Is our modern view of childbirth ‘trapped’ in the legacy of Western gender norms and historic patriarchy and can the lens of diversity provide a different perspective?
In this conversation, artist, curator and birth doula Dyana Gravina will share her view on childbirth from a perspective of seeing it as a deeply psychological and sexual event. By reframing historical notions of "hysteria" and "violent" behaviours, Dyana seeks to expand the understanding of female bodily experiences in the sense of a return to the body's rhythms, such as contractions and impulses during birth, which can be seen as a way to achieve a more humanised and liberated experience of childbirth and sexuality.
