Abstract
On April 17, 1975 Khmer Rouge soldiers began the forcible evacuation of Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital city. The evacuation has been the subject of considerable debate surrounding the Cambodian genocide and remains a topic of prime importance toward the understanding of Khmer Rouge policy and practice. In this field note, we present a geographically-informed account of the evacuation in order to provide a more fine-grained analysis of Khmer Rouge practice. More specifically, employing spatial video geonarratives, we provide a systematic investigation of the evacuation, as retraced by six evacuees. In so doing we contribute also to the emergent use of geospatial technologies to the study of genocide.
Acknowledgements
This research was funded in part by the College of Arts & Sciences at Kent State University. We are grateful for the support of Dean Jim Blank.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.5038/1911-9933.12.3.1607
Recommended Citation
Tyner, James A.; Curtis, Andrew; Kimsroy, Sokvisal; and Chhay, Chhunly
(2018)
"The Evacuation of Phnom Penh during the Cambodian Genocide: Applying Spatial Video Geonarratives to the Study of Genocide,"
Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal:
Vol. 12:
Iss.
3:
163-176.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5038/1911-9933.12.3.1607
Available at: https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/gsp/vol12/iss3/15
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