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- Two Minutes at a Phnom Penh Intersection - YouTube
- Cambodia genocide court to pursue more Khmer Rouge (despite what they said ealier)
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- In the Maldives’ Strangled Democracy - NYTimes.com
- The Khmer Rouge's Perfect Villain - NYTimes.com
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- Can A Town Divided Against Itself Stand? - NYTimes.com
Category Archives: Cultural Geography
My latest attempt at movie making: A temple in Cambodia
Cambodia is best known for Angkor Wat, the vast temple built in the first half of the 12th century by King Suryavarman II to honor the Hindu goddess Vishnu (and, more than incidentally, himself too.) Angkor Wat, though, is by … Continue reading
Amsterdam: A Cesspool of Corruption?
As I frequently point out, the world looks different depending on where you look at it from.
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Does spelling count? A follow-up
We spoke in class on Tuesday about the fact that the names we use (in English) for other countries are often different from the names they have in local languages. I learned today that there is a word for this … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Geography, Subsaharan Africa
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