Posted in Uncategorized on May 22nd, 2007
Handz in the Air
Hundreds of web pages say 'Khmer Pride'. Here's one academic's take on how young overseas Cambodians assemble their identity.
Theresa McGinnis: "Khmer Pride": Being and Becoming Khmer American in an Urban Migrant Education Program (Journal of Southeast Asian Education and Advancement*).
"Khmer youth’s multimodal expressions are not only sites ...
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 19th, 2007
Cartoons, the hip new thing
Controversial editorial Cartoonist Ung Bunhean ('Sacrava') gets a profile in this weekend's Phnom Penh Post. http://sacrava.blogspot.com
Tags:cambodia,cartoon
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 18th, 2007
Comics, the hip new thing
SE-Globe's latest issue has a feature article on Khmer comic art including interviews with Sera, Sin Yang Pirom, Em Satya, Uth Roeun and more.
This Friday: if you have time, check out
Reyum's Wat Paintings Book Launch/Exhibition (5pm). http://tinyurl.com/286pro
And following that is the Rubbish Project's "trash-to-fashion" show. Apparently ...
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Posted in Uncategorized on May 17th, 2007
"I think I'm Gonna Die"
There were poems and music to be had yesterday evening (May 16) at Talking to A Stranger in Phnom Penh. The audience seemed appreciative to get more than what might usually be expected of a poetry night.
Our ...
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Posted in hip hop on May 15th, 2007
In Search of Khmer Hip Hop Part 10: Resonance
Geoff Ryman has assembled an hour long show on Khmer Rap. He writes:
You can listen in online, though for copyright reasons the station won't have it on the podcast archive. It should feature at least some of my interviews with Prach, ...
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