This study identifies differing interests which have impacted how Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) prevention programmes in Vancouver have evolved. Drawing
largely upon the writings of Michel Foucault with respect to power, knowledge and sexuality,
discursive trends in materials are identified, categorized and compared to consider how pertinent
subjugated knowledges have developed. The interplay between knowledge-regimes (the
benedicted) and subjugated knowledges (the interdicted) are explicated through textual analyses
of the materials collected.
The findings suggest that knowledges cultivated within the male homosexual
communities of Vancouver ensured the implementation of prevention programmes contextually
relevant to their own milieu. These strategies were also integrated into broader prevention
initiatives designed for society in-general, once their efficacy was apparent. Implications for
community education and public health education are discussed, and areas for future research are
identified.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:BVAU.2429/9285 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Egan, John Patrick |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Relation | UBC Retrospective Theses Digitization Project [http://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/retro_theses/] |
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