The Politics of Social Location
THE POLITICS OF SOCIAL LOCATION
TSHOLOFELO.F.MOTLALESELELO
201200601
PART 1: SUMMARY OF MUSA DUBE’S ARTICLE
HIV/AIDS is not only a health issue it is influenced and in some cases even a result of matters concerning our society's culture, beliefs economics and even politics. It is therefore an issue of development as well. As such it is important to find ways of dealing with prevention and subsidizing the effect of the disease. A theoretical method which Musa Dube uses in her article to analyze HIV/AIDS is that of social location.
Social location simply means one's place/position in the society, depending on which community he/she is in. One's social location is determined by their race, class, ethnicity, history, health status, weight, height and how these categories are scaled by each society he/she belongs to. Dube explains how Social Location can be used as a theoretical tool of analysis by pointing us to its background; when and where it originated and how it came to be; as a result of the liberation movements.
Firstly she discusses the liberation theology of Latin America and how it was the first to challenge the concept of studying the bible of a neutral, scientific and objective stance. They pointed out the fact that the theology was exclusive and imperialistic. They recognized the fact that their context and economic class were important factors that largely influenced and enlightened their theology.
Further supporting her stance Dube goes on to discuss two more theologies of resistance which originated in Africa; Enculturation and Black theology. Enculturation sought to resist and cancel out the spread of Christianity which used reprobation or attempted to monopolize by imposing eurocentrisim and a colonizers comprehension of Christianity. Black theology on the other hand which arose mostly in South Africa, during the apartheid regime developed a biblical interpretation, inclusive of both race and class.
Stitching up her argument she points
TSHOLOFELO.F.MOTLALESELELO
201200601
PART 1: SUMMARY OF MUSA DUBE’S ARTICLE
HIV/AIDS is not only a health issue it is influenced and in some cases even a result of matters concerning our society's culture, beliefs economics and even politics. It is therefore an issue of development as well. As such it is important to find ways of dealing with prevention and subsidizing the effect of the disease. A theoretical method which Musa Dube uses in her article to analyze HIV/AIDS is that of social location.
Social location simply means one's place/position in the society, depending on which community he/she is in. One's social location is determined by their race, class, ethnicity, history, health status, weight, height and how these categories are scaled by each society he/she belongs to. Dube explains how Social Location can be used as a theoretical tool of analysis by pointing us to its background; when and where it originated and how it came to be; as a result of the liberation movements.
Firstly she discusses the liberation theology of Latin America and how it was the first to challenge the concept of studying the bible of a neutral, scientific and objective stance. They pointed out the fact that the theology was exclusive and imperialistic. They recognized the fact that their context and economic class were important factors that largely influenced and enlightened their theology.
Further supporting her stance Dube goes on to discuss two more theologies of resistance which originated in Africa; Enculturation and Black theology. Enculturation sought to resist and cancel out the spread of Christianity which used reprobation or attempted to monopolize by imposing eurocentrisim and a colonizers comprehension of Christianity. Black theology on the other hand which arose mostly in South Africa, during the apartheid regime developed a biblical interpretation, inclusive of both race and class.
Stitching up her argument she points