Since the end of the Rwandan genocide, the new political elite has been challenged with building a unified nation. Reaching beyond the better-studied topics of post-conflict justice and memory, the book investigates the project of civic education, the upsurge of state-led neo-traditional institutions and activities, and the use of camps and retreats shape the "ideal" Rwandan citizen. Rwanda's ingando camps offer unique insights into the uses of dislocation and liminality in an attempt to anchor identities and desired political roles, to practically orient and symbolically place individuals in…mehr
Since the end of the Rwandan genocide, the new political elite has been challenged with building a unified nation. Reaching beyond the better-studied topics of post-conflict justice and memory, the book investigates the project of civic education, the upsurge of state-led neo-traditional institutions and activities, and the use of camps and retreats shape the "ideal" Rwandan citizen. Rwanda's ingando camps offer unique insights into the uses of dislocation and liminality in an attempt to anchor identities and desired political roles, to practically orient and symbolically place individuals in the new Rwandan order, and, ultimately, to create additional platforms for the reproduction of political power itself.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Andrea Purdeková is Senior Lecturer in Conflict and Security at the University of Bath. Prior to this she held a Departmental Lectureship in African Politics at the African Studies Centre, School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies, University of Oxford and a Junior Research Fellowship at St Antony's College, University of Oxford.
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Acknowledgments Abbreviations Glossary Map I: Rwanda Map II: The Layout of Nkumba Ingando Camp PART I: INTRODUCTION Chapter 1. Kubaka Ubumwe: Building Unity in a Divided Society Chapter 2. Settling the Unsettled: The Politics and Policing of Meaning in Rwanda PART II: THE POLITICAL PROCESS Chapter 3. The Wording of Power: Legitimisation as Narrative Currency and Political Intimation Chapter 4. The Presencing Effect: Surveillance and State Reach in Rwanda Chapter 5. Incorporation, Disconnect: The Embodiments of Power and the Unworking of Contestation PART III: MAKING 'UBUMWE': THE IMAGERIES, PLANNING AND PERFORMANCES OF 'UNITY' IN RWANDA Chapter 6. Unity's Multiplicities: Ambiguity at Work Chapter 7. Performances and Platforms: Activities of Unity and Reconciliation in the Contexts of Power Chapter 8. Ingando Camps: Nation Building as Consent Building Chapter 9. Rights of Passage: Liminality and the Reproduction of Power PART IV: CONCLUSIONS Chapter 10. The Yeast of Change: Civic Education, Social Transformation and the New Development Corps Chapter 11. What Kind of Unity? Prospects for Co-existence, Social Justice and Peace Bibliography Index
Acknowledgments Abbreviations Glossary Map I: Rwanda Map II: The Layout of Nkumba Ingando Camp PART I: INTRODUCTION Chapter 1. Kubaka Ubumwe: Building Unity in a Divided Society Chapter 2. Settling the Unsettled: The Politics and Policing of Meaning in Rwanda PART II: THE POLITICAL PROCESS Chapter 3. The Wording of Power: Legitimisation as Narrative Currency and Political Intimation Chapter 4. The Presencing Effect: Surveillance and State Reach in Rwanda Chapter 5. Incorporation, Disconnect: The Embodiments of Power and the Unworking of Contestation PART III: MAKING 'UBUMWE': THE IMAGERIES, PLANNING AND PERFORMANCES OF 'UNITY' IN RWANDA Chapter 6. Unity's Multiplicities: Ambiguity at Work Chapter 7. Performances and Platforms: Activities of Unity and Reconciliation in the Contexts of Power Chapter 8. Ingando Camps: Nation Building as Consent Building Chapter 9. Rights of Passage: Liminality and the Reproduction of Power PART IV: CONCLUSIONS Chapter 10. The Yeast of Change: Civic Education, Social Transformation and the New Development Corps Chapter 11. What Kind of Unity? Prospects for Co-existence, Social Justice and Peace Bibliography Index
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