Visualizing Toxic Discourse(s): Reproducing Vulnerability to HIV in Santa Ana
The needle exchange program in Santa Ana was recently gutted by the city (LA Times 2018). “Public welfare” was undermined according to city officials who made the ruling in February. The purpose of needle exchange programs is to prevent HIV transmission. State hindrance of these programs and HIV prevention research has helped produce HIV vulnerability especially in racialized spaces (Singer). Medical anthropologists have been key to unveiling the links between the war on drugs and the crises of HIV.
Visualizing Toxic Subjects Viewpoint Gallery Exhibit Posters
This essay contains PDF versions of the Posters included in the Center for Ethnography's 2019 Gallery Exhibit for Visualizing Toxic Subjects.