Week Six Reflections

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It has been a busy week. First, I have made some progress on the book editing, with a final story from Sarath. Vicky has also made good progress on the design and layout. Today, I have been working through the school project details, and although I have a good outline, I am not totally sure if it is situated right …

A Sense of Place

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I have been reading James Tyner’s book, The Killing of Cambodia: Geography, Genocide and the Unmasking of Space. It is well established that in defining Year Zero, the Khmer Rouge wanting to arbitrarily re-start the Cambodian clock, with no reference to history or the outside world. This was done as foundation context for the necessary revolution. The KR enrolled time in …