In-te(a)r-vein – a Companion Concept

In the personal-political-work in progress of my PhD project focusing HIV, relations and disclosure I am using the concept in-te(a)r-vein. Since HIV is a virus and a diagnosis connected to individual and collective experiences of (im)possible past-present-futures, that is also dependent upon non-human actors the concept must include multiple aspects of matter, identities and emotions as well as accountability and situated knowledge. In-te(a)-vein is my companion concept bringing in:

in: at a point within an area or space, forming the whole or the part of something/somebody; inter: between one to another, inter-agency and to bury a dead person; ter: three; tear: to damage something by pulling it apart or into pieces, to injure a muscle, move quickly, liquid from the eye; vein: tubes that carry the blood from all parts of the body towards the heart, a thin layer of mineral or metal contained in a rock or a particular style or manner; intervene: to become involved in a situation in order to improve or help it, to happen in a way that delays something or prevents it for happening; vain: vanity; in vain: without success; intravenous: of drugs or food going into a vein.