Language, Literature and the Discourse of HIV/AIDS in Africa
University of Botswana English Department, 2002

Programme

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CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND THE DISCOURSE OF HIV/AIDS IN AFRICA

PROGRAMME

MONDAY 24 JUNE

TIME	ACTIVITY/ PANEL	PRESENTER	TITLE OF PAPER	SESSION CHAIR	VENUE
7.30 am- 8.45 am	Registration				BLOCK 240, ROOM 011
8.45 am – 10 am	Opening Ceremony				240-011
10am – 10.15 am	Tea
10.15am – 11.30 am	Plenary1	Mnthali, F.	Literature and Disease in Africa	Rasebotsa, N.	240 -011
11.30 am – 1pm	PANELS
	A1	Kerkham, R. Bourgault, L	Condoms and Crosses: sexual and religious narratives in contemporary Kinshasa art. Boalian Theatre and AIDS in the United States	Mogobe, T.	240-001
	B1	Akinade, A. Dilger, H. Maithufi, S.	Cultural practices that influence the spread of Hiv/Aids in Botswana. Silences and taboos in discourses on HIV/AIDS in Tanzania HIV/ AIDS: contamination or curse?	Yusuf, Y.	240-002
	C1 C1	Reddy, S. Angulo, J./Okong	Gender and HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa Gender perspectives in prevention of mother to child (PMTCT) in Uganda	Segobye, A.K.	240-003
	D1	Chasi, C./ De Wet, G. Daniel, M.	A phenomenological study for the HIV/AIDS communication dilemma Listening to Orphan Voices	Mensah, K.	240-009
	E1	Yusuf, I,/ Ellece, S. Steinmetz, C. Ogbodo, J.	Sex-related students' language at the University of Botswana: Implications for Hiv/Aids The Topic Sexuality in AIDS-Prevention-Measures in Burkina Faso Speech or silence: the linguistic implication of Hiv/Aids prevention and spread in rural African communities	Ofuani, O.	240-010
1pm – 2pm	LUNCH				Staff Cafetaria
2pm – 3.15pm	Plenary 2	Rasebotsa, N.	Aids Fiction in Africa	Lederer, M.	240-011
3.15pm – 3.30 pm	TEA
3.30pm –5pm	PANELS
	A2	Livingston, J. Odhiambo, T.	AIDS during the health transition: narratives of nostalgia Literature, Morality and the HIV/AIDS in Kenya	Molema, L.	240-001 240-001
	B2	.Rakelmann G/ Rundle, S.	Social and cultural consequences of Hiv/Aids in Botswana and Namibia	Maudeni, T.	240-002
	C2	Kanduza, A. Schutte, P.	Multiple jeopardy: Aids and women in Swaziland Tswana speaking students' perception of HIV/AIDS and poverty	Booysen, F.	240-003
	D2	Gaie, J. ./Botshelo, I. Shukla, U.D.	The maid and hiv/aids infections: the economic and ethical perspectives Ethics and the discourse of Hiv/Aids: the Hindu view	Segobye, A.K.	240-009
	E2	Page,S. Badri, A.	The metaphorical nature of HIV/AIDS: An analysis of the coverage of HIV/AIDS in four Zimbabwean newspapers The assessment of Information Education Communication (IEC) materials of HIV/AIDS	Arua, A. E.	240-010
7.30pm	RECEPTION				Staff Lounge

