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Accepted Paper:
Art in Healing Processes in post-genocide Rwanda.
Hyppolite Ntigurirwa
(Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations)
Paper short abstract:
The paper explores the influential and yet neglected role of art in bringing generations with despair, distrust, and trauma together in the aftermath of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
Paper long abstract:
The 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda left many Rwandan citizens in despair, distrust, and trauma. The effect of the genocide, which took the lives of more than a million people, was intergenerational in many different areas such as culture, economy, and social cohesion. The healing processes require intergenerational compassion and empathy for a peaceful future. This paper presents experiences of using art as a medium of cross-generational and individual healing processes in post-genocide Rwanda. From the experience of practitioners, it emphasizes the unique artistic role in communicating to the traumatized self and different generations, and highlights art as an important socio-economic tool for development. Therefore, the paper urges policymakers in (post)-conflict communities to reconsider the role of art in peacebuilding processes.
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Accepted Paper:
Paper short abstract:
Paper long abstract:
The 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda left many Rwandan citizens in despair, distrust, and trauma. The effect of the genocide, which took the lives of more than a million people, was intergenerational in many different areas such as culture, economy, and social cohesion. The healing processes require intergenerational compassion and empathy for a peaceful future. This paper presents experiences of using art as a medium of cross-generational and individual healing processes in post-genocide Rwanda. From the experience of practitioners, it emphasizes the unique artistic role in communicating to the traumatized self and different generations, and highlights art as an important socio-economic tool for development. Therefore, the paper urges policymakers in (post)-conflict communities to reconsider the role of art in peacebuilding processes.
Arts for Peace in Sub-Saharan Africa
Session 1 Friday 8 July, 2022, -