Comments on: Cafe Khmer Rouge http://jinja.apsara.org/2005/08/cafe-khmer-rouge/ Art, life, art of life in Cambodia. Fri, 02 Mar 2018 03:28:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Emmanuel http://jinja.apsara.org/2005/08/cafe-khmer-rouge/comment-page-1/#comment-737 Emmanuel Sun, 14 Aug 2005 09:34:00 +0000 http://jinja.apsara.org/index.php/2005/08/12/cafe-khmer-rouge/#comment-737 "not often discussed past" ?<br/>These words surprise me. On one hand, the 75-79 period is by large the most discussed and written about range of time of Cambodian history. Tons of articles, books, forum posts, movies and summaries for tourist books have been made. I don't think you can find any other event that generated as much words about this country, even until now. On the other hand, no one from this country has not had his/her life completely torn apart. No one over 25 hasn't been deeply impacted. Khmer people have talked a LOT about it. They still do. Or they don't. But that's their choice. We don't have to bring Freud to them. I know people I see on a weekly or a monthly basis have lived terrible things. If they want to share it with me someday, they will. I won't ask until I feel they're ready. I ask about their current life, their projects.<br/>Those 'clogs' will be useful to many things. Healing some wounds might be one of them. But we shouldn't focus a priori on that because, as Jinja said, "people may tell you what they think you want to hear". “not often discussed past” ?
These words surprise me. On one hand, the 75-79 period is by large the most discussed and written about range of time of Cambodian history. Tons of articles, books, forum posts, movies and summaries for tourist books have been made. I don’t think you can find any other event that generated as much words about this country, even until now. On the other hand, no one from this country has not had his/her life completely torn apart. No one over 25 hasn’t been deeply impacted. Khmer people have talked a LOT about it. They still do. Or they don’t. But that’s their choice. We don’t have to bring Freud to them. I know people I see on a weekly or a monthly basis have lived terrible things. If they want to share it with me someday, they will. I won’t ask until I feel they’re ready. I ask about their current life, their projects.
Those ‘clogs’ will be useful to many things. Healing some wounds might be one of them. But we shouldn’t focus a priori on that because, as Jinja said, “people may tell you what they think you want to hear”.

]]> By: Jinja http://jinja.apsara.org/2005/08/cafe-khmer-rouge/comment-page-1/#comment-734 Jinja Sat, 13 Aug 2005 04:03:00 +0000 http://jinja.apsara.org/index.php/2005/08/12/cafe-khmer-rouge/#comment-734 Argh, the messageboard is limited to WordPress members only. I will try to register and get a password. I'm in a slow cafe today. <br/><br/>I think about the perception of Cambodia/Cambodians pretty much on a daily basis, so the preceding post may have seemed a little strong. <br/><br/>Open Source Radio's second paragraph ("If you’re a Cambodian blogger, we’d love to hear from you." etc.) sounds pretty good. If they sample a wide group of Khmer webloggers they should have the makings of a decent feature. <br/><br/>In Cambodia, foriegn attention is often expected to have dollars attached. So if you ask a question, people may tell you what they think you want to hear. Development researchers run across this in surveys, and performing artists find this in workshops. <br/><br/>Recovering and reexamining memory is important, but highly charged. And when money enters the mix, things can get complicated. <br/><br/>"L'Histoire" is probably the most extreme example I've seen yet of market-driven historical 'reenactment', and kind of serves as a warning of how warped things can get. I'll probably do a follow-up post on them later, it's so weird! Argh, the messageboard is limited to WordPress members only. I will try to register and get a password. I’m in a slow cafe today.

I think about the perception of Cambodia/Cambodians pretty much on a daily basis, so the preceding post may have seemed a little strong.

Open Source Radio’s second paragraph (“If you’re a Cambodian blogger, we’d love to hear from you.” etc.) sounds pretty good. If they sample a wide group of Khmer webloggers they should have the makings of a decent feature.

In Cambodia, foriegn attention is often expected to have dollars attached. So if you ask a question, people may tell you what they think you want to hear. Development researchers run across this in surveys, and performing artists find this in workshops.

Recovering and reexamining memory is important, but highly charged. And when money enters the mix, things can get complicated.

“L’Histoire” is probably the most extreme example I’ve seen yet of market-driven historical ‘reenactment’, and kind of serves as a warning of how warped things can get. I’ll probably do a follow-up post on them later, it’s so weird!

]]> By: Beth http://jinja.apsara.org/2005/08/cafe-khmer-rouge/comment-page-1/#comment-731 Beth Fri, 12 Aug 2005 18:26:00 +0000 http://jinja.apsara.org/index.php/2005/08/12/cafe-khmer-rouge/#comment-731 Meant to say, post your thoughts on their message board ... Meant to say, post your thoughts on their message board …

]]> By: Beth http://jinja.apsara.org/2005/08/cafe-khmer-rouge/comment-page-1/#comment-730 Beth Fri, 12 Aug 2005 18:25:00 +0000 http://jinja.apsara.org/index.php/2005/08/12/cafe-khmer-rouge/#comment-730 Jinja:<br/><br/>I think the topic is in development, not slated. They're looking forward feedback. Perhaps you should post your take on it. Jinja:

I think the topic is in development, not slated. They’re looking forward feedback. Perhaps you should post your take on it.

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