title: Zones of Difference, Boundaries of Access: Moral Geography and Community Mapping in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire.
abstract: In Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, 18% of men who have sex with men (MSM) are HIV-positive. Based on ethnographic research conducted among HIV peer educators and activists in Abidjan, I examine their narratives and hand-drawn maps of city space. I draw on a methodological process of map-making to examine research participants' evaluations of neighborhoods and link these evaluations to debates over national and cultural belonging in Côte d'Ivoire. I suggest a moral geography emerges from the maps and narratives and ask what the bioethical implications of moral geography are in the context of service delivery and activism among sexual minorities.
authors.affiliation: a Mailman School of Public Health , Columbia University , New York , New York , USA.
authors.forename: Matthew
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Thomann
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D007560:Cote d'Ivoire; D062306:Geography, Medical; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control; D018451:Homosexuality, Male; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009014:Morals; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012449:Safety
keywords: Bioethics; HIV/AIDS; MSM; West Africa; homosexuality; moral geography; participatory mapping; violence