting squares for blankets to send to impoverished and war torn countries. Patterns and traditions for quilting, knitting, weaving and embroidery have been handed down through generations and sent in letters across oceans to women separated from their countries of origin. It is this interconnectedness associated with yarn and yarning, warp and weft, that feminist writers have drawn on as metaphor when exploring the complexity, diversity and multiple meanings associated with female friendships and women’s ways of being in the world. The yarning table at this conference will provide a quiet space where delegates can take time out to sit and share stories while knitting, crocheting or sewing together. Our tasks will engage beginners as well as those who have more advanced skills: 1) Baby blankets [4 squares] to be given to pregnant women as an incentive for them to attend the midwifery clinics associated with the Hamlin Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia. 2) Knitted uteri and breasts — education tools for midwives to use in a range of different settings, including Papua New Guinea and the Hamlin Fistula Hospital. 3) Breast Dress — a collaborative arts project to raise awareness about breast cancer. Knitted breasts will decorate a ‘Breast Dress’ for entry in the Alice Springs Wearable Arts Awards 2012. Patterns will be circulated on the conference website and in bulletins in advance of the conference so that delegates can engage family and friends in the pleasures of knitting and sewing for a good cause. We will exhibit these contributions at the conference. The Yarning Table concept was developed by Nicky Leap and Rachael Lockey (Co-Directors of the Conference’s creative arts Festival), in collaboration with Arna Walker, Coordinator of the project. Arna Walker is the Coordinator of the Yarning Table at the conference. Arna moved to Canberra from New Zealand in April 2008, and has been the Finance Manager with the ACM since November 2008. Her first career started in hospitality and tourism in Thredbo, in the Snowy Mountains a long time ago, so moving to Canberra allows her to
Abstracts product design and the end user in a non-exclusive manner. Berto’s designs have been cited in both local and international design journals and his work has been exhibited in design events both locally and internationally. Berto is senior lecturer and director of industrial design at the University of Technology Sydney. The task of a designer is to project the future into the present by articulating a possible outcome to an existing condition. This exhibition will display the outcomes of these projections that were developed by final year industrial design and interior design students. These practice-led research outcomes are linked to a larger interdisciplinary study on the impact of birthing unit design on communication between birthing mothers, staff and family/support members. With the educational directive in design to explore conceptual ideas, the first of two groups of students were presented with a standard written brief for the redesign of birthing units. They were asked to focus on either: a product, space, or combination of product and spatial design to address the needs of a birthing unit. A second group were given the same problem but were also provided with detailed video ethnographic information to supplement the written brief. The aim of this presentation of student work is to critically reflect upon the differences in the outcomes of a traditional form of design brief with that of the brief using video ethnography. There will be approximately 30 visual boards that make up the exhibition. Each design outcome will be presented using two-dimensional visual boards measuring 420 mm × 594 mm consisting of images and annotations that detail the design proposal. The designs presented represent new ways of examining the future use and experience of birthing units, through innovative concepts that address both the physical and physiological needs of the mother and other users in the space. These stimulating proposals aim to encourage discussion around the definition, method of briefing, and design of future birthing units. Keywords: Design briefs; Video ethnography; Birthing units doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2011.07.017 Creative arts space: perinatal dreaming
doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2011.07.016 Creative arts space: birthing units: new solutions for products and spaces George Verghese is the Dean of the Faculty of Design, Kwantlen Polytechnic University in British Columbia, Canada. Previously he was the director of post-graduate design, and has held positions of course director in Interior Design and Associate Head of School at UTS. He has also held international posts as Head of School in Interior Design at Ryerson University, in Canada, and Visiting Professor at King Monghurt University of Technology Thonburi in Thailand. His international design experience complements his academic career, totalling 30 years. His doctorate research is in grounded theory and innovative materiality within interior practice. Berto Pandolfo’s research interests are focused around the investigation and experimentation of how new and emerging technologies can be introduced and benefit
Marianne Wobcke is a Wakka Wakka woman currently living in Toowoomba and working as a nurse at the Murri School in Brisbane. She locates her artworks within a virtual reality that is informed through her career as a midwife and her ancestral knowledge of the inner landscapes of gestation, birth and death. She received a 1st class Honours’ exploring the theme ‘‘Perinatal Dreaming’’ which relates to her evolution as an urban Indigenous woman reconciling a Stolen Generations ancestry. Her collaborators include Jenny Sanzaro-Nishimuri, Jane Gardiner and Maggie Giles. The artworks selected for the purposes of this conference, engage multiple mediums and media, such as 3D felt sculptures, woven vine baskets, screen prints, lino cuts, film and animation sequences that create an opportunity for the audience to connect with subconscious dimensions of their psyche and begin the adventure of discovering their own Perinatal Myth.
Creative Arts These artworks that are originally from Perinatal Dreaming. The instillation was created to take the audience on a journey through the interior landscapes of conception, gestation, the birth process and the early postnatal period. The artworks visually and viscerally document the impact of perinatal and transgenerational trauma while embracing the potential for transformation and reconciliation. Marianne acknowledges the sensitive nature of the material expressed in these exhibited works, connected to the sacred dimensions of birth, death and sex. In a traditional context such provocative images would be shared with caution and protected through complex ceremonies and rituals facilitated by Grandmothers who were custodians of sacred Women’s Knowledge. The audience will be supported to reflect, document and integrate aspects of their own birth dreaming through the creative process of collage. doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2011.07.018 Other Components of the Creative Arts Festival Midwives’ Daily Planet The Midwives’ Daily Planet was developed as a communication tool for delegates attending the conference. It is a daily printed newsletter aimed at enhancing delegates’ conference experience and supporting the achievement of the meeting’s objectives. The publication will support informal learning and networking among delegates by promoting specific events, highlighting key sessions or activities, profiling speakers and others as well as providing informal ‘vox pops’ commentary and puzzles. A small team of volunteers will manage the production of The Daily Planet drawing on interviews, stories and pictures gathered throughout the conference.The publication complements the monthly email newsletter, Odyssey Countdown, compiled monthly and distributed to delegates registered to attend the meeting. • Norman Booker Norman is a consultant (ntbconsulting) in professional learning, workforce development, service planning and evaluation. He has a background in education, bloodborne viruses, alcohol and other drugs and sexual health. • Maralyn Foureur Maralyn is Professor of Midwifery at University of Technology, Sydney, Adjunct Professor of Midwifery at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand and Research Scholar at Northern Sydney and Central Coast Health Districts. • Nicky Leap Nicky is an Adjunct Professor of Midwifery at UTS and a Visiting Professor of Midwifery at Kings College, London. With Rachael Lockey she is the Co-Director of the creative arts Festival for this conference. • Midwifery Student Volunteers A cohort of midwifery students from the University of Technology, Sydney Bachelor of Midwifery and Graduate Diploma in Midwifery programs has volunteered to work with the editorial team to provide material for The Midwives’ Daily Planet publication. This will require them to engage with speakers and their conference presentations, provide summaries of the presentations and engage with
S53 the conference delegates to prepare reflective ‘vox pops’ throughout the conference. doi:10.1016/j.wombi.2011.07.019 The Yarning Table One of the oldest forms of social networking occurs when women sit down together and share stories (having a yarn, or yarning) while simultaneously using yarn (fibres) to create textiles and objects. Throughout centuries and across cultures women have shared their creative skills in the making of tapestries, clothing, samplers, baskets, rugs, bedding and other household items. In many countries, there is a rich history of interconnectedness associated with quilting bees; sewing circles; knitting for soldiers and ‘the war effort’; helping to prepare a ‘layette’, ‘bottom drawer’ or ‘glory box’; and in recent years, initiatives such as ‘Wrapped With Love’ — knitting squares for blankets to send to impoverished and war torn countries. Patterns and traditions for quilting, knitting, weaving and embroidery have been handed down through generations and sent in letters across oceans to women separated from their countries of origin. It is this interconnectedness associated with yarn and yarning, warp and weft, that feminist writers have drawn on as metaphor when exploring the complexity, diversity and multiple meanings associated with female friendships and women’s ways of being in the world. The yarning table at this conference will provide a quiet space where delegates can take time out to sit and share stories while knitting, crocheting or sewing together. Our tasks will engage beginners as well as those who have more advanced skills: 1) Baby blankets [4 squares] to be given to pregnant women as an incentive for them to attend the midwifery clinics associated with the Hamlin Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia. 2) Knitted uteri and breasts — education tools for midwives to use in a range of different settings, including Papua New Guinea and the Hamlin Fistula Hospital. 3) Breast Dress — a collaborative arts project to raise awareness about breast cancer. Knitted breasts will decorate a ‘Breast Dress’ for entry in the Alice Springs Wearable Arts Awards 2012. Patterns will be circulated on the conference website and in bulletins in advance of the conference so that delegates can engage family and friends in the pleasures of knitting and sewing for a good cause. We will exhibit these contributions at the conference. The Yarning Table concept was developed by Nicky Leap and Rachael Lockey (Co-Directors of the Conference’s creative arts Festival), in collaboration with Arna Walker, Coordinator of the project. Arna Walker is the Coordinator of the Yarning Table at the conference. Arna moved to Canberra from New Zealand in April 2008, and has been the Finance Manager with the ACM since November 2008. Her first career started in hospitality and tourism in Thredbo, in the Snowy Mountains a long time ago, so moving to Canberra allows her to