Name Change Party

What’s in a name? Gentle gentrification: Forget the garish ‘Knickers and Liquors’ – it’s now rebranding to ‘MUSE LOUNGE’. Sign O’ the times? Complimentary drink, free-flowing beer, free food from 6pm-8pm. Near Wat Sarawan, near corner of Street 19 and 172. (Map of locale) Check it out! I’ll be there as pal Rithya inaugurates a new chapter [...]

Rumours of Death(power) exaggerated

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/

Bulldozing Chainsaws, Phnom Penh

A nice start to the day. (And I’d first thought it was a wedding!) I’ll check the papers, doubtless these are confiscated from illegal logging operations (that haven’t kept current on their bribes). (Click for larger size.)

Happy New Year (1 of 3)

Plenty of time to sort those resolutions folks.

From Photography to Ethnography: Back and Forth. Visualizing Cham Diversity in Cambodia by Emiko Stock

បព្ចាំងរូបថតនេងធ្វើអត្ថាធិប្បាយការងារស្រាវជ្រាវអំពីចាម្បនៅស្រុកខ្មែរដោយ Emiko STOCK ថ្ងៃចន្ទ័ទី១៤ឆ្នាំ២០០៩ម៉ោង៦ល្ងាច From Photography to Ethnography: Back and Forth. Visualizing Cham Diversity In Cambodia In Khmer and in English by Emiko STOCK On Monday, December 14, 2009 at 6:00pm Emiko និងយក​រូបថត​ផ្សេងៗ​ជាច្រើន​ដែលបាន​មក​ពី​​ការងារ​ស្រាវជ្រាវ​ជាច្រើន​ឆ្នាំ​អំពីចាម្ប​នៅតាម​តំបន់​នានា​ក្នុង​ស្រុកខ្មែរ​មក​បង្ហាញ។ ក្នុង​ឱកាស​នេះ ក៏នឹង​ធ្វើអត្ថាធិប្បាយ​ពន្យល់​អំពី​កិច្ចការ​ស្រាវជ្រាវ​នេះនិង​អំពី​ខ្លឹមសារ​រូបថត​នីមួយៗ​នោះ​ផង។ Visual Anthropology has long advocated the value of images as primary sources documents. This presentation will show pictures taken during field work conducted [...]