E048 Bakita Kasadha: HIV activism, research and valuing community knowledge(s)

Artist, poet, academic and HIV activist Bakita Kasadha gives us an introduction to her ongoing journey with research and grassroots community organising. *Make sure you listen till the end for some beautiful poetry!* Useful links- Sophia Forum and Terrence Higgins Trust collaboration - Invisible No Longer (first UK wide study on women and HIV): https://sophiaforum.net/index.php/hiv-and-women-invisible-no-longer/ Bakita's blog posts can be found here: https://www.bakitakk.com/mediacoverage/ Global Network of Young People Living HIV (the activist network Bakita's involved in): http://www.yplusnetwork.org/ INTUIT: Interaction Design for Trusted Sharing of Personal Health Data to Live Well with HIV: https://intuitproject.org *Our use of ‘towards a more sociable sociology’ was inspired by our reading & studying of Migrant City by Les Back, Shamser Sinha, Charlynne Bryan, Vlad Baraku & Mardoche Yembi. *For an audible introduction to Sociable Sociology check out this podcast with Les Back and Charlynne Bryan posted by Mark Carrigan https://soundcloud.com/mark-carrigan/les-back-on-sociable-sociology