A Conversation About Conversations

Dialogue Based Methodology and HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa
  • Imara Ajani Rolston
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Abstract

This is a conversation about conversation. Conversation, voice, dialogue have arguably been at the center of all great social change and transformation. Present at the roots of resistance, social movements, political struggle, and grassroots mobilization are ideas born of conversation and dialogue. This conversation is about the power of conversation. There are countless articles, books, and journals that discuss numerous models and offer various explanations for the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa. From each explanation, each model spring forth intervention projects and programs. Ultimately, the means to fight AIDS is grounded in the way the experience of AIDS is conceptualized. While approaches have differed in structure and process, many intervention schemes remain anchored to their theoretical beginnings, and even more importantly, geographical origins.

Keywords

Social Capital Knowledge System Indigenous Knowledge Structural Violence Indigenous Knowledge System 
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