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Artfully Engaged: Arts Activism and HIV/AIDS Work With Youth in South Africa

By Walsh, S., Mitchell, C.
in G. Knowles, L. Neilsen, A. Cole and T. Luciani (Eds.), Provoked by Art: Theorizing Arts-informed Inquiry. Toronto: Backalong Books (forthcoming 2003).

In this chapter we explore the ways that being ‘artfully engaged’ is contributing to the empowerment of a group of young people in South Africa to take action in relation to their own bodies, sexuality and HIV prevention. In a country where the infection rates are 19.9% (UNAIDS, 2000), where young people are a particularly vulnerable population, and where young women are at the greatest risk, both due to their biological vulnerability and the high incidence of gender-based violence, the stakes in engaging young people in any sort of prevention strategy are high. How does an engagement in arts-informed action research effect personal behaviour change in youth?

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	Other Publications Artfully Engaged: Arts Activism and HIV/AIDS Work With Youth in South Africa By Walsh, S., Mitchell, C. in G. Knowles, L. Neilsen, A. Cole and T. Luciani (Eds.), Provoked by Art: Theorizing Arts-informed Inquiry. Toronto: Backalong Books (forthcoming 2003). In this chapter we explore the ways that being ‘artfully engaged’ is contributing to the empowerment of a group of young people in South Africa to take action in relation to their own bodies, sexuality and HIV prevention. In a country where the infection rates are 19.9% (UNAIDS, 2000), where young people are a particularly vulnerable population, and where young women are at the greatest risk, both due to their biological vulnerability and the high incidence of gender-based violence, the stakes in engaging young people in any sort of prevention strategy are high. How does an engagement in arts-informed action research effect personal behaviour change in youth? Back to Publications Home