Project Details
Projekt
Reproductive Timing. Normative and practical orientations in the context of reproductive medicine
Applicant
Professorin Dr. Vera King
Subject Area
Empirical Social Research
Practical Philosophy
Practical Philosophy
Term
since 2021
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 424883170
This subproject investigates normative and practical orientations with regard to the timing – the planning and realisation – of motherhood against the background of reproduction technologies. On the one hand, medical possibilities of reproduction are considered to have an impact on the temporal standardisation of the life course. On the other hand, – and in the sense of an interaction – these possibilities are also considered to be increasingly used and reassessed in order to cope with lifetime challenges such as conflicts of conciliation, optimisation and time concerning work and family, which are linked to fertility and becoming a parent. Accordingly, the key questions of this subproject are: 1. How is reproduction in the course of life or the individual biography linked – in a normative manner – to temporality and to ideas of a good life in the course of time? 2. What role does the use or perception of offers and possibilities of reproductive medicine play? 3. How are relations or potential contradictions between heteronomy and autonomy, success and failure, adaptation to social norms and obstinacy, aspiration (or pressure) to optimise and serenity in lifestyle expressed or managed? For this purpose, interviews with women and medical professionals (of gynaecology and reproductive medicine) on the subject of reproductive timing are conducted and analysed. Regarding the underlying terms and concepts as well as the methodology this subproject cooperates with the other subprojects, especially with the ZIP and the subprojects 1 (Philosophy), 3 (Psychocardiology), 2 (FIlm/Television) and 5 (Ethics of Reproductive Medicine).
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