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networks of influence


My paper described earlier is appearing as a CSSR working paper. Attached for those interested.
Networks of influence: a theoretical review and proposed approach to AIDS treatment activism

networks of influence: a theoretical review and proposed approach to aids treatment activism


I submitted this paper to the journal Social Movement Studies (available through IngentaConnect) today. I can provide copies of the draft to anyone who is interested.
Abstract
The topic of AIDS activism cuts across disciplines, is complex, under-theorised and does not lend itself to neat theoretical explication. Furthermore, the story of the relationship between [...]

presentation on transnational networks in south african aids activism


i gave a presentation on my research on transnational networks in aids activism at the scholar ship’s workshop on aids in south africa and india on friday. I attach a pdf of the presentation here: scholar-ship-seminar-29-02-2008.pdf.

presentation on networks in aids activism


I presented the Centre for Social Science Research’s weekly seminar yesterday. I looked at some of the theoretical considerations in the research i am currently conducting on aids activism. My presentation was entitled Local contexts and global networks in Aids treatment activism and is available here. It is very cryptic. I will post a draft [...]

a response to rian malan’s ‘last ever aids piece’


I should be very happy if Rian Malan’s so-called “last ever Aids piece” (nose88) is truly his last, since he shows no sign of changing his habit of serious errors of logic and deliberate distortions when writing on Aids.
His disingenuous suggestion that the shocking rise in in the number of registered deaths is merely the [...]