TUESDAY 25 JUNE

TIME	ACTIVITY/ PANEL	PRESENTER	TITLE OF PAPER	SESSION CHAIR	VENUE
8.00am – 9.15am	Plenary 3	Mwikisa, P.	Constructions of masculinity in traditional African culture and in Western popular culture: Self imagination of the African male and the fight against aids.	Segobye, A. K.	240-011
9.15m – 9.30 am	TEA
9.30am – 11.00 am	PANELS
	A3	Mogobe, T. Ebewo, P.	The déjà vu Factor in the Form and Content of Theatre against HIV/AIDS in Botswana Schools' drama projects, youth and Hiv/Aids crisis: the Southern African experience	Omoregie, F.K.	240-001
	B3	Sithole, J. Kana, E	Cultural Factors in the Spread and Management\of HIV/AIDS Aids in Burundi	Bougault, L.	240-002
	D3	Booysen, F. /Summerton, M. De Wet, G. /Chasi, C.	HIV/AIDS, poverty and inequality: Evidence from the South African Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) A Kierkegaardian pointer on communication for the prevention of HIV/AIDS	Slocum, D.	240-009
	E3	Sookrajh, R. Adedeji, O. Hartell, C.	Learner Hiv/Aids narratives to reconceptualise the curriculum Education on HIV/AIDS: Overcoming Language Barrier The status of Hiv/Aids and education research in South Africa	Arua, A.	240-010
11.00 am -12.30 pm	Roundtable On Public Health and the Human and Social Sciences	Mutembei, A. Lugalla, J. Beard, J. Segobye, A. K.	Teaching public health through literature: the case of Hiv/Aids The Role of Social Sciences in Promoting Public Health HIV/AIDS in Africa and the Study of Literature in American Universities: Taking up the Public Health Challenge. Cultural research and discourses of Hiv/Aids	Mnthali, F.	240-011
12.30 pm – 2.00 pm	LUNCH				Staff Cafetaria
2.00pm – 3.15 pm	Plenary 4	Slocum, D.	‘Steps for the Future’ and Mediating Southern African HIV/AIDS in the United States	Melamu, M.J.	240-011
3.15 pm – 3.30 pm	TEA
3.30pm – 5.00 pm	PANELS
	A4	Arac de Nyeko, M Jacques, G Johansson	Poetry and HIV/AIDS in Africa The Oliver twist syndrome: orphans, Hiv and community drama in Botswana Performative Speech in Popular Theatre on AIDS	Molema, L.	240 -001
	C4	Maudeni, T. Kamugisha, C.	Cultural factors in the spread of Hiv/Aids among children and young people in Botswana Culture-based HIV/AIDS Treatment and Management in Tanzania .��	Mogobe, T.	240-003
	D4	Imoh, G.	Program development and management of HIV/AIDS interventions	Mwikisa, P	240-009
	E4	Busang, E./ Biakolo, M /Mpuang, K. Masalela, R	Hiv/Aids and people with special needs. Hiv/Aids education isn’t only for health class	Ofuani, O.	240-010
7.30pm – 9.00pm	Poetry Reading				Staff Lounge

WEDNESDAY JUNE 26 : MORNING PERIOD

THEME: UNAIDS WORKSHOP ON THE FRAMEWORK FOR HIV/AIDS COMMUNICATION

June 26^TH 2002

Time		Activity/Session		Facilitators
08:30-8:40 08:40-9:00 9:00-9:30		Plenary Session Introductory remarks for UNAIDS Botswana. Dr. Kwame Ampomah, CPA Botswana Keynote address: The UN Response against AIDS. Historical perspective and Future Challenges. UNDP Representative and UN Resident Coordinator Presentation of the UNAIDS Communications Framework for HIV/AIDS. Prof Collins Airhihenbuwa, Penn State University, USA.		Dr. Kwame Ampomah, CPA Botswana Bunmi Makinwa Team Leader UNAIDS ICT/ESA
9:30-10:15 Simultaneous workshops on key issues and discussions on implications for communication		Break away sessions on communications framework begin. Communications Framework Workshops. Overall Objectives: To examine the role that communication has played in the different aspects of the response against HIV/AIDS		Workshops coordinator: Dan Odallo, ICT/ESA. Pretoria Prof. Collins Airhihenbuwa, Penn State University. USA
	Workshop No.1. Stigma, Discrimination and Human Rights. Implications for Communication and Counseling Venue – 1 (240-001) Objectives: To examine sources of stigma and discrimination in HIV/AIDS To provide recommendations on how communication could support the fight against these barriers in HIV/AIDS To examine the role of culture in stigma and discrimination To examine the role of research in stigma and discrimination Workshop facilitator: Janet Kabeberi, UNDP Regional Program on HIV/AIDS. Presentations: Counseling for VCT, the challenges of stigma and discrimination. Experiences from Nigeria. Stella Iwaugwu- Gender Abuse and HIV/AIDS. Dr. Tony Johnson. Research in stigma and discrimination, some considerations for evidence-based interventions. Warren Parker. CADRE Rapporteur: ANNEA Workshop No. 2 Care and Support for HIV/AIDS. Implications for Communication, Community Mobilization and Counseling Objective: Provide a set of recommendations on how communication should position care and support in the continuum of HIV/AIDS Venue : 2(240-002) Workshop facilitator: Dr. Sam Kalibala. Presentations: Care and Support for People Living with HIV/AISD. COCEPWA- Botswana Images of Street Children and HIV/AIDS (Dally Nation Newspapers, Nairobi and Rotary Club, Kenya Community Based Care and Support. Implications for Communication interventions. (KITOVU Hospital and TASO Uganda. RAPPORTEUR: SANASO
12:30-1:00	Wrap up session at plenary: Prof Alfred Opubor, Prof. Arvind Singhal		VENUE: 240- 011

