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Annual International Social Sciences and Humanities
Conference Aids in Culture VI Explorations in the Cultural History of Aids Mexico City 8 – 14 December 2010
» Call for Papers (English) »» Convocatoria de ponencias
Sida y Cultura » Registration
form for participants in Aids in Culture (all participant
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» Registration form for
participants in Aids in Culture (all participant categories)
About Aids in Culture AIDSinCULTURE.org is an
international and interdisciplinary academic organization currently based in
Mexico City dedicated to the study of Aids in its cultural context. The
project was initiated in 2004 by Dr. Lars Ivar Owesen-Lein Borge, Norwegian
anthropologist and historian, and is directed by an interdisciplinary
Academic Committee. The objectives of the organization are to consider how
the social sciences and humanities can contribute to the fight against
HIV/AIDS, to develop an extensive body of scientific literature on cultural
responses to HIV/AIDS, and to build an international network of scientists,
professionals, students and activists working with these issues. Individuals,
Organizations and Institutions can sign up as members in
AIDSinCULTURE.org. The Annual Aids in Culture Conference in Mexico City: Explorations in
the Cultural History of Aids AIDS is not simply an illness or a
biomedical phenomenon. The organization „AIDSinCulture.org“
founded and co-sponsored by Enkidu Magazine in Mexico City and the
International Society for Cultural History and Cultural Studies (CHiCS) in
cooperation with CNDH (The National Human Rights Commission in Mexico) seeks
to examine cultural responses to AIDS in different cultures and societies
across a wide range of perspectives. The conference will explore the
processes by which AIDS is constructed as a cultural phenomenon and how
different societies in their encounters with AIDS attempt to create meaning
in health, illness and disease. The conference aims at bringing together
academics working in all relevant disciplines as well as activists, artists
and other professionals, and promoting innovative multidisciplinary and
multicultural exchange and dialogue. The conference cycle AIDS in Culture has
already developed into an annual tradition and will be organized for the
sixth time in 2010 in Mexico City. In 2004 Aids in Culture took place in the
National Center for Human Rights (CNDH) in Mexico City and had Artistic and aesthetic responses to
AIDS/HIV as a special focus. The Artist of the Conference was Rolando de
la Rosa -Mexican sculptor and painter-. In 2005 AIDS in Culture II was held
in the Archivo Histórico
Santamaría in the city of Papantla in the Mexican Federal State of Veracruz. The
second edition of the conference cycle had Indigenous knowledge and conceptions of AIDS in Latin America, Africa
and New Guinea as its core theme. The Artist of the Conference was Morgan
Alexander -American photo-ethnographer-. In 2006 AIDS in Culture III returned to
Mexico City. The conference was organized in a large number of special
thematic sessions covering a diverse series of topics extending from „The History of AIDS
Activism“, "Representations of Aids in Literature",
"Aids in Education" to "The Politics of Aids and Aids in Politics"
and "Perceptions of Aids in
Lesbian Sub-Cultures in Mexico". The artist of the conference was
Arturo Ramirez Juárez, Mexican painter, who died of AIDS in
1987. In 2007 the conference activities took
place both in the National Human Rights Comission
in Mexico City and in Hotel del Portal in the city of Puebla. The conference
had a special focus on Aids and
Otherness and Aids in narratives of identities. Many of the papers
presented in 2007 addressed issues related to translations between cultures and
re-negotiations and re-constructions of cultural identities in one one way or another in relation to AIDS and HIV. In 2007
the conference exhibitions were Vihda y Draguería – Life
& Dragness by Antonio
Marquet from Mexico and The Experiences of HIV/AIDS for Mothers by
Samia Omar, originally from
Kenya. In 2008, the conference
had the subtitle: Imaging and
Imagining Aids: The nature and role of images, visual representations,
imagination and narrative
interpretation in making sense of experiences of health, illness and disease. UNESCO proclaimed 2008 as International Year of Languages and lingustic diversity and coexistance..
This was a common theme of many academic, cultural and artistic activities organised by Enkidu Magazine throughout the year in Mexico
City. Also during Aids in Culture V, there wias a
stream of panel sessions addressing the role of local languages in
combating AIDS/HIV and other diseases by safeguarding of local and indigenous
knowledge and know-how. AIDSinCULTURE.org: Mission Statement The mission of AIDSinCULTURE.org is to
support and encourage research in the humanities and social sciences in the
fight against HIV and AIDS. Our work have the following objectives: 1) to stimulate and advocate innovative
investigations within the humanities and the social sciences about AIDS
related issues, and promote perspectives from the humanities and social
sciences within the broader Aids research community, as well as encourage
dialogue and exchange between researchers, activists, professionals,
students, artists, organizations, public institutions, government agencies
and the general public. 2) to make the information generated in
the conferences and in our research activities available to a global audience
through publication of the conference proceedings, and related articles, as
well as through our outreach activities. 3) to provide a global forum for dialogue
and debate, where diverse voices from all over the world can come together,
make connections, discuss topics of mutual interest and develop new ideas
across linguistic, cultural and academic barriers, and where scientists in
the humanities and social sciences working with AIDS related topics can meet
and communicate about their work. 4) to develop an extensive body of
scientific literature on cultural responses to HIV/AIDS which can be used to
develop strategies to fight HIV and AIDS that take the importance of cultural
factors into consideration. To this end, AIDSinCULTURE.org 1) organizes annual academic conferences
in cooperation with public universities, government agencies and NGO's. 2) Maintains an extensive news service in
Castilian as an independent section in Enkidu Magazine, dedicated to
"Aids in Culture" from a wide range of perspectives: http://enkidumagazine.com/_d/DO7.htm 3) sponsors a monthly session dedicated to
"Aids in Culture" as part of "Los Martes
de Enkidu", a weekly community event organized by Enkidu Magazine in
Mexico City 4) participates in conferences, symposia,
community events, activist meetings and other events organized by other
institutions and organizations to spread consciousness about the importance
of providing a meeting point for activists and academics involved in the
fight against AIDS/HIV and encourage more dialogue and exchange between
institutions and organizations in this global struggle which affect us all in so many
ways. AIDSinCULTURE.org is a community project,
open to all interested persons. The organization is affiliated with the
International Society for Cultural History and Cultural Studies (CHiCS) in
Mexico City, however, it is not necessary to be member of CHiCS to join
AIDSinCULTURE.Org. Regular Membership Fee for AIDSinCULTURE.Org is 550
Mexican Pesos per year, or 50 USD for individuals. If you would like to
enroll in our organization, please, contact Agustin Villalpando, our
membership officer at avs@enkidumagazine.com » Registration
form for participants in Aids in Culture (all participant categories) » Membership
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