Re-conceiving Birth: Our Shared Entrance to the World Stage – Brandy Schillace (Curatorial Lecture Audio Recording)

Research Summary: Re-conceiving Birth Exhibition

Topic: Medical history and cultural studies of childbirth across time

Institution: Dittrick Medical History Center, Case Western Reserve University

Curator: Brandy Schillace

Focus Areas: Technological innovations, gender dynamics, and social transformations in birth practices

Exhibition Phase: Phase I of main gallery renovation completed

Primary Inquiry: How birth has been altered and shaped by technologies and gender issues over historical periods

Scholarly Approach: Interdisciplinary examination integrating medical history, humanities, and social context into exhibition design

Access: Curatorial lecture audio recording available at Case Western Reserve University website

The Dittrick Medical History Center—an interdisciplinary study center within the College of Arts and Sciences of Case Western Reserve University—is celebrating the completion of phase I of the main gallery renovation, featuring the history of childbirth.

This display begins the museum’s exploration of how birth has been altered and shaped over time by new technologies and issues of gender.

Brandy Schillace curated the first component, titled “Re-conceiving Birth: Our Shared Entrance to the World Stage” and you can listen to a recording of her lecture here:

http://www.case.edu/artsci/dittrick/museum/audio-files/Schillace-10-03-13-edited-compressed.MP3