Media Analysis of Albino Killings in Tanzania: A Social Work and Human Rights Perspective
Media Analysis of Albino Killings in Tanzania: A Social Work and Human Rights Perspective
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10.1080/17496535.2014.895398
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2014-01-01
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John-Langba, Johannes
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作者：
Burke, Jean;Kaijage, Theresa J.;John-Langba, Johannes
谋杀白化病患者是非洲，特别是坦桑尼亚最近出现的人权问题。到目前为止，关于坦桑尼亚和其他非洲国家白化病杀人事件的公众辩论一直被媒体报道而不是学术写作所主导。本文介绍了内容分析的斯瓦希里语和英语坦桑尼亚媒体报道发表在2008年和2011年之间的白化病和白化病谋杀案在坦桑尼亚，并展开了各种活动，以应对这些攻击的结果。使用人权框架，本文探讨了这些反应从社会工作的角度。它发现，干预措施往往参照非洲的人性概念。这些概念被认为与人权的关系概念是一致的，在这种概念中，社会不同成员的各种权利和责任被视为相互关联的。然而，在实践中，有些干预措施导致了相互竞争的权利之间的权衡，对受害者及其家人造成了进一步的伤害。因此，为了实现可持续性，干预措施应旨在支持非洲白化病患者及其家庭和社区的福祉所需的所有人权。建议对此进行进一步研究。
Murders of people with albinism are a recently emerging human rights issue in Africa, particularly Tanzania. Thus far, public debates about albino killings in Tanzania and other African countries have been dominated by media reports rather than academic writing. This paper presents the findings of a content analysis of Swahili and English Tanzanian media reports published between 2008 and 2011 on albinism and albino murders in Tanzania, and the diverse activities that have unfolded in response to these attacks. Using a human rights framework, the article explores these responses from a social work perspective. It finds that interventions are often framed with reference to African conceptions of humanness. These conceptions are found to be compatible with notions of human rights as relational, in which the various rights and responsibilities of different members of society are seen as interconnected. In practice however, some interventions have resulted in trade-offs between competing rights, causing further harm to victims and their families. To become sustainable therefore, interventions should aim to support all the human rights necessary for the well-being of Africans with albinism, their families and communities. Further research to this effect is recommended.