Talk:Recategorization

Recategorization is currently a Culture, sociology and psychology good article nominee. Nominated by Paradox38 (talk) at 04:07, 9 December 2024 (UTC)

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Hello! I just made this article as part of a class assignment. There are still changes I am planning to make to it, but I think the page could benefit from the insight of more seasoned Wikipedians.

Paradox38 (talk) 19:41, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think it is interesting to note that the Hewstone (2000) study that criticizes the idea that recategorization interventions can have lasting affects begins with a reference to the Rwandan Genocide, and pessimistic perceptions of the likelihood of unity in its aftermath. In the following section, I discuss the recategorization policy included in the Rwandan Constitution--perhaps the largest recategorization intervention ever attempted. Whether or not it was successful probably depends on who you ask (see Moss and Vollhardt, 2015 and Collins, Laws, and Ntakirutimana (2021)).

Paradox38 (talk) 08:09, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Wiki Education assignment: Psychology 220A

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... that in 2003, Rwanda adopted a constitution that recategorized Rwandans of Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa ethnicities into one identity, banyarwanda?

Source: Beyond Conflict and Spoilt Identities: How Rwandan Leaders Justify a Single Recategorization Model for Post-Conflict Reconciliation

Authored by Sigrun Marie Moss and published in the Journal of Social and Political Psychology in 2014. PDF available at: [1] Quotes: "Since 1994,the Rwandan government has attempted to remove the division of the population into the ‘ethnic’ groups (ubwoko) Hutu, Tutsi and Twa and instead encourage people to think of themselves only in terms of a common national Rwandan identity. This approach can be classified as recategorization of social identities– a process where subordinate identities are replaced with a shared or superordinate identity in order to improve intergroup relations." ...

"This comprehensive recategorization approach is based on a meta-narrative that essentialises Rwandan unity and de-essentialises ethnic identities, in a context where alternative narratives are not permitted. The 2003 constitution forbids genocide ideology, and a 2008 addition further limits identity discussions. These strict genocide ideology laws ban everything seen as divisionism, implying limited freedom of speech on topics of identity, political power and representation."

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