Rwanda
Expanding inter-generational dialogue through drumming, bicycling and photographic exhibitions….
MAP in Rwanda is
- Drumming, warrior dance and creative workshops/festivals, enabling girls to address inequality by exploring their empowerment through non-traditional creative roles , and
- Using film-making and art exhibitions to address the barriers young people face in engaging and influencing community members and policy makers.
Our three projects are: ‘Gira Ingoma – One Drum Per Girl’ led by Gakire Katese Odile (PI) from the Woman Cultural Centre (WCC); Visualising Peace led by Dr. Tom Martin (PI) from the University of Lincoln‘; and ‘Picturing the Past, Present & Future’ led by Dr Marlon Lee Moncrieffe (PI) from the University of Brighton. They are all concerned with everyday peacebuilding processes that extend inter-generational dialogue in artistic, physical and thought-provoking ways.
Current projects
- Rwanda
MEN – ART: Addressing mental health through youth-led art exhibitions
Exploring the mental health effects on peace and conflict resolution in schools through arts-based methods...
- Rwanda
Gira Ingoma – One Drum Per Girl
Drumming, dance and creative workshops/festivals, enabling girls to address inequality by exploring their empowerment through non-traditional creative roles....
- Rwanda
Visualising Peace
Using film-making and art exhibitions to address the barriers young people face in engaging and influencing community members and policy makers....
- Rwanda + Nepal
Picturing the Past, Present & Future…
Enhancing dialogue between young people and policy through photographic documentation of bicycle journeys to improve the wellbeing of women and girls....
Latest updates
- Update
Participatory Film making in action in Rwanda
In August 2023, the Visualising Peace team with Uyisenga Ni Imanzi (UNM), young people from MAP clubs, and film students from the Kwetu Film Institute produced a series of films exploring family conflict, and the lives of street-based children. They are currently crafting a documentary focusing on interviews with the Kwetu Film Institute students. In...
- Blog post + Event
MAP Impact Week 2023: A moment of reflection and celebration
EVENT: 17/07/2023
Vina PuspitaBy Vina Puspita (MAP Project Research Officer) From 17-20 July 2023, MAP hosted an Impact Week online event, bringing together MAP young people and stakeholders (youth facilitators, educators, cultural artists, social workers and policymakers) to share how MAP has impacted them and their communities. The MAP Impact Week was funded by the University of Lincoln...
- Blog post
Young women of Rwanda and Nepal, cycling in safe spaces, discussing, and challenging gender-based discriminatory proverbs
29 June 2023
Marlon Lee MoncrieffePrincipal Investigator – Picturing the past, present, and future in the imaginations, dreams and journeys taken by young women in Nepal and Rwanda This blog provides a brief discussion on how young women in Rwanda and Nepal have taken part in cycling journeys to safe spaces (Gayle et al. 2013) for their reflection and conversations...
