Subject-making methods in AIDS policies: managing youth living with HIV/AIDS

Authors

  • Claudia Carneiro da Cunha Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). Rio de Janeiro, RJ.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5902/2236672517039

Keywords:

AIDS, policy, youth, management, government technologies.

Abstract

This article is based on doctoral research that discusses a set of technologies in the Foucauldian sense of the term, geared towards the (con)formation of Subjects in the broadest context of the production of youth living with HIV/AIDS as “new characters” in AIDS. Based on anthropological methods, the ethnographical approach consisted primarily of making systematic observations of workshops of an educational nature conducted as part of a social project designed to train young people as protagonists. Emphasis is given to a drama workshop, based on which a discussion is presented of the technologies and strategies employed in the modeling of youth living with HIV/AIDS as moral political subjects, part of the modus operandi of AIDS policies in Brazil. The notion of “modeling” subjects derives from the fact that this is a project that brings forth model-subjects, examples. This modeling does not come about as the result of the crude, abrupt imposition of values, habits and behaviors, but rather through the ongoing, gentle polishing of the subjects and the way they understand themselves and their status as youth living with HIV/AIDS.

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Author Biography

Claudia Carneiro da Cunha, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). Rio de Janeiro, RJ.

Dra. em Antropologia Social pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Antropologia Social (PPGAS) do Museu Nacional (MN) da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Pós-doutoranda no Instituto de Medicina Social (IMS) da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil. E-mail: cunha.claudia@gmail.com

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Published

2014-12-31

How to Cite

Cunha, C. C. da. (2014). Subject-making methods in AIDS policies: managing youth living with HIV/AIDS. Século XXI: Journal of Social Sciences, 4(2), 91–132. https://doi.org/10.5902/2236672517039

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 2 (2014): Dossier Socio-Anthropological Reflections about Public Policies on Gender and Sexuality

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