VIEWS OF HIV/AIDS AND ITS REPRESENTATIONS FROM THE ANTHROPOLOGY/GEOGRAPHY/HEALTH RELATIONSHIP

Abstract

In the contemporary context of the debate surrounding HIV/AIDS, it is essential to understand how social representations of the virus are associated with stigmatization practices. It is essential to understand how complex it is to live and coexist with HIV in a society that, despite significant advances in treatment and public policies, still faces considerable problems related to discrimination and prejudice. In this sense, this text aims to analyze these visualities, based on a relationship between anthropology, geography and health, with regard to the discussion of HIV/AIDS. To this end, a qualitative approach is used, using a literature review, providing a theoretical view of the topic, and discussing its approach in these three areas. Thus, it is possible to infer that this relationship is configured in/by space, and its production, as well as the configuration of a health territory, are inseparable from anthropological studies, where these understood visualities reflect, through space/time and social representations, a context that is sometimes collaborative, sometimes of conflict, sometimes of indifference and exclusion between those who treat and those who offer treatment for this health condition, demonstrating that, from a geographical perspective, there is much to be done to produce research and studies that contribute to and discuss this theme.