Poetry and Reconciliation Notes from the Conference

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Meet Dr Andrea Grieder, author of “Collines des mille souvenirs” conference was organised by Globethics.net at WCC on the 4 May 2016. Dr Ignace Haaz introduced Dr Andrea Grieder at the beginning of the conference and the theme regarding Poetry and Reconciliation. Dr Andrea Grieder is Associate Researcher at the Department of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies, University of Zurich and at École des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, EHESS, Paris. She is the organizer of cultural events on Rwanda and initiator of transpoesis (transformations through creativity in poetry). Her PhD in Social Anthropology and Sociology at University of Zurich has been awarded summa cum laude. Collines des mille souvenirs. Vivre après et avec le génocide perpétré contre les Tutsi au Rwanda, Globethics.net Theses Series No. 19, 2016, 410pp.