Memory and experience with children and young people living with HIV/AIDS: an autoethnographic essay

Authors

  • Mariana de Queiroz Rocha Darmont Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz)
  • Martha Cristina Nunes Moreira Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7199-3797

Keywords:

Memory, Empathy, Anthropology cultural, Adolescent, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

Abstract

We submitted a theoretical essay supporting the proposal of autoethnography as a method of dialogue with the anthropology of emotions. From the autoethnographic- based narrative practice, we highlight the importance of the bond and the place of one of the investigators in the lives of these youngsters. The autoethnographic accounts of the investigators are found at the base, emerging from a 20-year work experience with children and adolescents, now young adults living with HIV/AIDS. The memories,
experiences, feelings, and messages recently received by WhatsApp underpin the exercise of reflexiveness. Autoethnography is, most of all, an ethical option based on ethnographic reflexiveness, which allows us to revisit care, relationships, and practice from a critical and reflexive perspective.

Saúde em Debate v. 46, n. especial 7, DEZ. 2022 - Políticas e práticas de cuidado em HIV/Aids: diálogos interdisciplinares

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2023-05-27

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de Queiroz Rocha Darmont M, Cristina Nunes Moreira M. Memory and experience with children and young people living with HIV/AIDS: an autoethnographic essay. Saúde debate [Internet]. 2023 May 27 [cited 2024 Dec. 23];46(especial 7 dez):237-50. Available from: https://saudeemdebate.org.br/sed/article/view/7464

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Vol. 46 No. especial 7 dez (2022): HIV/AIDS care policies and practices: interdisciplinary dialogues

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