SOCIAL EFFECTS OF IDEOLOGIZATIONS OF HIV AND COVID-19 PANDEMICS IN PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

In this brief writing, the covid-19 pandemic is approximate to the epidemic involving HIV, with regard to the social effects of its ideologizations and politicizations; what is accomplished, with Linga Acácio’s art works as the guiding thread. Decades separate both viruses; however, oppression, discrimination and social divisions are social effects of both viruses. As an account of a historical moment, this text looks at such social effects, looking at what happens/ ed with one of the viruses in order to reflect on what has been done in political terms with the other, having in Linga Acácio’s work a form of contestation and reaction to the harmful social effects that, in favor of the colonial project, have annihilate existences.

Keywords
Covid-19; HIV; contemporary art; social effects; Brazil