ABSTRACT

The violence and related crimes committed during the genocide against the Tutsi, April-July 1994, led to the creation of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. This international machinery of justice was located in the neighbouring country of Tanzania. The often complex, draining, meandering, problem-prone legal proceedings, sprawling across 21 years generated a rich and diverse archive containing fragments of pre-genocide, genocide and post-genocide periods. This somewhat side-lined archive is an interplay between plural experiences, memory, dialogue, power, and users. Atrocity archives and their material are sites of stimulation. They stimulate memory, dialogue, and the senses. The senses accompany all those who adventure with archive material. Accompany in both obvious and more subtle ways, which nonetheless can be profound. The stimulation of visual material is compelling, although sound, taste, touch, smell can equally weave, entwine and manifest during archival encounters.

摘要

1994 年 4 月至 7 月对图西族的种族灭绝期间发生的暴力和相关罪行导致卢旺达问题国际刑事法庭的成立。这个国际司法机构位于坦桑尼亚的邻国。长达 21 年的复杂、枯燥、曲折、容易出问题的法律程序产生了丰富多样的档案，其中包含种族灭绝前、种族灭绝和种族灭绝后时期的片段。这个有点边缘化的档案是多元体验、记忆、对话、权力和用户之间的相互作用。暴行档案及其材料是刺激的场所。它们刺激记忆、对话和感官。感官伴随着所有使用档案材料冒险的人。以明显的和更微妙的方式陪伴，但这仍然可以是深刻的。