Other Bibliography Entries: Historiography at Work 1: The Bibliography of the French Masterplan Historiography at Work 2: The Khmer Translation of the French Masterplan 3.1 Historical Significance History does not look upon all events equally. While we were rediscovering the …
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Foreign investment in Cambodia has unravelled a series of controversies and protests within the kingdom. The conflicts between the government, developer and the people have been continuous, little signs of compromises can be seen from the 3 parties. In …
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Previous Narrative: The Westerner’s Lake 4: Futures that could have been 5.1 The Foreigner Perspective Similar to the French, we are neither the Chinese investors at the back pulling strings nor the local victims standing on the frontline, what is so …
Previous Narrative: The Westerner’s Lake 3: The French Masterplan When the evictions forcefully started in 2011, the Western elites and Cambodian locals came to a painful but crucial realization that they could not fight their battles alone, the two forces then …
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This bibliography entry continues to introduce our methodology in the writing stage, specifically our limitations and how we make up for it. 2.1 Ongoing Issue (input): Lack of Primary Resources? Our collective research mainly focused on English and Chinese …
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Previous reading: An Investor’s lake 3: Biased impact study and false claim SHUKAKU Inc, the local developer filling in Phnom Penh’s Boeung Kak lake for the future commercial and housing project has recently conducted an environmental and social impact assessment …
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Since the early 2000s, the fast growing economy of Cambodia has been attracting increasing numbers of foreign investment. The foreign direct investment from international developers have acted a big role in accelerating Cambodia’s economy. The Boeung Kak Lake development led …
After the initial eviction of the residents surrounding the Boeung Kak Lake, the kingdom has seen an increasing number of protests from the residents and activists attempting to protect their own homes from being destroyed and removed. During the …
Previous reading: An investor’s lake 4: How it helped Cambodia Cambodia has been seeing a sharp rise in foreign investments in the recent decade, with development it brings controversy, the controversy in Cambodia goes beyond the locals. With the growth …
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Previous Narrative: Lake of the Community 4: Self-built Shelters and Monuments Boeung Kak has been filled in and the dust seems to have settled. However, the story of the lake has offered us precious insights on how community members can …
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Previous Biography: Biography of Actor 4: From a Scholar to an Official (Official) The Venerable Luon Sovath is another unexpected actor who protects the human rights of individuals in a rapidly changing Cambodia. Against our stereotype towards Buddhist monk, Luon …
Previous Biography: Biography of Actor 3: From a Scholar to an Official (Scholar) From his scholastic researches, it is evident that Meng Bunnarith has a deep understanding in local culture as well as ambitions to plan with the community. A …
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Previous Biography: Biography of Actor 2: Boeung Kak Women’s Letter to the World Bank Meng Bunnarith is currently the Deputy Director-General of Land Management and Urban Planning in Cambodia and plays leading role in a number of the government committees. …
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Previous Actor: Biography of Actor 1: 17 Speakers in AIMF Conference The letter wrote by the League of Boeung Kak Women Struggling for Housing Rights elevated the local dispute to an international level. They alleged the World Bank for denying …
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Proceedings of the 39th AIMF Congress in Phnom Penh The conference is entitled Resilient Cities to refer to the reconstruction of Phnom Penh after the turbulent years. It offers a holistic overview of the urban development and encapsulates the prominent …
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Foreign investment has been one of the main sources of economic input in Cambodia in the recent decade. Being the biggest investor in Cambodia’s economic entity, China is not only influencing Cambodia in the economic aspect, but also in the …
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Flooding in Phnom Penh has increased since the reclamation of the Boeung Kak lake in 2008. Residents claimed that they have never seen anything as serious as the recent floods since their many years of living in Phnom Penh. The …
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Previous Narrative: Lake of the Community 3: The Meaning of a Map As pipelines and excavators filled in the Boeung Kak lake, water flooded thousands of homes in the area, forcing the defiant families to leave. Residents were left no …
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Previous Narrative: Lake of the Community 2: Globality in Local Advocates After nearly three and a half year, the filling was completed. The STT proposed concession change of 0.9ha (blue area) never happened, zone A, B and part of C …
Forced eviction: The Boeung Kak Lake eviction crisis has forcibly evicted more than 3000 families, with an approximate of 30,000 people who were original inhabiting surrounding the Boeung Kak Lake area. The scale of eviction and the unlawful reclamation of …
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Previous Document: Green and Blue 4: Symbolism in the Global-Local Alliance In an attempt to document the damage done to the locals regarding the reclamation, the World Bank Investigation Report in 2010 have done technical drawings to highlight the importance …
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Previous Document: Green and Blue 3: A Collage City envisioned by the Pearl Plan International Team 4.1 Symbol as Counter-propaganda When the evictions forcefully started in 2011, the French elites and Cambodian locals bonds through frequent communication on social …
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Previous Document: Green and Blue 2: Design Sketch of the Pearl Plan International Team In addition to the sketches for Boeung Kak Lake development, the French and Cambodian architects have also proposed an urban development strategy that treats the …
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Previous Document: Green and Blue 1: Backpackers’ Memoir to Pre-development Boeung Kak Lake Besides the design drawings, original ideas of the Pearl Plan was sketched in diagrams and sketches. What the Pearl Plan International Teams set out to do was …
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1.1 The Medium is the Message This is a series of historical documents to discuss the use of different media parallel to the urban process of BKL. To spread the word of BKL preservation across language barriers and draw global …
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Other Historical Documents: Government’s Concession, Agenda of the World Bank, A Credible NGO Report, Photography A Cambodian Spring is a 2-hour documentary by award-winning director Chris Kelly, who spent nine years to chronicle the turbulent evictions at Boeung Kak and …
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Other Historical Documents: Government’s Concession, Agenda of the World Bank, A Credible NGO Report, The Documentary A Cambodian Spring Photo album The Untitled is created over the year 2011 and 2012 by Erika Piñeros, a multimedia journalist covering human rights …
Other Historical Documents: Government’s Concession, Agenda of the World Bank, A Credible NGO Report, Photography, The Documentary A Cambodian Spring Reliability of the local organizations are often doubted as their reports embody strong preference and visions. Many NGOS in Phnom …
Other Historical Documents: Agenda of the World Bank, A Credible NGO Report, Photography, The Documentary A Cambodian Spring Upon request from local activists, the World Bank released an investigation report written by the panel of experts in 2010. While the …
Other Historical Documents: Agenda of the World Bank, A Credible NGO Report, Photography, The Documentary A Cambodian Spring The document in 2011 records the change in stance of the government, from forcing evictions to offering concession zone to the relocate …