Universität Wien

135823 KO KO-M2: Rwanda 1994: Humanity’s collective Memory(cide) 30 years later (2023W)

Continuous assessment of course work
MIXED

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 30 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

The first session will take place on OCTOBER 12, 2023 (ONSITE)!

Thursday 12.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Thursday 19.10. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Thursday 09.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Thursday 16.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Thursday 23.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Thursday 30.11. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Thursday 07.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital
Thursday 14.12. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Thursday 11.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Thursday 18.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Seminarraum 2 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
Thursday 25.01. 15:00 - 16:30 Digital

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Methods:

1. Group work throughout the semester (group research and group presentation)
2. Active participation in class, research, and contribution to the student’s project to be presented to a wider audience in the week of April 6-13, 2024 as the final examination.

Assessment and permitted materials

Expectations on students and breakdown of the final grade:

1. Regular and active participation in class
2. Group presentation (20%)
3. Participation in designing and presenting the final class project (80%)

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

1. Group research and group oral presentations (30%)
2. Submission of a 15 pages group essay at the end of the semester (70%)

Examination topics

Content of the overall examination:

1. Creative participation in designing and presenting the final class project.
2. Using books or pieces created in class will be allowed during the final examination.

Reading list

Reading list (No worries ! A selection from this list will be read/shared in groups!)

Bilingual Literary Corpus

English

Bazambanza, Rupert. 2009. A smile through the tears. Soul Asylum Poetry.
Combres, Elizabeth. 2011. Broken Memory: A Novel of Rwanda. Groundwood books.
Diop, Boubacar Boris & Mc Laughlin, Fiona. 2016. Murambi, the book of bones. Indiana University Press.
Ilibagiza, Immaculée & Erwin, Steve. 2006. Left to Tell: Discovering God amidst the Rwandan Genocide. Hay House.
Mujawayo, Esther & Belhaddad, Souâd. 2004. Survivantes. Le Rwanda 10 ans après. Entretien croisé entre Simone Veil et Esther Mujawayo. Ed. de l’Aube.
(Mujawayo, Esther, Belhaddad, Souâd & Himmelreich, Jutta (translator). Ein Leben mehr. 2005. Peter Hammer Verlag.
Mukasonga, Scholastique & Mauthner, Melanie (translator). 2014. Our Lady of the Nile. Archipelago.
Mukasonga, Scholastique & Stump, Jordan (translator). 2016. Cockroaches. Archipelago
Tadjo, Véronique. 2015. The Shadow of Imana: Travels in the Heart of Rwanda. Waveland Pr Inc.

French

Bazambanza, Rupert. 2004. Sourire malgré tout. Éditions images.
Diop, Boubacar Boris. 2020. Murambi, le livre des ossements. Zulma.
Faye, Gaël. 2016. Petit pays. Grasset et Fasquelle.
Monénembo, Tierno. 2005. L'aîné des orphelins. Seuil.
Mukasonga, Scholastique. 2012. Notre Dame du Nil. Gallimard.
Mukasonga, Scholastique. 2014. Inyenzi ou les cafards. Folio.
Tadjo, Véronique. 2000. L’Ombre d'Imana: Voyages jusqu'au bout du Rwanda. Actes Sud.

Theoretical Reading

Hanhardt, Christina B. and Jasbir K. Puar, with Neel Ahuja, Paul Amar, Aniruddha Dutta, Fatima El-Tayeb, Kwame Holmes, and Sherene Seikaly (2020): “Beyond Trigger Warnings: Safety, Securitization, and Queer Left Critique.” Social Text 145, vol. 38, no. 4: 49–76.
Fanon, Frantz & Philcox, Richard (translator). 2008. Black Skin. White Masks. Grove Press.
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. 2009. Re-membering Africa. East African Educational Publishers.
Salami, Minna (2020): Sensuous Knowledge. A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone. London: Zed Books.
Movies and Documentaries:
Terry, George, (director). 2004. Hotel Rwanda. United Artists & Lion Gates Films.
Blick, Hugo. 2018. 'Black Earth Rising'. BBC & Netflix.
Barker, Greg, (writer, producer, director). 2004. Ghosts of Rwanda. Frontline, BBC & Silverbridge Productions.
Greenberg, Peter & Kagame, Paul. 2018. Directed by John Geist. Rwanda: The Royal Tour. Check Six Productions.
Music
Corneille. 2002. Parce qu’on vient de loin. Wagram Music.
Faye, Gaël & Sarr, Julia. 2013. Pilipili sur un Croissant au Beurre. 6D Production.
Podcast
Breiner, Ines, Gostrec, Dora, Kisser, Laura, Mühlparzer Hannah, Obiorah, Ona. 2021. Re(membering) Rwanda.
Radio ORANGE 94.0 (o94.at)
Podcast: (Re)membering Rwanda (univie.ac.at)

Association in the course directory

MA M2

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