Second Revision Workshop

1. Second Revision Workshop Transformations, Week 22

2. Workshop Aims • Continue to draw connections across the module • Provoke refinements in your revision strategies • Think through the remaining topics – some key points • Discuss strategies in the exam room The Exam When? 2pm Tuesday 12 June Where? Westwood Games Hall

3. Topic by Topic Revision 1 • Work in small groups on one of the following topics: Beyond the nuclear family; Adoption; Timing Parenthood; Contraception; Abortion; Infertility; IVF; Reprogenetics; Gamete Donation; Surrogacy • Identify which module concepts are particularly relevant from the following list (2 slides). Then try to come up with three bullet points that reflect major issues/learning points for this topic that you would need to keep in mind when revising it. Can you think of any authors/studies relevant to this topic? • You won’t remember everything – don’t worry, it’s not a test; it’s an opportunity.

4. Key Module Concepts • Reproduction (obviously). Biological reproduction and social relations of reproduction. • Gender divisions of labour in reproduction • Fertility rates – just risen again in UK – and infertility • Civic/cultural vs. ethnic nationalism and link to state policies • Reproductive Rights • ‘Foetal rights’ • New Reproductive Technologies, inc. IVF, surrogacy, reprogenetics, gamete donation • Ethics: of gamete donation; of genetic screening; of abortion • Saviour Siblings • Parenting - biological or genetic - gestational (mother only) - social - public and private

5. Module Concepts continued •  Femininity and Motherhood; Masculinity and Fatherhood • (‘to father’ = to reproduce genetically; ‘to mother’ = to reproduce socially) • Social birth (precedes actual birth) • Timing Reproduction – biological time / social time • ‘Fitness’ to parent, gendered discourses of ‘good’ parenting (and ‘bad’) • Eugenics; Disability rights and reproduction • Possessive Individualism re claims over reproductive potential • Psychoanalysis and the ‘reproduction of mothering’ • Recombinant families • Race, ‘racialization’ and the politics of reproduction • Surrogacy – partial and full, commercial & altruistic • Adoption – inc. transracial, transnational, lesbian and gay

6. Strategies in the Exam Room • Scenario 1: Your time management has gone awry and there’s only 10 minutes left when you’re only half way through your planned answer to the last question. • What do you do now, and what could you have done earlier? • Scenario 2: You got started ok but now your mind’s gone blank and you feel you can’t remember anything. • What do you do now, and what could you have done earlier?

7. Topic by Topic Revision 2 • Work in small groups on a different one of the following topics: Beyond the nuclear family; Adoption; Timing Parenthood; Contraception; Abortion; Infertility; IVF; Reprogenetics; Gamete Donation; Surrogacy • From what you can recall about each topic, identify which module concepts are particularly relevant from the list. Then try to come up with three bullet points that reflect major issues/learning points for this topic that you would need to keep in mind when revising it, together with relevant authors/research.

8. Beyond the Nuclear Family

9. Adoption

10. Timing Parenthood

11. Contraception

12. Abortion

13. Infertility

14. IVF

15. Reprogenetics

16. Gamete Donation

17. Surrogacy

18. Finally… • Best of luck with your revision and the exam • I hope you’ve enjoyed the module