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Here's yet another item that relates to my class about the construction of popular memory, this time from Bruce Sterling. According to a Reuters story, the Cambodian government has turned over adminstration of the"killing fields to a private company."

Phnom Penh mayor Kep Chuktema said Monday a Japanese company called JC Royal had signed a 30-year deal to manage the Cheoung Ek "Killing Fields" genocide memorial on the outskirts of the capital for an initial annual payment of $15,000.

The firm will have to plant trees and flowers at the site, which is home to a memorial tower of 8,000 human skulls, as well as build other visitor facilities, he said.

I suppose it might seem appropriate to have private enterprise manage a place that marks the genocidal brutality of a communist dictator, but if I was a family member of one of the 1.7 million people who died under Pol Pot, I would probably have strong feelings about the memorial turned into a tourist attraction.

Posted by McChris at April 6, 2005 02:55 PM
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