Explorations in the Cultural History of AIDS

Archivo Historico de Santa María Papantla Papantla, México, 9 - 12 December 2005

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[15.12.2005]: Sida y Cultura II, Exploraciones en la Historia Cultural del SIDA Enkidu agradece desde lo más profundo de nuestros corazones  al Municipio y a la población de Papantla, ciudad veracruzana, por su acogida y por las facilidades que brindaron para la realización de la Conferencia Internacional SIDA y Cultura II, Exploraciones en la Historia Cultural del SIDA... más

 

Octavio Acuña
In Memoriam ¡Exigiendo Justicia!		In Memoriam Demanding Justice!
Octavio Acuña, psychologist, activist, Human Being cowardly murdered on Tuesday June 21st, 2005 in the City of Queretaro (near Mexico City, just three hours by car).  He participated in AIDS in CULTURE I in 2004. This year's conference is dedicated to Octavio and his memory. more about Octavio

AIDS in Culture II will be held in the charming colonial town Papantla in the State of Veracruz in the facilities of the Municipality Historical Archive Santa Maria de Papantla, Friday 9th December to Monday 12th December 2005. 

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abstracts of papers approved by October 1st 2005

NEWSLETTER (25/11/205)

Group Transportation from Mexico City Central del Norte: We recommend the participants who travel via Mexico City to take the bus that departs from the Northern Bus Terminal at 13:00 Hrs on December 8th.  Participants who have paid the registration fee in advance can travel with this bus for free. If you would like to travel with the Group Transport, please notify us by e-mail or telephone as soon as possible.

* On-site registration on December 9, 2005: 09:00 - 11:00

* Conference Opens on December 9, 2005 at 11:00. Welcome Speech by Lic. Fidel Herrera Beltrán, Governor of the State of Vera Cruz.

* Conference Exhibition: "Aids Affects Us All" opens on December 9 at 11:30 Hrs.

* Welcome Dinner on December 8, 2005 at 20:00 Hrs. in the Resturant of Hotel 

The Sacrament of Sharing/El Sacramento de Compartir A theater performance by Artemisa Teatro written especially for the Aids in Culture Conference Circle: Saturday 10 at 20:00 Hrs

* Guided Tour to impressive ruins of El Tajin for the conference delegates organised by the staff the Municipal Historichal Archives on Sunday afternoon at 14:00 Hrs.

* Conference Closes on December 12, 2005 at 17:00 Hrs. Closing Speech by the Director of the Municipal Historichal Archives.

* Conference Exhibition "Aids Affects Us All": The Photography of Morgan Alexander.

Accommodation during the conference: Hotel Totonacapan. This hotel is in walking distance from the conference location in the Achivo Historico de Santa Maria Papantla. 

Payment of registration fee: more information here

AIDS in Culture is an annual conference organised by Enkidu Magazine in Mexico City in cooperation with CENSIDA the national Mexican AIDS-organisation, CONAPRED (the national Mexican Anti-Discrimination Council) and ADETEA (the Association of Anthropology Students at the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico in Toluca). In 2004 the conference was organised in CENADEH, the National Center for Human Rights in Mexico City. In 2005 the conference will be held in the charming colonial town Papantla in the State of Veracruz in the facilities of the Municipality Historical Archive Santa Maria de Papantla.

AIDS in Culture seeks to examine these issues relating to AIDS in culture across a wide range of perspectives. The conference aims at bringing together people working in all relevant disciplines, activists, professionals, academics and promoting innovative multidisciplinary and multicultural exchange and dialogue.

The conference will focus on a number of core themes: Papers are welcomed on virtually all topics and themes, independently of time, period and space, as well as interdisciplinary perspectives. Also papers of comparative phenomena are welcome. Among the themes of interest are the following:

• AIDS and Cultural Texts: Power and Representation. Representations of AIDS in art, movies, music, poetry, religion and literature from the 1980s until today. How are testimonial narratives mediated and represented?

• Silences and taboos in discourses on HIV/AIDS.

• Aesthetic responses to the challenge. Rituals, customs, and fetishism.

• Cultural practices that influence the spread of HIV/AIDS

• AIDS and the collective and individual identities: Race, Class, Gender etc

• AIDS and Politics, Lobbying and Activism: Power, Representation and Activism. Constructions and reconstructions of AIDS in political and faith and ideology based discourse, legal issues and policy making throughout the world. Who has the authority to speak and who is silenced?

• AIDS and theory: Cultural Studies, Queer Studies, Religious Studies, History, Anthropology, Sociology, Literary Studies and all related disciplines. How do we theorize and analyze experiences and the meaning of illness?

• The 'significance' of AIDS for individuals and communities; the cultural factors influencing our perceptions of health and illness experiences

• AIDS and psychosocial affects and effects. Cultures of silence.

• Indigenous knowledge and AIDS

• Stories and Histories about AIDS

• AIDS in Oral Histories

Papers should be of approximately 30 minutes duration (circa 8 - 10 pages). Other forms of presentation, for instance workshops, panel debates and poster sessions will be considered on request.

Graduate and postgraduate students are encouraged to attend and present papers. Selected papers from the conference will be published in book form. 

Abstracts are to be submitted by 3 October 2005, along with the presenter’s name, address, telephone, email, and institutional affiliation. It is recommended to use the form here when submitting an abstract. However, abstracts will also be accepted as e-mail attachments. All correspondence for this conference will be conducted via email. You will be notified by the 25th of September 2005 whether your proposal has been accepted or rejected. Full conference papers should be submitted by the 1st of November 2005. Abstracts and summaries of the conference papers will be made available at the conference web page from November 2005:

Aids in Culture I

 [30.10.2004]: Programa/Programme  

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