Research on South India, HIV and globalisation

[Guest guest]

Dear all,

Namaste.

I am writing to the list to introduce myself and to ask for possible

assistance. I am a socio-linguist working in Cardiff, Wales (UK) on

globalistion and localisation of language with particular respect to

HIV/AIDS. I am based in the Centre for Language and Communication

Research at Cardiff University and also in the Health Communication

Research Centre at the same.

I will be visiting south India later in the month to find out about

NGOs, support services, government initiatives, PLWHA and

international bodies working in the field of HIV. The remit of my

five year contract (which is now about a year in) is to interrogate

the concept of 'quality of life' with respect to HIV and to examine

both with respect to globalisation.

Essentially the research involves two 'areas'. Firstly,

infrastructural arrangements (including how work is facilitated,

funded, encouraged, limited) with global bodies, government, NGOs and

community organisations. Secondly, to find out about lived

experiences of PLWHA.

While I am a communication researcher, I am actually interested in

finding out about how intervention and care work takes place; how

policy is formulated; what local issues are; what's hard, what's easy

and so on. I am particularly interested (personally and

professionally) in human rights issues and how research of the kind I

am conducting can be of help to the community.

I can certainly provide more detailed information to anyone who might

be interested.

kind regards,

Dr belle Mooney

I can be contacted at mooneya@... or annabelle_mooney@...