INTE 398 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4.4: Names Project Aids Memorial Quilt, Sexually Transmitted Infection, Major Force
30 Jan 2017
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[4. 7] a very american epidemic: memory politics and identity politics in the aids memorial quilt, 1985- It is equally important to understand aids socially and in language as it is to medically: equally to understand the epidemic of meanings. We can"t analyze aids if we dismiss these concepts as irrational myths: they are people trying to understand. Some argue that average people trying to make sense of aids is as difficult & imperfect as for scientists. Many made sense with the news combined with prior social constructions. Ambiguity and uncertainty are feature of science that must be socially and linguistically managed. In face of uncertainties of course people are going to give birth to different conceptions. Ambiguity, homophobia, confusion, them-vs-us, blame-the-victim is also present in science. We see these things normally as non-scientific which can be a dangerous misconception: not always a reliable source.
