PCON 355 - Rwanda since the 1994 Genocide

Assesses the Rwandan experience of post-conflict reconstruction and reconciliation to ask how sustainable is the country’s post-genocide recovery? Principally concerned with understanding how to do field research in difficult settings such as post-genocide Rwanda. Using the ‘do no harm’ framework of doing research with individuals who have lived through mass violence, students are equipped to undertake research in foreign field settings beyond the Rwandan case. In particular, students learn to design a ‘human subjects’ research proposal, rooted in The Belmont Report of ethical research and guidelines for research involving human subjects. Using Rwanda since the 1994 genocide as a case study, these principles will be studied to highlight their shortcomings in the context of research in post-conflict societies, while highlighting the importance of ethical research methods.

Credits: 1.00
Crosslisted: ALST 355
Corequisite: None
Prerequisites: PCON 111 or PCON 218 or SOAN 218 or ANTH 218 or PCON 225 or ALST 201 or CORE 189C
Major/Minor Restrictions: None
Class Restriction: None
Area of Inquiry: Social Relations,Inst.& Agents
Liberal Arts CORE: None

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