On being firefighters : insights on curriculum transformation in HIV and AIDs contexts

Loading...
Thumbnail Image

Authors

Dube Shomanah, Musa W., 1964-

Issue Date

2009

Type

Article

Language

en

Keywords

Curriculum transformation , HIV/AIDS

Research Projects

Organizational Units

Journal Issue

Alternative Title

Abstract

The article theorises about various responses to an HIV and AIDS outbreak by comparing it to a burning hut in the village. These responses range from indifference to action oriented engagement with HIV and AIDS. It is a framework that challenges scholars of religion and other disciplines to place themselves within the story of HIV and AIDS and to plot their own response. The approach is both autobiographical and institutional in its analysis. The article thus highlights insights on curriculum transformation gathered from individual experiences and intuitional engagement by highlighting the writer’s response, organised efforts from the World Council of Churches, the Circle of Concerned African Women Theologians, the University of Botswana and other institutions. The conclusion emphasises that both research and teaching should be justice seeking.

Description

Peer reviewed

Citation

Musa, MW. 2009, 'On being firefighters : insights on curriculum transformation in HIV and AIDs contexts',Studia Historiae Ecclesiasticae, vol. XXXV, Supplement. pp 83-98.

Publisher

Church History Society of Southern Africa

License

Journal

Volume

Issue

PubMed ID

DOI

ISSN

1017-0499

EISSN