Community-Based Theatre of HIV Oral Histories

While we face a global pandemic with COVID-19, we look to our progress in HIV treatment and celebrate new medications that makes living with HIV/AIDS a reality for those with access. This was only a dream in the 1980s. However, HIV rates and HIV stigma remain high and stereotypes about who is susceptible to HIV still exist. In particular, women’s stories of living with HIV/AIDS have been largely ignored and overlooked. Through a community-based theatre project where women’s voices are brought to centre stage, we seek to amplify women’s voices and share their stories with the wider public. The performances and follow-up workshops will offer a unique setting for community members to come together and create new understandings of what it means to live with HIV in British Columbia.

Faculty Supervisor:

Nathan Lachowsky

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Partner:

Community Based Research Centre Society

Discipline:

Sociology

Sector:

Other services (except public administration)

University:

University of Victoria

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