Series 2: Ep 11: The power of ethnodrama to raise awareness about fertility
In this month's episode, and the last episode for Series 2, Holly Barradell is in conversation with Dr Krystal Wilkinson and Caroline Biddle. "What do we really know about family formation?" and how can we educate and empower people to understand more about the work life interface, the complex journey of fertility and how can we raise awareness with different stakeholder groups? Through Drama - well Ethnodrama to be specific. This episode discusses the huge challenges people face when faced with infertility and Caroline Biddle, a former Drama teacher herself now turned Fertility coach and fertility workplace consultant supports teachers specifically facing infertility and the upheaval this brings to their personal and professional lives. Listen in and find out more about pronatalism in the teaching profession and how ethnodrama gives a creative platform to disseminate research findings. "Drama does bring things out in a much more engaging way than we could ever get just through talking or writing papers" Dr Krystal Wilkinson The episode references the following support, further reading and research: https://fertilitynetworkuk.org/ https://www.tommys.org/ https://gateway-women.com/ https://www.fertilityissuesinteaching.com/ Link to the survey that Caroline references: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfEwDbNwEwZcoz1DDmbXw0WM59oap2y99UuMZ6smMeI9MB3Sw/viewform Example of some of the research performed: https://mmutube.mmu.ac.uk/media/MMU+Man+Up+av.mp4/1_q1xy9cn4