Tomorrow, I present my concept paper " Interrogating neoliberal ideologies of HIV/AIDS Communication: Power, Control, and Agency " at the IAMCR conference in Dublin. The paper is a key component of my upcoming book on "Neoliberalism and Health Communication" to be published by Left Coast Press. Here is the summary of the key arguments in the piece: HIV/AIDS has witnessed a global response over the last decade. Global NGOs, Foundations, private corporations, and state governments have joined hands in tackling HIV/AIDS. Prevention services and health care services in the domain of HIV/AIDS are framed within the interconnected linkages of Foundations, private corporations and nation states. The ideology guiding the global work on HIV/AIDS is shaped within the organizing framework of neoliberalism, privileging market rationality in addressing HIV/AIDS. (a) the response to HIV/AIDS has been taken over by large Foundations such as the Gates Foundation, UNAIDS...
This blog offers Mohan Dutta's reflections on the theoretical framework of the culture-centered approach, examining the interplays among Structure, Culture, and Agency in shaping marginalisation and the ways in which communities at the margins challenge structures. Writings on the blog are continually being revised to reflect the organic analysis of structure and agency.