DEPA webinar Memes, humour and peace education in Rwanda
Date:
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 - 14:00 to 15:30
DEPA (Decolonising Peace Education in Africa) webinar series aims to promote dialogue on diverse theoretical, conceptual, and methodological perspectives within Africa. Our next speaker is Tuğçe Atacı.
17 May, Tuesday, 13:00 UK time
In contexts where young people feel prohibited from reflecting openly on sensitive political issues, they may explore alternative ways to communicate and negotiate their opinions and beliefs. In this webinar, I will focus on the Internet memes that were created and used by Rwandan youth as an unconventional method for discussing post-genocide peacebuilding processes.
These memes were made in storytelling workshops that involved interacting with transmedia projects and creating stories about peacebuilding and reconciliation processes in Rwanda, Guatemala and Cambodia. Within this context, I will approach memes as participatory tools that allow 1) youth inclusion in post-genocide peacebuilding processes and 2) the mapping out of the social imaginaries of peace by young people. I will also discuss the implications of using memes and humour for peace education.
Tuğçe Atacı is a researcher interested in youth studies, digital cultures, digital inclusion, peacebuilding and peace education. She finished her MA in International Studies on Media, Power and Difference (2017) and her PhD in Communication Studies (2021) at Universitat Pompeu Fabra – Barcelona, Spain.
