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Uncovering Khmer Chronicle Epistemology & Authority with Dr. Theara Thun
Southeast Asia Crossroads Podcast - CSEAS @ NIU
47 minutes 2 seconds
12 months ago
Uncovering Khmer Chronicle Epistemology & Authority with Dr. Theara Thun
Dr. Kanjana Thepboriruk sits down with Dr. Theara Thun to talk about the evolution of ‘knowledge’ and ‘information’ within the Cambodian context, especially with the advent of print media and how the new medium affected the production, transmission, and creation of new knowledge. He dives even deeper, looking at the ways the Khmer understanding of history and documentation shifted to encompass Western systems of bookkeeping while retaining their primary method of aural storytelling. Dr. Theara Thun is a scholar of Southeast Asia, specifically his home nation of Cambodia. He studies the shifting intellectual traditions of Southeast Asia, reflecting on how the changing world affects the development of education and intellectualism within the region.