Ambiguities of 'culture' and the antiretroviral rollout in South Africa
| dc.contributor.author | Ashforth, Adam | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nattrass, Nicoli | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-04-26T13:27:11Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-04-26T13:27:11Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2016-04-26T13:26:06Z | |
| 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.apacitation | Ashforth, A., & Nattrass, N. (2006). <i>Ambiguities of 'culture' and the antiretroviral rollout in South Africa</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19239 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Ashforth, Adam, and Nicoli Nattrass <i>Ambiguities of 'culture' and the antiretroviral rollout in South Africa.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR), 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19239 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Ashforth, A., & Nattrass, N. (2006). Ambiguities of ‘culture’and the antiretroviral rollout in South Africa. Centre for Social Science Research: University of Cape Town. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Working Paper 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 - 2006 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2006 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/11427/19239 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19239 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Ashforth A, Nattrass N. Ambiguities of 'culture' and the antiretroviral rollout in South Africa. 2006 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19239 | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | 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.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) | |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | |
| dc.title | Ambiguities of 'culture' and the antiretroviral rollout in South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Working Paper | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | Research | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Research paper | en_ZA |