Fat Studies and Health at Every Size: Bigness Beyond Obesity
Lead Research Organisation:
Manchester Metropolitan University
Department Name: School of Science and the Environment
Abstract
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Publications
Brady J
(2013)
Theorizing health at every size as a relational-cultural endeavour
in Critical Public Health
Charlotte Cooper (Author)
(2011)
Chubsters and fat studies : developing new models for understanding 'the obese'
Charlotte Cooper (Author)
(2010)
Kick out the jams : fat, activism and new ways of thinking
Charlotte Cooper (Author)
(2011)
Fightin' dirty with the chubsters
Cockerham WC
(2014)
The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society
Colls R
(2012)
Big Girls Having Fun: Reflections on a 'fat accepting space'
in Somatechnics
Cooper C
(2012)
A Queer and Trans Fat Activist Timeline: Queering Fat Activist Nationality and Cultural Imperialism
in Fat Studies
Cooper C
(2012)
Fat Activist Community: A Conversation Piece
in Somatechnics
Cooper Charlotte
(2016)
Fat Activism: A Radical Social Movement
Cooper, C
(2016)
FatActivist Vernacular (Zine)
| Description | Reported under RES-451-26-0768-A |
| Exploitation Route | Reported under RES-451-26-0768-A |
| Sectors | Other |
| Description | Reported under RES-451-26-0768-A |
| Description | Knowledge Exchange and Impact Voucher |
| Amount | £8,856 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Liverpool |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2015 |
| End | 07/2016 |
| Description | 'She was so viscerally happy in that moment' : fat activism for well being |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Paper presented at Gender and Mental Well Being: Inter-disciplinary Perspectives Seminar, King's College London |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Disability and Fat Activism Talk at DaDaFest |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A public conversation on the relationship between Disability activism and fat activism held as part of the 2016 Disability and Deaf Arts Festival held in Liverpool. Featuring Liz Carr, Charlotte Cooper, Stacy Bias, Bethan Evans and Ruth Gould. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| URL | http://www.dadafest.co.uk/the-festival/event/fat-activism-a-public-conversation/ |
| Description | Ethnographic study of an obesity clinic and the hidden moral element to every aspect of the procedure |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interview on episode of Thinking Allowed titled 'Obesity - cruel optimism' |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2012 |
| Description | Making peace with your body |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation at the Coventry Peace Festival |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2010 |
| Description | Queer fat feminist activism in a handful of amazing episodes |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Paper presented at Corpi eccentrici: bellezza, normatività e rappresentazione (Eccentric bodies: beauty, normativity and representation). Soggettiva, Santa Cristina, Bologna |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2011 |
| Description | Questioning Obesity School Talk - Merchant Taylors |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Talk to 6th form students at Merchant Taylor's school for girls |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |