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Rashomon Goes to Rwanda: Alternative Accounts of Political Violence and Their Implications for Analysis and Policy
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Rashomon Goes to Rwanda
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Abstract
Within this paper, we attempt to grapple with a problem that has longconfronted individuals within the social sciences: what do you do with alternative historical accounts of events? We explore an approach wheredistinct accounts are juxtaposed against one another, trying to gauge the degree to which such juxtaposition can inform us about what actually took place. Normally individuals either collapse all source information together or they select one source to examine. We feel that it is useful to maintain the integrity of each source and to explore similarities and differences across sources. For our analysis, we employ the use of a dataset that we just completed on the Rwandan genocide across five sources by the cell, commune and province for 100 days. Our analysis presents us with very different interpretations of the genocide; some fit directly with existing convention while others vary quite distinctly. While all sources therefore agree that something took place they vary with regard to exactly who did what to whom and when –largely in line with why they were compiling information in the first place and to whom they were collecting information.
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| | Authors: stam, allan. and Davenport, Christian. |
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Rashomon Goes to Rwanda
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Abstract
Within this paper, we attempt to grapple with a problem that has long
confronted individuals within the social sciences: what do you do with
alternative historical accounts of events? We explore an approach where
distinct accounts are juxtaposed against one another, trying to gauge the
degree to which such juxtaposition can inform us about what actually took
place. Normally individuals either collapse all source information together or
they select one source to examine. We feel that it is useful to maintain the
integrity of each source and to explore similarities and differences across
sources. For our analysis, we employ the use of a dataset that we just
completed on the Rwandan genocide across five sources by the cell,
commune and province for 100 days. Our analysis presents us with very different
interpretations of the genocide; some fit directly with existing convention while
others vary quite distinctly. While all sources therefore agree that something
took place they vary with regard to exactly who did what to whom and when –
largely in line with why they were compiling information in the first place and to
whom they were collecting information.
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