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Restorative Storytelling: A Pilot Project Exploring Testimonies of Survivors of the Genocide Against Tutsi of Rwanda
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Healing after genocide is a multi- dimensional and complex process, yet finding truth and justice are often seen as fundamental to healing processes. “Ubuhamya” refers to a narrative testimony of one’s lived experience, which is viewed as an important educational tool, as well as a mechanism for personal and communal healing by survivors of the 1994 genocide against Tutsi of Rwanda. Despite the prevailing use of testimonies in healing and justice- based processes, little is known about the processes of giving testimony, or its impact on the storyteller or their healing. The current pilot project was initiated when members of the Rwandan community in Edmonton approached the University of Alberta and University of Calgary researchers with questions about how best to support members of their community in giving testimony. As such, this community-based participatory project is being conducted in collaboration with the Rwandan community of survivors in Edmonton to better understand the experience of giving testimony, and to explore the possibility of using video as a medium of giving testimony. This poster presents focus group results, including the process of preparing to give testimony via video.
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- 2019-01-01
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- Conference/Workshop Poster