2019-2020 University Catalog 
    
    Mar 29, 2024  
2019-2020 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ALST 355 - Rwanda since the 1994 Genocide


Assess the Rwandan experience of post-conflict reconstruction and reconciliation in context and from the perspective of Rwandans themselves to ask, how sustainable is the country’s post-genocide recovery? This course is concerned with understanding how to do field research in post-genocide 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 post-conflict societies.

Credits: 1.00
Crosslisted: PCON 355  
Corequisite: None
Prerequisites: PCON 111  or PCON 218  or SOAN 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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