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18.02.2025 17:30-19:00
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Torget

Designing Motherhood: The First Room

Emilia Bergmark-Jiménez. Photo: Henrik Nielsen. Opokua Britton. Photo: Emma Tüll. Irena Pozar. Photo: Lotte Fernvall/Aftonbladet. Katarina Rundgren. Photo: Petra Bindel.

In this conversation, we take our starting point in the room where birth takes place. Today, more and more women in Sweden choose to give birth at home, partly due to a sense of insecurity in hospitals. Overcrowded wards and long travel distances can contribute to the perception that the hospital environment is less safe. What does the first room look like, and what functions should it fulfill? And what emotions should it be able to accommodate?

Program 

17:30 Short guided tour of Designing Motherhood 
18:00 Conversation at Torget 

Participants

Katarina Rundgren – architect, writer, and partner at Testbedstudio Arkitekter.
Opokua Britton – nurse, doula, podcaster, and author.
Emilia Bergmark-Jiménez – photographer and author, currently presenting the book and exhibition To Be Born and to Give Birth.

Moderator

Irena Pozar – editor-in-chief of VeckoRevyn and columnist at Aftonbladet, who has investigated maternity care in Sweden.

This program series is presented in collaboration between ArkDes and Stockholms Kvinnohistoriska ↗ and is inspired by the Designing Motherhood exhibition, on view at ArkDes until August 31, 2025.

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

17:30–19:00

Torget

Free of charge. Limited seats.

Swedish

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