Report to the church of scotlandedited

Theological Students and HIV/AIDsTheological Students and HIV/AIDs

• Ministerial Challenge and Attitude Problem within the churches

• Moving from God-talk to Human-talk, particularly talk of the infected

• Learning through Praxis – Going out to the people

• Training others and thus performing and thus continuing in their mission and ministry.

Community CommunicationCommunity Communication

From Diffusion and Dependency to From Diffusion and Dependency to Community orientationCommunity orientation Participation, Entertainment and Participation, Entertainment and LearningLearningCreating or being part of Creating or being part of CommunityCommunity’’s spaces spaceBeing part of CommunityBeing part of Community’’s public s public space as Christian Witnessingspace as Christian Witnessing

From Diffusion and Dependency to Community From Diffusion and Dependency to Community orientationorientation Participation, Entertainment and LearningParticipation, Entertainment and LearningCreating or being part of Community’s spaceCreating or being part of Community’s spaceBeing part of Community’s public space as Christian Being part of Community’s public space as Christian WitnessingWitnessing

Therukoothu and PavaikoothuTherukoothu and Pavaikoothu

Spectator to Spect-actor (Boal)Spectator to Spect-actor (Boal)Character to Care-actor (Sri Character to Care-actor (Sri Narayana Guru)Narayana Guru)Communicator to Communi-actor Communicator to Communi-actor (Bhaktin)(Bhaktin)

Taking Theologians to streets and Taking Theologians to streets and pavement dwellerspavement dwellers

MassMedia

Market Pressure/Profit motive/increasing space

Negative /Stereotype reporting as Practice

Popularizing strange things - fundamentalism

Constructing Realit ies: Turning reality into a myth…Media refers to TV/Radio/Newspapers/Magazines/Internet…

Information Communication Entertainment

Rich, powerful, professionals get more space

Community media characteristics

Dialogic, democratic, communitarian, local, participation

Voice of voiceless, minorities and others

Cheap, easy access, non-profit, simple, non-professional

Towards Social change, human dignity and development

Intercultural in nature, culturally rooted, folk culture, updated interactive technology

Alternative perspectives and practices

Space for disabled, HIV/AIDs infected, refugees, Eunuchs, and less privileged people

Promote a culture of peace and harmony

HIV/AIDS PROBLEM in INDIA Awareness about the infection Fear-mongering about AIDs Attitude towards infected Ignorance about the Treatment Confusion about the local medicines Care and Treatment – a big investment Working together – too many NGOs and No

network

Estimated numbers of adults and children living with HIV/AIDS, end 2004 in India

GroupLiving with HIV/AIDS

Adults 5,000,000

Women 1,900,000

Children 120,000

Total 5,100,000

Adult HIV prevalence estimate

0.9%

http://www.avert.org/indiaaids.htm

Theological Students in the Bangalore pavement performing Street Theatre

Muppets and Puppets on the Show – Recently included