Browsing by Author "Tumwekwase, Grace"

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    Conducting in-depth interviews with and without voice recorders: a comparative analysis
    (Qualitative Research, 2020) Rutakumwa, Rwamahe; Okello Mugisha, Joseph; Bernays, Sarah; Kabunga, Elizabeth; Tumwekwase, Grace; Mbonye, Martin; Seeley, Janet
    The use of audio recordings has become a taken-for-granted approach to generating transcripts of in-depth interviewing and group discussions. In this paper we begin by describing circumstances where the use of a recorder is not, or may not be, possible, before sharing our comparative analysis of audio-recorded transcriptions and interview scripts made from notes taken during the interview (by experienced, well-trained interviewers). Our comparison shows that the data quality between audio-recorded transcripts and interview scripts written directly after the interview were comparable in the detail captured. The structures of the transcript and script were usually different because in the interview scripts, topics and ideas were grouped, rather than being in the more scattered order of the conversation in the transcripts. We suggest that in some circumstances not recording is the best approach, not ‘second best’
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    Gender, land and responses to health and environmental shocks in rural South Western Uganda
    (Journal of Gender, Agriculture and Food Security, 2017) Rutakumwa, Rwamahe; Pain, Adam; Bukenya, Dominic; Tumwekwase, Grace; Ssembajja, Fatuma; Seeley, Janet
    We examine the gendered responses to shocks – including HIV-related illness and death, and environmental factors such as drought or too much rain – and how women in south western Uganda navigate structural barriers such as the gender constraints in land ownership, to cope with the impact of shocks. The study is based on data drawn from households selected from a General Population Cohort of 20,000 people in Kalungu District. As part of a larger study investigating the impact of HIV on agricultural livelihoods, 22 households were purposively sampled for a qualitative study. These households were stratified by sex of household head and by a death having occurred/not occurred of an HIV-positive individual in the household. Our findings show the gendered dimensions in household responses to crises are shaped by women and men’s position in the social structure in general and within their families and households. Women can make effective use of their social relations to obtain material support and information to improve their family’s livelihood.
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    The Impact of the AIDS Epidemic on the Lives of Older People in Rural Uganda
    (School of Development Studies, 2008) Seeley, Janet; Kabunga, Elizabeth; Tumwekwase, Grace; Wolff, Brent; Grosskurth, Heiner
    The impact of HIV and AIDS on older people (over 60) is often portrayed as bound up in the care of children who are left when their parents die. There is, however, a growing awareness that the epidemic touches older people’s lives in other ways; affecting their socio-economic situation, their own sexuality and choices about partnerships as well as affecting relationships with their remaining children and relatives. Growing old presents challenges beyond HIV and AIDS as health wanes and the ability to plan ahead and care for ones-self and any dependents decreases. It is these dimensions of older people’s lives that we explore in this paper. Using a lifecourse approach we analyse longitudinal data from studies in 1991/1992 and 2006/2007 from rural Uganda to provide a picture of daily life of four older people, describing the challenges that they face in coming to terms with a world changed by the AIDS epidemic. By focusing on the lives of four people (three widows and a widower in their late 70s/80s) we show the great importance of their socio-economic status, as well as reciprocal relationships with family and friends, in sustaining them in the remaining years of their lives.
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    ‘This is where we buried our sons’ : people of advanced old age coping with the impact of the AIDS epidemic in a resource-poor setting in rural Uganda
    (Ageing & Society, 2009) Seeley, Janet; Wolff, Brent; Kabunga, Elizabeth; Tumwekwase, Grace; Grosskurth, Heiner
    Much research on the impact of HIV and AIDS on older people fails to differentiate between age groups, and treats those aged from 50 years to the highest ages as homogeneous. The ‘oldest old’ or those aged over 75 years may be particularly vulnerable through declining health and independence as a result of the AIDS epidemic, which has forced some to take on roles that younger relatives would have performed had they lived. In this paper we describe the past and current experience of eight people in advanced old age living in rural Uganda who were informants for an ethnographic study of the impact of HIV and AIDS on households during 1991–92 and again in 2006–07. The aim of the study was to understand how they had coped with the impacts of the epidemic. From the eight case studies, it is concluded that family size, socio-economic status and some measure of good fortune in sustained good health enabled these people to live to an advanced age. While we recommend that targeted social protection is important in helping the poorest among the oldest, we suggest that sustaining respect for age and experience, and ensuring that older people do not feel discarded by family and society are as important as meeting their practical needs.