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The Perpetual Peace Project is pleased to release videos created by architecture students at the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) in Kigali, Rwanda in response to the question: "What does perpetual peace mean to you? Wowe ubwawe amahoro ahoraho akubwira iki?"

The often hesitant voices featured here add another dimension to the broader understanding of peace that the Perpetual Peace Project seeks to cultivate. The workshop was part of a series of activities exploring the relationship of peace to hospitality, reconciliation, and socio-political change with regard to current conditions in Rwanda, and included exhibitions, shared meals, seminars, and screenings. Participants to the project included approximately 50 of Rwanda's first architecture students.

Acknowledgements

The Perpetual Peace Project at the Department of Architecture, Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), is organized by Slought Foundation, in partnership with Syracuse University Humanities Center and with support from Musagetes Foundation. Presented in partnership with the International Peace Institute (IPI), the European Union National Institutes of Culture (EUNIC), and United Nations University (UNU). Special thanks to Yutaka Sho and Nerea Amorós Elorduy at the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST), and Mimi Cheng, Curatorial and Research Fellow, and Megan Velong, Curatorial Assistant, at Slought Foundation.

The recordings featured on this webpage were produced during a student workshop at the Department of Architecture at the Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) on July 27, 2011. The workshop was part of a series of activities collaboratively organized by Aaron Levy, Executive Director of Slought Foundation, and Yutaka Sho, Professor at KIST, that took place from July 22-August 2, 2011.

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