Cultural Renewal in Cambodia

Academic Activism in the Neoliberal Era

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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This book is about cultural work in torn-up societies. It narrates the establishment of an academic project in contemporary post-war Cambodia, when the country became the largest recipient of international aid. It depicts a Southeast Asian country at the crossroads of conflicting imaginaries of development through the lens of an independent organization that emerged out of the turmoil. It shows how the relations of domination of institutions from the ‘north’ effectively constrain alternative visions of action in the ‘south’ that fall outside the neo-liberal framework. The account is a reflection on past ambitions and failures of the international good-will order, and a charge to change our approach in the future. It offers a cautionary tale whose significance transcends the Cambodian case.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2020-08-27
Mått155 x 235 x 24 mm
Vikt592 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor298
FörlagBrill
ISBN9789004433908

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Philippe M. F. Peycam, PhD. (1999), School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, is Director of the International Institute for Asian Studies, The Netherlands. He is the founding director of the Center for Khmer Studies, Cambodia. He has published a number of articles and a monograph on Southeast Asia: The Birth of Vietnamese Political Journalism, Saigon, 1916-30 (Columbia University Press, 2012).

AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsAbbreviationsIntroductionPart 1: The Politics of Knowledge in Cambodia1 A Post-Colonial Nation1 French Rule (1863–1953)2 Independent Cambodia (1953–1970)2 Civil War, Genocide and CEDORECK1 The Khmer Republic (1970–75)2 The Khmer Rouge (1975–79)3 Rebuilding from the Ashes3 Cambodia after UNTAC1 UNTAC and Its Legacies2 Education after UNTAC3 From ‘Media to Digital Democracy’?4 Non-Governmental OrganizationsPart 2: The Making of a Hybrid Academic Institution4 The Center for Khmer Studies1 Defining the Center’s Mission2 Building ‘From the Bottom-Up’5 An Integrated Capacity-Building Program1 Programmatic Genesis2 The Junior Faculty Training Program (2004–10)6 A Citizen’s Institution1 Conservation of (and Access to) Written Materials and Artifacts2 Expanding Creative Knowledge: Working with Artists and Craftsmen3 Community Engagement in Siem ReapPart 3: Social Responsibilities: Scholars, Funders and Diplomats7 Socially Engaged Scholars?1 Involving International Scholars2 Facilitating Special Educational Activities3 Relations with Individual Scholars8 Funders as ‘Stakeholders’?1 Individual Philanthropists2 Foundations9 Working with International Organizations and Cultural Diplomacies1 The World Bank2 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)3 Working with DiplomatsConclusionAppendixMaps and FiguresBibliographyIndex