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Rhetoric in the Time of AIDS
The African Association for Rhetoric (AAR) - in association with HEARD hosted its second international biennial conference at the Innovation Centre, Howard College, from 1-3 July. This year’s theme was: Rhetoric in the Time of AIDS: African Perspectives.
AAR is a body of scholars, rhetors and researchers who engage in the use and practice of rhetoric and speech communication in political, social, cultural, judicial and deliberative contexts.
The conference brught together distinguished researchers, scholars and graduate students from across the globe whose interests relate to rhetoric and AIDS. It aimed to deliberate on the intersection of rhetoric and AIDS and different social discourses that have been produced over the last three decades.
"This conference arises in view of the recognition and opportunity for contemplating issues ranging from policy, the construct of medical knowledge around the pandemic, media rhetoric and the state of global health to funding politics," said the AAR’s steering committee chair, Dr Segun Ige.
"For most people, rhetoric is both an ambiguous term and a rather elusive concept to understand. For them, the term rhetoric means empty promises and political talk without any hope of action. This, of course, is not the case as rhetoric has a wider use and appeal," said Dr Ige.
Keynote speakers of the conference included Professor Catherine Campbell from the London School of Economics; Professor Nceba Gqaleni, Chair of Tradition Medicine, and Professor Leana Uys, of UKZN’s College of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal.
For more information on AAR, and/or would like to attend the conference should visit www.afrhet.org.za and complete the online registration form.
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