Abstract
abstract This article addresses the relatively scant sustained attention to HIV/AIDS in the South African academy as we try to re-conceptualise the university as a space for various kinds of activism and education. We distinguish twin dimensions of the AIDS pandemic: the virus's physical, social, and economic effects and its multiplying meanings. In order to understand the inaction to date, we sketch some broad contextual features of the AIDS landscape in South Africa and particularly in universities. We examine the nature of academic work and the context in which it is performed, evaluated and rewarded. We also explore the impact these features have on education-and-activism in the context of AIDS. The gendered landscape of the academy and its interaction with the HIV/AIDS pandemic are also analysed. We end with an overview of a range of alternative approaches to education-and-activism: from curricular approaches to AIDS that address the epidemic of narratives, to university-wide programmes and outreach activities beyond the university campus.
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