Publication: Obstructed Engangement with Past Acts of State Violence Among Urban Youth in Post-Conflict Cambodia
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2016
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Mahidol University
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Institute of Human Rights and Peace Studies Mahidol University
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Journal of Human Rights and Peace Studies. Vol.2, No.1 (Jan- Jun 2016), 142-166
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Daniel Polomski Obstructed Engangement with Past Acts of State Violence Among Urban Youth in Post-Conflict Cambodia. Journal of Human Rights and Peace Studies. Vol.2, No.1 (Jan- Jun 2016), 142-166. Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/20.500.14594/64656
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Obstructed Engangement with Past Acts of State Violence Among Urban Youth in Post-Conflict Cambodia
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Abstract
Whereas there is already a large body of research ontransitional justice mechanisms and their impacts on the Cambodian society, studies mainly focus on survivors and victims. The post-conflict generation remains largely underrepresented 7he mainobjective of this research paper is therefore to advance the under-standing of post -conflict generations' realities Zith regard to past acts of state violence. The paper aims to include voices of the Cam-Eodian youth into the academic discourse. Research findings center around four dimensions - the education system, an inter-generational conflict. the institutionali]ation of fear, and the uni Tue factor of Khmer versus Khmer violence during the Khmer Rouge era - that are considered to have an impact on hoZ CamEodian youth
engages Zith (past) acts of state Yiolence Zill form the Easis of the
discus-sion. It will be argued that in present day CamEodia
the post-conflict generations have only little incentives
to engage with the country's history of state violence,
as those four dimensions obstruct an active engagement. As
a consequence of such an obstructed engagement,a corrosion of the
overall process of reconciliation is highly likely.The findings of
the paper were established on the Easis of an inductive and
qualitative, three-stage process of semi-structured interviews
among (n=20) respondents. The convenience sample included
Cambodian university students and young professionals between
18 and 26 years of age. who were based in Phnom Penhduring
the research. The interviews were recorded and digital transcripts
were analyzed based on grounded theory methods.