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International Journal of Performance Arts & Digital Media (Journal)

  • Bissell, L. (Editor)
  • Jodie Hawkes (Editor)
  • Elena Marchevska (Editor)

Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial activity for an academic publication

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International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media

Matrescence and Media Journal Launch

Editors: Laura Bissell, Jodie Hawkes and Elena Marchevska

Thursday 12 February 2026, 17.30 - 18.30 GMT, Online

‘Matrescence - the time of mother-becoming’ (1975, 66) coined by the anthropologist Dana Raphael is defined as the process of becoming a mother. The word describes the physical, psychological, and emotional changes experienced during the significant transformation that is motherhood. This special issue of the International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media explores how performing matrescence has been explored and communicated via digital mediums that capture, document, curate, complicate and layer various experiences of becoming mother.

Join editors Laura Bissell, Jodie Hawkes and Elena Marchevska along with authors to share contributions and reflections from Matrescence and Media.
Period12 Feb 2026
Type of journalJournal
ISSN2040-0934
Degree of RecognitionInternational

UN SDGs

This activity contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 5 - Gender Equality
    SDG 5 Gender Equality

Keywords

  • matrescence
  • media
  • maternal performance
  • digital performance
  • artistic research

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