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Transportation in Cambodia
Opening reception,
September 30, 2009
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From 2001 to 2007, Reyum
Institute conducted an oral history research project
entitled: “A Cambodian Memory Bank”. The project records
elderly people’s accounts of their lives from their birth to
the present. By following the stories of these individuals
“life lines”, we also get insights about Cambodian society
as a whole. By using the data collected we were able to
mount two exhibitions with accompanying publications: Seams
of Change (January 6, 2004) and Food in Khmer Culture (April
9, 2009).
This exhibition/publication also results from the use of the
Cambodian Memory Bank project data. By persisting in this
enterprise we wish to show the importance of elderly
people’s memories as a source of knowledge of Cambodian
history and society. With the paste of changes and the
passing away of the older generation, the richness of
knowledge embedded in their memories will also fade away. We
hope this exhibition/publication will spur interest among
young researchers to carry on similar research and
documentation projects.
This exhibition is organized into two sections: The first
section (in the main exhibition hall) presents land
transportation/moving and the second section (corridor)
shows waterways transportation/moving. Each section offers
an account of transportation from the simple use of human
body to the use of machines.
We wish to thank all the people who have contributed to make
this exhibition possible. We also would like specifically
thank the Rockefeller Foundation for their support of the
entire Memory Bank project as well as the Prince Claus Fund
and the Albert Kunstadter Family Foundation for their
support of our activities.
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