WEDNESDAY 26 JUNE: AFTERNOON PERIOD

TIME	ACTIVITY/PANEL	PRESENTER	TITLE OF PAPER	CHAIR	VENUE
1.00 pm – 2.30 pm	LUNCH				Staff Cafetaria
2.30pm – 4.00pm	PANELS
	A5	Boyd, D. Godby,M. Wigston, D.	Aids and the creative imagination in Niger Gideon Mendel and the Politics of Photographing the HIV/AIDS Pandemic in South Africa The Representation of AIDS in Political Cartoons	Turner, N.	240-001
	C5	Ebershohn /Eloff Olagoke, A. Imoh, G.	The black, white and grey of rainbow children’s coping with Hiv/Aids HIV/AIDS Risk Perception and Safer Sexual Practices among Male Commercial Drivers in Ibadan, Nigeria Social Mobilisation and Advocacy for Hiv/Aids prevention and control	Slocum, D.
	D5	Mutula, S. Magwaza, J.	Indigenous Knowledge Systems and Technological Capacity in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa HIV/AIDS discourses in KwaZulu-Natal	Maudeni	240-003
	E5	Ofuani, O Wolf, A. Ndimande, N.	Talking HIV/AIDS: Public Health Campaign and the Use of Nigerian Pidgin War, Movement and Food. The Use of Metaphors in Discourses about AIDS Language inferiority and the spread of Hiv/Aids: the case for rural families	Bahri, D..	240-010
6.00 – 8.00	Drama Night:				TBA

THURSDAY 27 JUNE

TIME	ACTIVITY/PANEL	PRESENTER	TITLE	CHAIR	VENUE
8.00am - 9.15am	Plenary 5	Marshall, W.	AIDS and Black Bodies: Towards Critical Humanist Interpretations of Epidemic	Mensah, K.	240-011
9.15am – 9.30am	TEA
9.30 – 11.00am	PANELS
	A6	Turner, N. Mutembei, A. Gunduza, M.	Zulu oral discourse as a reflection of entrenched gender stereotypes Using narratives to understand people's experience on Aids:examples from oral poetry of the Bahaya of Bukoba, Tanzania. There is a snake between the sheets! A criticalanlysis of two Zimbabwean documentaries and a poetry collection on HIV/AIDs.	Bahri, D. .	240-003
	C6	Phatlane, N.S. Maila, M.W	Diseases of poverty or opportunistic Aids-defining diseases? – Apartheid and the prevalence of Aids in S.A. Harmonising the HIV/AIDS race issue: Towards an African Perspective	Ebersohn, L.	240-003
	D6	Ruele, M. Biakolo, E. A.	The role of Theology and church in the fight against HIV/AIDS in Botswana Strange Bedfellows: Science, African Culture and Hiv/Aids Debate	Mwikisa, P.	240-009
	E6	Yusuf, I ./Mathangwane, J. Arua, A.	Proverbs and Hiv/Aids A psycho-sociolinguistic analysis of some aids messages in English in Eotswana	Magura, B.	240-010
11.00 am –12.30 pm	A Video Show	L. Bourgault	AIDS and the Arts in Africa		240-011
12.30pm – 2.00 pm	LUNCH				Staff Cafetaria
2.00pm – 6.00pm	Visits to Select Places: options at registration

FRIDAY 28 JUNE

TIME	ACTIVITY/PANEL	PRESENTER	TITLE	CHAIR	VENUE
8.00 – 9.30 am	PANEL
	A7	Marschall, S.. Mutembei, A	Finding a visual language to talk about Aids: HIV/AIDS awareness murals in South Africa Gender in Bahaya oral poetry related to aids:The expected and the acceptable	Wigston, D.	240-001
	D7	. Maile, S. Rawjee, V.	HIV/AIDS and organisational communication Effective HIV/AIDS communication planning: A case study of a HIV/AIDS awareness campaign targeted at young adults at the ML Sultan Technikon.	Imoh, G.	240-009
	E7	Preece, J./Ntseane, G. Shihepo, S. et al	Using adult education theoretical and pedagogical perspectives in HIV/AIDS prevention strategies Peer education: an effective behavior change communication (BCC)strategy in the Namibian private sector	Mathangwane, J.
9.30am – 10.00 am	Closing Ceremony				240-011
7.00 pm -late	PARTY				TBA

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