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...conceptual phase, the project is meant to reside near the current genocide memorial in Yerevan, and will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the mass killings that occurred in Armenia at the hands of the Ottoman Empire...
Though the museum is only a design project—meant to encourage students to utilize immersive multimedia techniques to deal with a complex political issue—it has garnered attention in Armenia, the group said...
...While in Armenia, Sayegh, Bechthold, and their students met with an array of people, including Armenian students, professors, descendents of survivors, and government officials, to try to grasp the complexity of the event’s legacy...
Both professors said they felt it was important for their students to physically be in Armenia and experience the ways in which the mass killings have affected the country...
...project comes in the wake of new political developments in the U.S. While the House of Representatives signaled its readiness last week to vote on recognition of the 1915 mass killings in Armenia as a genocide, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said that the White House would try to block such a vote—despite Obama’s campaign promise to recognize the killings as a genocide...