Remake of Remake of Reading notes by https://padlet.com/notenbob/cky92bum95l22h32 HIV/AIDS and Global Health 2021-22 en-us 2021-10-14 23:21:01 UTC 2021-10-14 23:57:40 UTC hello@padlet.com Rejection of the idea that tradition and modernity are mutually exclusive, however Ogutu believes the Luo culture must change with the times and advocates for a balance between change and continuity. notenbob https://padlet.com/notenbob/cky92bum95l22h32/wish/1818293282 2021-10-14 23:24:24 UTC https://padlet.com/notenbob/cky92bum95l22h32/wish/1818293282 Christian influences were already making it so that the debates surrounding Tero, as they saw it as an uncivilised practice. This idea was further perpertuated by NGO's and women's rights movements. notenbob https://padlet.com/notenbob/cky92bum95l22h32/wish/1818297554 2021-10-14 23:28:08 UTC https://padlet.com/notenbob/cky92bum95l22h32/wish/1818297554 Tero has become a business, where only the sexual cleansing is preformed by an outsider for money who takes on non of the responsibility. This has been exastrebated by the HIV/AIDS pandemic as there is a lot of fear around widows. notenbob https://padlet.com/notenbob/cky92bum95l22h32/wish/1818301501 2021-10-14 23:31:51 UTC https://padlet.com/notenbob/cky92bum95l22h32/wish/1818301501 The possibility for christianity and Luo identity to coexist. The calls for altering Tero by replacing sexual intercourse with forms of prayer and community activity. The widow would still be cleansed of the stain of death like the tradition subscribes. notenbob https://padlet.com/notenbob/cky92bum95l22h32/wish/1818306363 2021-10-14 23:35:57 UTC https://padlet.com/notenbob/cky92bum95l22h32/wish/1818306363 Politically the connecting between HIV/AIDS and widow inheritance is still contentious as it is interpreted as an attack on Luo culture. notenbob https://padlet.com/notenbob/cky92bum95l22h32/wish/1818309648 2021-10-14 23:38:35 UTC https://padlet.com/notenbob/cky92bum95l22h32/wish/1818309648 Some argue the disease is caused by the Luo people forgetting their heritage and the traditional rules governing kinship and community. Here the traditions are not seen as regressive but as a pillar of a prosperous future. notenbob https://padlet.com/notenbob/cky92bum95l22h32/wish/1818315082 2021-10-14 23:42:52 UTC https://padlet.com/notenbob/cky92bum95l22h32/wish/1818315082 The reason for the rejection of ways to complete Tero in a safe was in the age of the pandemic (like sleeping in a church) are often rejected by male elders- possibly because they do not depend on men. Although many women also turn to tradition to regain a form of normality in these scary times. notenbob https://padlet.com/notenbob/cky92bum95l22h32/wish/1818319038 2021-10-14 23:46:02 UTC https://padlet.com/notenbob/cky92bum95l22h32/wish/1818319038 Many women refusing Tero are not doing it based on the modern feminist basis but in their believe in Christianity. notenbob https://padlet.com/notenbob/cky92bum95l22h32/wish/1818325437 2021-10-14 23:50:55 UTC https://padlet.com/notenbob/cky92bum95l22h32/wish/1818325437