Phnom Penh during the Cambodian genocide : a case of selective urbicide
Cambodge ; Espace bâti ; Génocide ; Géographie politique ; Installation administrative ; Installation auxilliaire ; Parti politique ; Phnom Penh ; Politique urbaine ; Violence ; installation de distribution ; installation productive
Built up area ; Cambodia ; Genocide ; Phnom Penh ; Political geography ; Political party ; Urban policy ; Violence
In this paper the AA. begin the task of mapping Phnom Penh as it existed during the years 1975–79. Specifically, they identify and map the location of four broad types of economic institution: administrative, production, distributive, and ancillary
. In so doing, we argue that such a geographically informed analysis of Phnom Penh is necessary for it provides the spatial foundation for an understanding of Khmer Rouge practice.
2014
[b2] Documentation Center of Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Cambodge
Cambodia ; Inner city ; Neighbourhood ; Phnom Penh ; Police ; Political geography ; Privatisation ; Security ; Street ; Urban area
This paper examines everyday interactions of money, power, and security in Cambodia’s capital city of Phnom Penh, informed by a series of transects and interviews. It shows that the sale and enclosure of Cambodian land and property have yielded both
profit and tensions. These are connected with the meanings and operation of security. The most powerful ‘security’ agency in Phnom Penh is neither wholly ‘public’ nor fully ‘private’, but hybrid; where public police and military personnnel
Cambodia ; Domination ; Land ; Metropolisation ; Phnom Penh ; Police ; Public order ; Territorial control ; Territory ; Urban area
Analyse critique du processus de métropolisation de Phnom Penh au prisme des pratiques et stratégies policières. Ce processus procède d’un mode particulier de contrôle et de mise en ordre politique et économique des territoires, l'ordopolis. Les
Activisme ; Cambodge ; Expulsion forcée ; Femme ; Géographie politique ; Géographie sociale ; Géopolitique de l'intime ; Phnom Penh ; Promotion immobilière ; Rôle de l'Etat
Activism ; Cambodia ; Phnom Penh ; Political geography ; Real estate development ; Role of the State ; Social geography ; Woman
This article examines intimate geopolitics of forced eviction and women's activism in Boeung Kak Lake—a high-profile community under threat in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. It demonstrates that eviction is framed as a geopolitical issue, one that leads