Shame on who? asks domestic violence activist visiting Mackay
Published on 21 September, 2010
New Zealand-based researcher and activist Dr Ang Jury will present a research seminar for the Queensland Centre for Domestic and Family Violence Research, at CQUniversity Mackay on Tuesday September 28.
Dr Jury is the Manager of Palmerston North Women's Refuge and later this year will take up a position on the governing body, National Collective of Independent Women's Refuges Aotearoa New Zealand.
New Zealand's Dr Ang Jury ... presentation being video-linked to a range of centres
Dr Jury's seminar, titled Shame on Who? An Exploration of the constitution of women's shame within abusive intimate relationships, is one in a continuing program of free research seminars offered by the Centre in Mackay, and beamed to as many as nine other sites across the state via video-conferencing.
Details regarding video-linked sites and how to register
can be found on CDFVR's website http://www.noviolence.com.au/
This seminar will present the results of Dr Jury's research with a group of women who had lived through abusive intimate relationships.
While the research was expected to elicit accounts of resilience, it revealed instead accounts of debilitating shame arising from the women's own sense of failure as mothers and intimate partners because of their experiences of intimate partner violence.
Dr Jury argues that shame promotes silence, isolation and dangerous private spaces as women seek to protect themselves from its painful experience; and that it is crucial to provide responses that offer non-shaming and realistic choices for women living through abuse.
Centre Director Heather Nancarrow, said the research seminars were designed to bring relevant research to the domestic and family violence prevention field to support the development of policy and best practice.
"There has been strong interest in this seminar across the state and we're expecting it will generate a lot of discussion and reflection on current responses to domestic violence in Queensland."
The seminar will run from 10.30am to 11.30am on Tuesday, September 28. It is free of charge, however registration is required as places are limited at all sites.