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    “Reinventing Ourselves After Genocide: Justice for the Past and Accountability for the Future” at International Colloquium “Cambodia, from then to now: Memory and plural identities in the aftermath of the genocide,” Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, 9 May 2011, 4:45pm.

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    Reinventing Ourselves After Genocide: Justice For The Past and Accountability For The Future

    Transféré par

    Sophal Ear
    “Reinventing Ourselves After Genocide: Justice for the Past and Accountability for the Future” at International Colloquium “Cambodia, from then to now: Memory and plural identities in the aftermath of the genocide,” Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, 9 May 2011, 4:45pm.

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    5/8/2011

    1
    ReinventingOurselvesAfterGenocide
    SophalEar,PhD
    AssistantProfessor
    USNavalPostgraduateSchool
    7May2011
    ConcordiaUniversity,Montreal,Canada
    The viewsexpresseddonot reflect the viewsofthe Department ofNavyor the Department ofDefense
    Whatdoesreinventionmeanand
    whatdoesitmeantoreinvent
    ourselves?
    Indeed,howdowereinventourselves
    withmemoryandpluralidentitiesin
    theaftermathofgenocide?
    Doweforgiveandforgetordo
    weendlesslywaitforjustice?
    FiveReinventionsinFiveActs
    1. FromChineseethnicitytoCambodian
    nationality
    2. FromCambodianstofakeVietnamese
    3. FromVietnamtoFrance
    4. FromFrenchlivestoAmericanlives
    5. FromAmericantoWorldcitizen
    Ihadsixminutestotellmystory.
    Today,Ihavealittlemoretimeto
    reflectonmyfamilysandmyown
    reinvention.
    MYWIFE, 8MONTHSPREGNANT
    MOM
    BILL
    GATES
    Act1:FromChineseethnicityto
    Cambodiannationality
    5/8/2011
    2
    5/8/2011
    3
    TherearenoAmericancombat
    troopsinCambodia.Thereareno
    Americancombatadvisersin
    Cambodia.Therewillbeno
    Americancombattroopsor
    advisersinCambodia.Wewillaid
    Cambodia.CambodiaistheNixon
    doctrineinitspurestform.
    PresidentRichardNixon,
    November1971
    April17
    th
    ,1975
    PhnomPenh,Cambodia
    5/8/2011
    4
    Onedayinlate1975,circa
    sunset
    Onthethirddayofourjourney
    towardsVietnam
    19351975
    5/8/2011
    5
    Act2:FromCambodianstofake
    Vietnamese
    A VIETNAMESECITIZEN,
    A GOODSAMARITAN
    MOM
    ME MYUNCLEANDAUNT
    5/8/2011
    6
    Act3:FromVietnamtoFrance
    A FRENCHCITIZEN,
    A GOODSAMARITAN
    5/8/2011
    7
    Act4:FromFrenchlivesto
    Americanlives
    Act5:From
    Americanto
    Worldcitizen
    5/8/2011
    8
    Thereisnomorenobleendeavour
    thanthefightforsocialandglobal
    justice,andforpeaceand
    development.
    MarkMalloch Brown
    5/8/2011
    9
    TheResponsibilitytoProtect isanew
    internationalsecurityandhumanrights
    normtoaddresstheinternational
    communitysfailuretopreventandstop
    genocides,warcrimes,ethniccleansing
    andcrimesagainsthumanity.
    79
    HOLOCAUST:1117 MILLION
    5/8/2011
    10
    83
    RWANDA:800,0001,000,000
    85 87
    BOSNIA:200,000+
    5/8/2011
    11
    91
    DARFUR:300,000+
    Butyouneednot
    lookbeyondAsia.
    Vietnam
    NorthKorea
    5/8/2011
    12
    Burma
    Tibet
    Cambodia
    5/8/2011
    13
    2007
    PoliceBeatingKhmerKampuchea
    Krom Monks
    2010
    TheCaseofSeng Kunnaka,United
    NationsWorldFoodProgramme
    SecurityGuard
    20082011
    TheCaseofBoeung Kak Lake:20,000
    PeopleAffected(3,000to4,200
    families)
    5/8/2011
    14
    5/8/2011
    15
    2010
    KhmerRougeTribunal
    TUOLSLENGSDIRECTOR,DUCH,CONFESSED
    ATKHMERROUGETRIBUNALINCAMBODIA,2009.
    VERDICT:GUILTY
    DEATHS:12,273+
    SENTENCE:35YEARS
    (REDUCEDTO19FOR
    TIMEALREADYSERVED)
    APPEALING.
    MADOFF:150YEARS
    KILLED:0;US$65BILLIONFRAUD
    NOTAPPEALING.
    5/8/2011
    16
    My mom, Cam Youk Lim
    June 1936-October 2009
    Abhayagiri BuddhistMonastery UniversalLovingKindness (2006)

    IFWEHAVENTFORGIVEN,WEKEEP
    CREATINGANIDENTITYAROUNDOUR
    PAIN,ANDTHATISWHATISREBORN.
    THATISWHATSUFFERS.
    5/8/2011
    17
    Mymother
    reinventedherself
    timeandtimeagain
    tosurvive.
    Andshesavedlivesinthe
    process.
    Steven Sophal Ear,born March2009
    5/8/2011
    18
    Caitlyn LimEar,born March2011

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