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This brightened up my day: Scholar and blogger Erik Davis (formerly of blog DeathPower) is back with "Imagining the Real World." Hooray! http://erikwdavis.wordpress.com Off to click through the many tidbits on offer, digesting a rather exhaustive examination of Chomsky Cambodia chronology. Postscript: more drama on that last bit from Details Are Sketchy! http://detailsaresketchy.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/scorned-in-cambodia/

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This looks intriguing; From Helsinki to Phnom Penh: W E L C O M E ! Presentation series of Urban planning projects of students from Helsinki University of Technology. After our field work period in Phnom Penh in the spring 2009, we came up with various sustainable strategies for the growth of the Cambodian capital Phnom Penh. Be ...

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Doin' my best to spread the good word about Cambodian comics & Our Books at South Korea's Bucheon International Comics Festival (BICOF), with a talk on Cambodian comics history. So many comics, so much art, so many cool people, so many bottles of Soju! Stay 'tooned for short comic précis, to be ...

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Adieu Deathpower

For upwards of three years we've been entertained by Erik Davis' insights on Cambodian culture, society, and religion - often peppered with his personal perspective on modern day happenings to boot. But he's getting out while he's still at the top of his game. Read it for yourself; there's more writing to ...

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WED, 08/04, 7 PM Through historical frameworks and personal anecdotes, Phnom Penh based curator Erin Gleeson will explore the lack of place, until now, for contemporary art practices in and from Cambodia. Gleeson will trace her curatorial concept as well as the audience and press response to Forever Until Now, ...

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