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SUMMARY:"Constructing the ‘foetal environment:’ making intergeneration
 al publics in a regional biobank" - Dr Maria Fannin\, School of Geographic
 al Sciences\, University of Bristol
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DESCRIPTION:Pregnancy is regarded by health researchers as a key period in
  which to begin studies focusing on the child\, configuring the pregnant p
 erson’s body as the child’s first ‘environment.’ This presentation
  explores the history of efforts to enroll pregnant women in research stud
 ies focused on child health\, exploring the role such studies play in the 
 broader reproductive biopolitics aimed at governing pregnant bodies. Drawi
 ng on interviews with mothers\, health professionals and scientists\, and 
 archival materials from a longitudinal study of child health in the south 
 west of the UK\, the presentation considers how the concept of the ‘foet
 al environment’ was materialised through the collection of tissues such 
 as cord blood and placenta. In this way\, the paper calls for renewed atte
 ntion to the reproductive histories of population geography. 
LOCATION:Small Lecture Theatre\, Department of Geography\, Downing Site
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