PCON 355 - Rwanda since the 1994 Genocide

Assess the Rwandan experience of postconflict reconstruction and reconciliation in context and from the perspective of Rwandans themselves to ask, how sustainable is the country’s postgenocide recovery? This course is concerned with understanding how to do field research in postgenocide Rwanda. Using the ‘do no harm’ framework of doing research with individuals who have lived through mass violence, this course equips students to undertake research in foreign field settings. 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. The Report identified three core principles: respect for persons, beneficence, and justice. 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 postconflict societies.

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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