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Construire une légitimité scientifique : les polémiques autour de la composition et de la réception de la Commission française sur le rôle de la France au Rwanda

Card Number 31324

Number
31324
Author
Beaufils, Mathilde
Date
Décembre 2022
Ymd
20221201
Title
Construire une légitimité scientifique : les polémiques autour de la composition et de la réception de la Commission française sur le rôle de la France au Rwanda
Size
1553185 bytes
Pages nb.
27
Type
Article de revue
Language
FR
Abstract
The Duclert Commission, which was designed to produce an expert discourse on the role of France in Rwanda in a politically and scientifically controversial setting, can be considered to be a “neutral space”. Its composition was the subject of numerous discussions based around the sidelining of “specialists” on Rwanda, which meant that its members needed to construct scientific legitimacy. Despite these controversies, as a result of the ambiguity of its form and conclusions, the Duclert Commission's Report offers the possibility of a relative degree of political consensus, and therefore a potential marginalization of the “extreme” positions in the controversy surrounding France's role in Rwanda.