Voices of Rwanda's Taylor Krauss on human rights and archives
By: Michele DeLia
Posted: Nov 23 09
Witnessed: 1102 times
Regions: Rwanda, United States
Issues: Crimes against humanity, Genocide, War crimes
Tags: archives, hutu, Mass Killings, oral testimonies, transitional justice, tutsi
This interview was conducted by Hub/Archive intern Teague Schneiter on October 8, 2009 with Taylor Krauss, founder of Voices of Rwanda, a nonprofit organization that is currently building an archive of video testimonies from Rwandan Genocide survivors. This video is part of a series of interviews with professionals and academics on the topic of archives and human rights and part of a project highlighting archives in a human rights context.
Interview and filming by Hub/Archive intern Teague Schneiter.
Logging and editing by Archive intern Michele DeLia.
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