Doctoral Dissertation Research: An Ethnographic Investigation of the Rwandan State's Fight Against Genocide Ideology

博士论文研究：卢旺达国家反对种族灭绝意识形态的民族志调查

• 批准号: 0851335
• 负责人: Jean Comaroff
• 金额: $ 1.5万
• 依托单位: University of Chicago
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-03-01 至 2010-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0851335&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Ethnographic; Investigation

Graduate student Mark Geraghty, under the direction of Professor Jean Comaroff, will undertake research on nation-building efforts in post-genocide contexts. Geraghty will conduct his research in Rwanda, where the government has framed its campaign as a fight against genocide ideology, which has been officially declared to be the root cause of genocide. Genocide ideology is said to consist of the ideas, revealed through acts, speech and writing, which foster ethnic hatred. This research addresses the prospects of renewed violence in the wake of one of the deadliest bouts of ethnic massacres and genocide of the twentieth century.The researcher will gather data on the effects and possible unintended consequences of the government's campaign through a combination of semi-structured interviews, more informal conversational interactions, observed practices, the collection of life-histories, the compilation of case-studies, and the use of local archival and media sources. He will conduct research in official contexts where the state seeks to directly engage and interact with the citizenry in eradicating genocide ideology, such as gacaca genocide courts, ingando re-education camps, and genocide commemoration events. He also will interview people who are not directly involved in governmental activities, to understand how different sections of the population receive and respond to the government's fight against genocide ideology. This research project will contribute to both academic literatures and policy initiates on situations of post-conflict reconciliation by addressing the extent to which regimes seeking to transcend pasts marked by ethnic violence and genocide can overcome logics of demonization and dehumanization of others. The results of the research will inform scientific understanding of the causes of ethnic and political violence and the impact of laws, policies and programs intended to prevent their return. Funding this research will also contribute to the training of a social scientist.

研究生马克Geraghty教授让·科马罗夫的指导下，将进行种族灭绝后的国家建设工作的研究。杰拉蒂将在卢旺达进行他的研究，卢旺达政府将其活动定为反对种族灭绝意识形态的斗争，种族灭绝意识形态已被正式宣布为种族灭绝的根本原因。种族灭绝意识形态据说包括通过行为、言论和文字所表现出来的助长种族仇恨的思想。这项研究探讨了在世纪最致命的种族屠杀和种族灭绝事件之后新一轮暴力的前景。研究人员将通过半结构化访谈、更非正式的对话互动、观察到的做法、生活史的收集、案例研究的汇编、以及利用当地档案和媒体资源。他将在官方环境中进行研究，国家寻求直接参与并与公民互动，消除种族灭绝意识形态，如加卡卡种族灭绝法庭，ingando再教育营和种族灭绝纪念活动。他还将采访那些没有直接参与政府活动的人，以了解不同阶层的人如何接受和回应政府反对种族灭绝意识形态的斗争。这一研究项目将通过探讨寻求超越以种族暴力和种族灭绝为标志的过去的政权在多大程度上能够克服妖魔化和非人化他人的逻辑，为冲突后和解局势的学术文献和政策倡议作出贡献。研究结果将有助于科学地了解种族和政治暴力的原因以及旨在防止其返回的法律，政策和方案的影响。资助这项研究也将有助于培养一名社会科学家。