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In the global race to reach the end of AIDS, why is the world
slipping off track? The answer has to do with stigma, money, and
data. Global funding for AIDS response is declining. Tough choices
must be made: some people will win and some will lose. Global aid
agencies and governments use health data to make these choices.
While aid agencies prioritize a shrinking list of countries, many
governments deny that sex workers, men who have sex with men, drug
users, and transgender people exist. Since no data is gathered
about their needs, life-saving services are not funded, and the
lack of data reinforces the denial. The Uncounted cracks open this
and other data paradoxes through interviews with global health
leaders and activists, ethnographic research, analysis of gaps in
mathematical models, and the author's experience as an activist and
senior official. It shows what is counted, what is not, and why
empowering communities to gather their own data could be key to
ending AIDS.
In the global race to reach the end of AIDS, why is the world
slipping off track? The answer has to do with stigma, money, and
data. Global funding for AIDS response is declining. Tough choices
must be made: some people will win and some will lose. Global aid
agencies and governments use health data to make these choices.
While aid agencies prioritize a shrinking list of countries, many
governments deny that sex workers, men who have sex with men, drug
users, and transgender people exist. Since no data is gathered
about their needs, life-saving services are not funded, and the
lack of data reinforces the denial. The Uncounted cracks open this
and other data paradoxes through interviews with global health
leaders and activists, ethnographic research, analysis of gaps in
mathematical models, and the author's experience as an activist and
senior official. It shows what is counted, what is not, and why
empowering communities to gather their own data could be key to
ending AIDS.
In the sunny, subtropical Sipsongpanna region, Tai Lues perform
flirtatious, exoticized dances for an increasingly growing tourist
trade. Endorsed by Chinese officials, who view the Tai Lues as a
"model minority," these staged performances are part of a carefully
sanctioned ethnic policy. However, behind the scenes and away from
the eyes and ears of tourists and the Chinese government, a
different kind of cultural resurgence is taking place.
In this vivid and beautifully told ethnography, Sara L. M. Davis
reveals how Tai Lues are reviving and reinventing their culture in
ways that contest the official state version. Carefully avoiding
government repression, Tai Lues have rebuilt Buddhist temples and
made them into vital centers for the Tai community to gather,
discuss their future, and express discontent. Davis also describes
the resurgence of the Tai language evident in a renewed interest in
epic storytelling and traditional songs as well as the popularity
of Tai pop music and computer publishing projects. Throughout her
work, Davis weaves together the voices of monks, singers, and
activists to examine issues of cultural authenticity, the status of
ethnic minorities in China, and the growing cross-border contacts
among Tai Lues in China, Thailand, Burma, and Laos.
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