The Birth Project
Project Team
Project Lead(s)
Professor Susan Hogan (Project Lead)
Professor Susan Hogan has research interests in the history of medicine. She has written extensively on the relationship between the arts, insanity, and the role of the arts in rehabilitation. She is also very interested in the treatment of women within psychiatry and maternity care. Her most recent work is ESRC funded work, in collaboration with the University of Sheffield, Department of Sociological Studies, which is looking at representions of older women. The aim of this study is to use the creative arts to negotiate and challenge images of ageing and explore their contribution to participatory approaches to research in social gerontology.
Susan Hogan has a BA Degree in fine art, a post-graduate diploma in art therapy, a Master’s Degree in Arts Administration (Arts Policy & Management), and a further Master’s Degree in Social Science Research Methods (Social Policy & Sociology). Her Ph.D. was in Cultural History (looking at the…
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