Posted in cambodia, more stuff on Jan 9th, 2013
A dear friend who I met in my very first Khmer class has had a sudden loss.
His 'Khmer Mom' was diagnosed with incurable cancer. She chose to forgo chemotherapy and pass away peaceably.
And a barang (foreign) child protection expert has suddenly found he's the legal, local guardian of a 5 ...
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Posted in cambodia, comics on Dec 7th, 2012
[Cross-Posted from ComicsLifestyle.com:]
Christmas done come early!
QuickDraw #6 is now available for download via Amazon, iBookstore and just about every e-bookstore on the planet. Set in Cambodia, it's a collection of vignettes and observations exploring Khmer culture.
It's FREE (excepting Amazon, where a minimum fee of 0.99 is required.) Feel free to ...
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Posted in cambodge, cambodia, cambodia blog on Nov 20th, 2012
(Siem Ream opens its arms to you!)
Friday, November 01:
I hop a bus at noon from Phnom Penh to Siem Reap. In earlier days I'd be taking a speedboat. These days it's a 4-5 hour jaunt via bus. One of the small but deeply important changes in Cambodian life since ...
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Posted in cambodge, cambodia, current events on Nov 18th, 2012
Imagine how this ship of fools looks to people it passes by.
Not to be a buzz kill, but isn't this a little over the top?
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Plantation-Urban-Resort-Spa/277073282328754
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Posted in academia, cambodia, comics, visual art on Nov 15th, 2012
Above: book seller at Phnom Penh's Psar O'Russey.
Some thoughts following on from Jason Dittmer and Katherine Brickell’s commentary on Cambodian comics copyright.
(You might want to read these links first.)
http://siewphewyeung.org.kh/newsprint-comics-at-psar-orussey/
http://mediageography.wordpress.com/2012/09/24/comic-books-and-copyright-cambodian-artistic-heritage-at-risk/
In Cambodia’s 1980s, the boom in narrative comics unfolded in an informal economy. That meant some artists printed and published themselves ...
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