We are ‘so hormonal’, but what even are hormones, anyway?
A Rebellious Glossary
Sunday 07/04 12.00 – 13.30
HOME Theatre Manchester, 2 Tony Wilson Place, M15 4FN
Adrenaline! Cortisol! Oxytocin! Hormones flow through and into our bodies every day. We take synthesised versions as medicines. We hear about them in the news. Does testosterone make you manly? Does cortisol make you stressed? Discover how hormones shape our health, mood, sex appeal, fertility, and how we experience our bodies and our surroundings. Delve into fascinating questions with us as we ask: What are hormones, anyway?
Roslyn Malcolm is an anthropologist at Durham University. Through her research she seeks to understand the stories we tell about the interactions of bodies, selves and environments in health and ill-health.
Andrea Ford is an anthropologist at the University of Edinburgh. She researches childbirth, periods, endometriosis, and FemTech, practices as a doula, and is dedicated to reproductive and environmental justice.
Lisa Raeder is a PhD candidate at the University of Edinburgh whose PhD work explores contraceptive practices and their interrelations with perceptions of gender, health, and the 'self'.
Dr Sone Erikainen is a lecturer in sociology at the University of Aberdeen. Their research and publications focus on sexualities and gender diversity and the sociology of science and technology, with much of their work sitting at the intersection of these two research areas.
