.. to the National conference of people living with HIV in Bielefeld. I have the honour to be part of a podium discussion about pictures, used in media about people living with the virus. Interesting two hours.. What kind of pictures are dominant? How do people perceive those pictures? How different are the pictures in South Africa and in Germany? How much of the pictures, real or virtual (e.g. by writing about HIV) from Europe filters through to Africa? The positive gay couple in the “big brother container”, the Nadja court proceedings, the dying African people, the big eyes of suffering kids, the report about bare backing on TV.. so many different ways to portray people living with the virus…
New AIDS and old AIDS, meaning: chronic disease (and all is normal) against death sentence (before HAART treatment) – what is the reality of people living with the virus and how to translate it via media into the public domain?
So many questions – and certainly a diversity of answers – important questions and important answers. An important discussion…
Filed under: HIV and AIDS, Reflection, Society and living environment, Aids, Bielefeld, Bundespositivenkonferenz, BuPo2010, Deutsche Aidshilfen, hiv, media, people living with the virus
God, AIDS, Africa & HOPE 