Intro
For approximately 18 years, GenoDynamics has been attempting to understand exactly who did what to whom in Rwanda during 1994 with an emphasis on evidenced-based research. What we know is that there was a significant amount of violence. What we do not know as well is exactly who was engaged in what activity at what time and at what place.
To shed some light on these issues, our research consulted numerous sources both inside as well as outside Rwanda. Some sources directly interviewed/surveyed victims and survivors in Rwanda or refugee camps outside of it, asking them exactly what they lived through. Other sources interviewed/surveyed bystanders, asking them what they saw as well as who was lost and how. Still other sources interviewed perpetrators, asking them what they did and why. Some of the data collection was conducted by ourselves (e.g., focus groups of civilians, interviews with civilians as well as genocidaires and a survey in Butare). Some of the data was compiled by others: e.g., the Rwandan government, the International Criminal Tribunal on Rwanda (ICTR), Human Rights Watch, African Rights and Ibuka.
Our research was funded by the National Science Foundation and undertaken with partners at the University of Maryland (the Center for International Development and Conflict Management as well as Government and Politics), Dartmouth College, the National University of Rwanda at Butare (The Centre for Conflict Management), The University of Notre Dame, the University of Michigan, the Office of the Prosecutor as well as the Office of the Defense at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
On this webpage, we provide a summary of our work thus far, the sources employed, the methodology used to combine them, the data that emerged from our efforts as well as responses to the project that we received. In addition to this, you will find animations of diverse phenomenon relevant to the topic, links to other data that is generally not made available to the public as well as photographs of Rwanda that we took while in the field.
GenoDynamics makes all of this information available in order to facilitate the systematic and transparent examination of what took place during 1994. One of the difficulties with comprehending what occurred is that very few have had access to the information necesary to make an informed opinion. Only by making all raw materials available are we able to overcome this problem. We encourage all of those studying and interested in the Rwandan case to do the same. There are still many data sources that have not been released (we will start listing them at the beginning of 2015 on our new blog regarding Rwandan political violence [forthcoming]). This lack of disclosure and transparency has hindered analysis, discussion as well as truth.
Enjoy:
To shed some light on these issues, our research consulted numerous sources both inside as well as outside Rwanda. Some sources directly interviewed/surveyed victims and survivors in Rwanda or refugee camps outside of it, asking them exactly what they lived through. Other sources interviewed/surveyed bystanders, asking them what they saw as well as who was lost and how. Still other sources interviewed perpetrators, asking them what they did and why. Some of the data collection was conducted by ourselves (e.g., focus groups of civilians, interviews with civilians as well as genocidaires and a survey in Butare). Some of the data was compiled by others: e.g., the Rwandan government, the International Criminal Tribunal on Rwanda (ICTR), Human Rights Watch, African Rights and Ibuka.
Our research was funded by the National Science Foundation and undertaken with partners at the University of Maryland (the Center for International Development and Conflict Management as well as Government and Politics), Dartmouth College, the National University of Rwanda at Butare (The Centre for Conflict Management), The University of Notre Dame, the University of Michigan, the Office of the Prosecutor as well as the Office of the Defense at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda.
On this webpage, we provide a summary of our work thus far, the sources employed, the methodology used to combine them, the data that emerged from our efforts as well as responses to the project that we received. In addition to this, you will find animations of diverse phenomenon relevant to the topic, links to other data that is generally not made available to the public as well as photographs of Rwanda that we took while in the field.
GenoDynamics makes all of this information available in order to facilitate the systematic and transparent examination of what took place during 1994. One of the difficulties with comprehending what occurred is that very few have had access to the information necesary to make an informed opinion. Only by making all raw materials available are we able to overcome this problem. We encourage all of those studying and interested in the Rwandan case to do the same. There are still many data sources that have not been released (we will start listing them at the beginning of 2015 on our new blog regarding Rwandan political violence [forthcoming]). This lack of disclosure and transparency has hindered analysis, discussion as well as truth.
Enjoy: