TY - JOUR
T1 - Resisting Global AIDS Knowledges: Born-Again Christian Narratives of the Epidemic from Papua New Guinea
AU - Eves, Richard
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The recognition that HIV prevention materials need to be adapted to local cultures is not often sufficiently understood and applied. Counter discourses and determined disputation about the best means of HIV prevention show that success is not simply a matter of mindfully translating globally sanctioned knowledge and presenting it to receptive audiences. Beliefs contrary to global AIDS knowledges will not be displaced inevitably by scientific facts. As this study of born-again Christians in Papua New Guinea shows, there is incommensurability between the globalized approach preferred by the government and the approach of these Christians. The answer may lie in two words: respect and dialogue.
AB - The recognition that HIV prevention materials need to be adapted to local cultures is not often sufficiently understood and applied. Counter discourses and determined disputation about the best means of HIV prevention show that success is not simply a matter of mindfully translating globally sanctioned knowledge and presenting it to receptive audiences. Beliefs contrary to global AIDS knowledges will not be displaced inevitably by scientific facts. As this study of born-again Christians in Papua New Guinea shows, there is incommensurability between the globalized approach preferred by the government and the approach of these Christians. The answer may lie in two words: respect and dialogue.
U2 - 10.1080/01459740.2011.594122
DO - 10.1080/01459740.2011.594122
M3 - Article
VL - 31
SP - 61
EP - 76
JO - Medical Anthropology: Cross-cultural Studies in Health and Illness
JF - Medical Anthropology: Cross-cultural Studies in Health and Illness
IS - 1
ER -