COM.on C.A.4:e11/61-77
Online published on Jun.22, 2010.
doi:10.4236/coca.2010.41011
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Examining Globalization through Chinese HIV/AIDS Activism
Sara Elizabeth FARINA
Department of Anthropology, the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA 23187 USA
ABSTRACT:
I came to learn of China’s HIV/AIDS situation through a two-semester (Feb. to May and Aug. to Dec. 2007) internship at an HIV/AIDS-related organization in Beijing called the China Orchid AIDS Project (Dongzhen). This internship opportunity, organized by my study abroad program, the Institute for the International Education of Students, enabled me to engage in participant observation on a weekly basis at Dongzhen. Through these experiences, I became interested in how civil society organizations (CSOs) like Dongzhen came into being and responded to the HIV/AIDS crisis in China, given the shame and secrecy surrounding the disease. Due to tensions with the government and lack of charitable giving by Chinese companies and individuals caused by the stigmatization of HIV/AIDS, the majority of Chinese HIV/AIDS activists must rely upon support from abroad to fund their organizations and increase awareness of their causes. Thus, Chinese HIV/AIDS advocates form what Margaret Keck and Kathryn Sikkink call a “transnational advocacy network” (1998). I use this transnational phenomenon to examine the complexities of globalization in post-reform China.
Key words:
HIV/AIDS; Globalization; Chinese CSOs; Chinese NGOs; HIV/AIDS activism.
Recieved: Apr.27,
2010 Accepted:
Jun.21, 2010 Corresponding:
sara.e.farina@gmail.com
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2010年6月22日网上发行
研究报告
中国艾滋病行动中的全球化分析
范怡娜
威廉玛丽学院人类学系，美国弗吉尼亚州 威廉斯堡 23187
摘要：在北京的东珍纳兰文化传播有限责任公司，一个关注艾滋病的组织，作者实习了两个学期(2007年2月-5月与8月-12月)。作者获悉了中国的艾滋病状况。这次实习经美国学生国际教育研究所安排，作者每周都在东珍参与调查。经此，作者开始关注东珍这样的民间社会组织，深入探索在中国对艾滋病有着回避和负面心态的环境下，这些组织的构建方式。因为政府的压力和国内企业慈善捐助活动的缺乏，大部分的中国艾滋病活动家必须依靠国外提供资金，或者提高公众的意识。因此，中国艾滋病活动家组建了“跨国行动网络”。作者从类似的跨国现象来分析中国改革开放后全球化的复杂性。
关键词：艾滋病；全球化；中国民间社会组织；中国非政府组织；艾滋病行动
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