Chapter Queering the agony aunt
A discussion of public engagement ‘on the ground’ rather than an idealised account, this chapter demonstrates some of the messiness that shifts in research and encounters with different publics can bring to public engagement projects. It discusses the development of a public engagement activity call...
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| description | A discussion of public engagement ‘on the ground’ rather than an idealised account, this chapter demonstrates some of the messiness that shifts in research and encounters with different publics can bring to public engagement projects. It discusses the development of a public engagement activity called ‘Could you be an agony aunt?’ and how it was adapted for different audiences. As the author’s research into the representations of women’s health in women’s magazines evolved to include titles aimed at LGBTQ+ readers, she included examples from these sources in the activity. The chapter reflects on how people responded to this representation in the context of different events, exploring the difficulties of framing public engagement activities for marginalised groups that neither ignore nor replicate the terms of that marginalisation. Taking a reflexive approach, the chapter also discusses the author’s own grappling with the question of what queer public engagement looks like as a queer academic and how the conversations she had with people at these events influenced her perspective. In documenting an ad hoc approach to public engagement, the chapter demonstrates the value in remaining receptive to unexpected opportunities and conversations. However, it also highlights the importance of attending to the audience not just in terms of identity but also within the context of the event and those individuals’ likely experiences of representation or invisibility at similar events. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1625432025-07-05T05:12:40Z Chapter Queering the agony aunt Payling, Daisy everyday health health humanities intersectionality medical humanities social history of medicine wellbeing thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues::MBX History of medicine thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHT History: specific events and topics::NHTB Social and cultural history thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3M c 1500 onwards to present day::3MP 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999::3MPQ Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999 A discussion of public engagement ‘on the ground’ rather than an idealised account, this chapter demonstrates some of the messiness that shifts in research and encounters with different publics can bring to public engagement projects. It discusses the development of a public engagement activity called ‘Could you be an agony aunt?’ and how it was adapted for different audiences. As the author’s research into the representations of women’s health in women’s magazines evolved to include titles aimed at LGBTQ+ readers, she included examples from these sources in the activity. The chapter reflects on how people responded to this representation in the context of different events, exploring the difficulties of framing public engagement activities for marginalised groups that neither ignore nor replicate the terms of that marginalisation. Taking a reflexive approach, the chapter also discusses the author’s own grappling with the question of what queer public engagement looks like as a queer academic and how the conversations she had with people at these events influenced her perspective. In documenting an ad hoc approach to public engagement, the chapter demonstrates the value in remaining receptive to unexpected opportunities and conversations. However, it also highlights the importance of attending to the audience not just in terms of identity but also within the context of the event and those individuals’ likely experiences of representation or invisibility at similar events. 2025-07-04T05:10:15Z 2025-07-04T05:10:15Z 2025-07-03T15:02:52Z 2024 chapter ONIX_20250703T165813_9781526170675_5 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/103938 9781526170675 9781526170651 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/162543 eng Social Histories of Medicine open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/103938/1/9781526170675-ch8.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/103938/1/9781526170675-ch8.pdf Manchester University Press Manchester University Press 10.7765/9781526170675 10.7765/9781526170675 bcb4ab08-c525-4e6c-88e5-a0cf0a175533 ‘Everyday health’, embodiment, and selfhood since 1950 Wellcome Trust d859fbd3-d884-4090-a0ec-baf821c9abfd 343879dd-7955-422b-881a-bf482aa661e2 9781526170675 9781526170651 Wellcome Manchester University Press 21 Manchester [...] [...] open access |
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