Counselling against HIV in Africa
A genealogy of confessional technologies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15098475 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Vinh-Kim Nguyen (0000-0002-6959-5327, Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | sup4 |
| Pages | S440-S452 |
| Publication date | 2013-08-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture Health & Sexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1369-1058 • E-ISSN: 1464-5351 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13691058.2013.809146 |
| PMID | 23862739 |
| OpenAlex | W2167581714 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 10 |
This paper contextualises counselling within a broader historical formation that links disclosure to healing and deploys confessional technologies to incite disclosure and awareness of the mysterious substance of the self. Foucault's argument that sexuality was the privileged arena for using confessional technologies to 'produce' the truth of the self is particularly relevant in light of the diffusion of counselling practices in Africa in the wake of the HIV epidemic, particularly with their emphasis on inciting appropriate sexual behaviour. Examination of the historical assemblage of counselling practices shows how they articulate what the self is, the nature of truth and a politics of language. This paper focuses on the genealogy of four key assumptions that express this confessional reason. These are that: (1) people can be 'empowered' to have control on their own lives by working on themselves, (2) secrets untold become pathogens, (3) the ability to heal requires that one first overcome personal illness, (4) the experience of sharing secrets is cathartic and healing. The genealogy intertwines four strands: that of the Unconscious as revealed by Freud and his followers, attempts to treat shell-shocked veterans of World War I, group psychotherapy and participatory research after World War II
Argument (complex analysis · Confession (law · Confessional · Human sexuality · Political science · Politics · Psychoanalysis · Psychoanalytic theory · Sociology · Unconscious mind · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Studies · Homelessness and Social Issues · Law · Medicine · Psychology
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The PhotoVoice method for collaborating with people with lived experience of mental health conditions to strengthen mental health services
The intersection of antiretroviral therapy, peer support programmes, and economic empowerment with HIV stigma among HIV-positive women in West Nile Uganda
Confessional Technologies and the Will to Disclose
The biopolitics of engagement and the HIV cascade of care
Using social media as a platform to publicly disclose HIV status among people living with HIV
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Experiences of, and motivations for, disclosing HIV to social and familial networks
Refusal and Aporia
Family imaginaries in the disclosure of a blood-borne virus
Pastoral power in HIV prevention
Good, Bad Religious Leaders
The stories we tell
Secrets and Silence
On Becoming and Being a 'Living Testimony of Change
The Dilemmas of Monogamy
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Breaking Silences and Upholding Confidences
| Unique citing works | 26 |
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| Citations per year | 2,36 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 26 |