Community Engagement: The Ethnography of HIV/AIDS
This semester, we will be carrying out interviews with people living with HIV/AIDS in our community. In order to do so, you will be interviewing a person who is HIV positive over the course of the semester. In order to assist you in this process, we will be reading the text Wise Before Their Time , and following its basic topical interview structure. We will reworking through a number of community organizations that serve member of the community affected by HIV/AIDS: MANNA The Nest SJAA AtlanticCare PRIDE Fieldwork may seem unfamiliar and uncomfortable, especially when meeting new people and "crossing (sub)cultural boundaries". I will be guiding you every step of the way, but there are some helpful tips to getting started. PREPARE*: Read about the people, organization and place you will be visiting and the people you will be interviewing beforehand! Prepare interview questions. Gather tools for note taking, photography and video recording. Be on time! You m...