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    Anachronic: Viral Socialities and Project Time among HIV Support Groups in Barbados
    (Wiley, 2022-03-09) Murray, David AB
    From 2005 to 2015, up to five support groups for people living with HIV (PLHIV) operated in Barbados. However, by early 2020, all but one had disappeared. What caused the demise of these groups and why? What does this demise tell us about the HIV response in Barbados, and more particularly, everyday life for PLHIV? More generally, what does it tell us about "viral socialities" (ties formed between groups of people as they confront the lived effects of infection and discrimination attributable to HIV) and the effects of "project time" (a time frame delimited through the priorities of global HIV/AIDS agencies) on these socialities? Through ethnographic and archival research methods, this article reveals how multiple, unstable project times create and transform viral socialities of Barbadian PLHIV with anachronic effects for some-i.e., a sense of alienation or being "out of time" in relation to the priorities of the global HIV response.
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    Queerly departed: Queer viral socialities and Caribbean migrant desires
    (SAGE Publications, 2023-04-11) Murray, David AB
    In this paper I explore the transnational journeys of a group of queer HIV positive (HIV+) Caribbean migrants moving between Canada and the Caribbean. I focus on queer orientations and viral statuses as key nodes of subjectivity and/or sociality that may combine in different ways to produce (re)orientations (qua Ahmed 2006) and new social relationships-queer viral socialities-that generate migratory desires and journeys across transnational borders. However, queer HIV+ migrants from Global South locations like the Caribbean often encounter difficulties crossing Global North borders designed to facilitate entry for select categories of acceptable migrants. Acknowledging the productive yet unpredictable interactions of queer viral orientations and socialities that generate migratory desires and journeys alongside the harsh surveillance and disciplinary actions of nation-states' border security regimes draws attention to the intersectionality and complexity of subjectivities, socialities, desires, and movements of queer HIV+ Caribbean migrants specifically, and transnational migrants more generally as they navigate the barriers and inequities of state migration apparatuses.
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    Campus Friction: A Short Ethnographic Engagement with Protest as Performance in York University’s Vari Hall
    (2011-01-26T23:55:32Z) Ferguson, Robert
    This paper explores the connection between campus spaces and protests by student-based groups at York University during the 2008-2009 academic session. Guided by the questions: What are the symbolic connections between campus spaces and the protests that occur in these spaces? Are campus protests effective in promoting awareness and creating real change?, I argue that protests that occur on York’s campus are complex social interactions in which the allocation and use of space speaks volumes about York University’s campus’ social stratification, its institutional values, and fosters community formation through participation in activism. Based on interviews conducted with students, protest conceptualized as extracurricular educational experiences, which foster a sense of community and enable students to put their education into practice in meaningful ways. Conversely, protests make students aware of the ways in which York’s campus is both a public institution and a private entity under increasing pressure of corporatization. Viewing campus spaces as either public or private entitled students to different, and often contradicting, rights and privileges regarding their use of space. Through their metaphors of campus space and descriptions of protest experiences, students are also acutely aware of disconnects between their political movements and institutional support by the University’s administration. In this way, campus protests are seen as effective in promoting awareness but lacking the ability to create any real and lasting change, ultimately resulting in the illusion of agency and increased governmentality when the University’s administration stepped in.