Imagining genocide heritage
Material modes of development and preservation in Rwanda
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2391182 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Bolin (0000-0003-1639-8976, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 196-219 |
| Publication date | 2020-06-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Material Culture (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1359-1835 • E-ISSN: 1460-3586 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1359183519860881 |
| OpenAlex | W2964002781 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 59 |
The Rwandan government has undertaken ambitious development projects resulting in major changes to the country's built environment, including the materiality of genocide heritage. This article focuses on the genocide memorials of Nyamata and Ntarama, arguing that these sites demonstrate how globally-circulating discourses of development and preservation are vernacularized, instantiated, and transformed in their encounter with the national imaginary. The forces that affect the material choices of heritage management here include Rwanda's state-led imperative toward a particular physical ideal of development, UNESCO World Heritage-driven concepts of authenticity, and the Rwandan government's need for evidence of genocide. Differently affecting each site, these factors result in multiple modes of material intervention. The article argues that the physical form of heritage sites is shaped by engagements between global and local discourses and ideals of heritage and development; these engagements direct the processes of preservation and intervention that ultimately determine how heritage is materialized
Aesthetics · Art · Cultural heritage · Cultural heritage management · Environmental ethics · Genocide · Government (linguistics · Industrial heritage · Intervention (counseling · Materiality (auditing · Political science · Sociology · State (computer science · The Imaginary · Archaeological Research and Protection · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Law · Middle East and Rwanda Conflicts · Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |