Ambiguities of 'culture' and the Antiretroviral rollout in South Africa
| dc.contributor.author | Ashforth, Adam | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nattrass, Nicoli | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-04T15:10:25Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-05-04T15:10:25Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2005 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-05-04T15:03:46Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper reflects on two contrasting cultural strategies for supporting the rollout of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART): The Treatment Action Campaign's Treatment Literacy Programme which seeks to educate people into a conventional scientific understanding of HIV disease and treatment; and a Department of Health Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) video which harnesses putative 'indigenous knowledge' relating to illness and healing. It points out that the latter strategy risks connecting with fears regarding the 'African science' of witchcraft. This can serve to confuse, rather than clarify, ambiguities concerning the notion of 'cure'. Science education is challenging, but has the potential to empower patients to manage their illness effectively. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02533950508628716 | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Ashforth, A., & Nattrass, N. (2005). Ambiguities of 'culture' and the Antiretroviral rollout in South Africa. <i>Social Dynamics</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19429 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Ashforth, Adam, and Nicoli Nattrass "Ambiguities of 'culture' and the Antiretroviral rollout in South Africa." <i>Social Dynamics</i> (2005) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19429 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ashforth, A., & Nattrass, N. (2005). Ambiguities of ‘culture’and the antiretroviral rollout in South Africa. Social Dynamics, 31(2), 285-303. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.issn | 0253-3952 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Journal Article AU - Ashforth, Adam AU - Nattrass, Nicoli AB - This paper reflects on two contrasting cultural strategies for supporting the rollout of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART): The Treatment Action Campaign's Treatment Literacy Programme which seeks to educate people into a conventional scientific understanding of HIV disease and treatment; and a Department of Health Voluntary Counselling and Testing (VCT) video which harnesses putative 'indigenous knowledge' relating to illness and healing. It points out that the latter strategy risks connecting with fears regarding the 'African science' of witchcraft. This can serve to confuse, rather than clarify, ambiguities concerning the notion of 'cure'. Science education is challenging, but has the potential to empower patients to manage their illness effectively. DA - 2005 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - Social Dynamics LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2005 SM - 0253-3952 T1 - Ambiguities of 'culture' and the Antiretroviral rollout in South Africa TI - Ambiguities of 'culture' and the Antiretroviral rollout in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19429 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19429 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Ashforth A, Nattrass N. Ambiguities of 'culture' and the Antiretroviral rollout in South Africa. Social Dynamics. 2005; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19429. | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher | Taylor & Francis | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR) | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | Social Dynamics | en_ZA |
| dc.source.uri | http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rsdy20/current | |
| dc.title | Ambiguities of 'culture' and the Antiretroviral rollout in South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Journal Article | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Article | en_ZA |