Collaboration, engagement, and Cambodia: Archaeological perspectives on cultural heritage

Stark, Miriam T.

doi:10.1080/20518196.2020.1766172

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“…Moreover, Thailand is known as the "country of smiles" due to the hospitability of local populations (Han, 2019). Both Cambodia and especially Thailand contain a wide range of valuable cultural, historical and religious heritage that can be capitalised on when promoting inbound international tourism (Stark, 2020). However, given the infamous, entrenched sexual exploitation against women and children, these two SEA countries are over-emphasised as the "paradises for men" (Montgomery, 2018).…”

Section: Policy Development On (Child) Commercial Sexmentioning

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Pragmatic approaches to control inbound sex tourism and prostitution in Thailand and Cambodia: the examination of relevant policy gaps and suggestion of multifaceted policy development

Hung

2023

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PurposeThe essay aims to suggest policies that can help strategically deconstruct and dereproduce the establishment of (child) sexual exploitation in Thailand and Cambodia in phases, for the purpose of upholding child and human rights and rebranding the global image of these two regional commercial sex hubs in the long term.Design/methodology/approachThis essay is constructed based on the theoretical framework of the social control and general strain theories. Supported by the theories, the essay examines what are the socioeconomic determinants driving the prevalence of the (child) commercial sex industry in Thailand and Cambodia. Here the essay highlights and summarises how the (child) commercial sex industry has been constructed and reproduced. Next, the essay presents the existing policy gaps in relation to (child) sex tourism and sex exploitation. Last, and more importantly, the essay delivers perspectives on how Thai and Cambodian lawmakers and policymakers should respond to the severe societal problems of (child) sex trafficking and prostitution in relation to the prevailing sex tourism.FindingsAt the national level, Bangkok and Phnom Penh have an urgent need to rebrand their countries, despite partially allowing commercial sex activities. Moreover, to promote gender equality, Bangkok and Phnom Penh should redistribute their education and occupational opportunities, enabling more school-aged girls or work-aged women to obtain a fairer share of life chances for self-empowerment. At the regional level, Bangkok and Phnom Penh have to tighten regulations against (child) sex exploitation. At the community level, the promotion of community policing can be conducive to minimising any prostitution activities. At the family level, more positive socialisation should be exercised. When more children, including girls, are subsidised to enter school, and are positively parented, there are more educational opportunities for school-aged cohorts.Originality/valueThis essay contains scholarly originality and significance in the presentation of the socioeconomic construction of (child) sexual exploitation, and its relationship to sex tourism and (child) prostitution in Thai and Cambodian contexts, grounded in up-to-date, relevant sociological arguments. A major area that identifies the originality of this essay is the examination of existing, relevant policy gaps in a timely fashion, and correspondingly, the suggestion of policy development that helps deconstruct and deproduce (child) sexual exploitation at the national, regional, community and family levels.

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Pragmatic approaches to control inbound sex tourism and prostitution in Thailand and Cambodia: the examination of relevant policy gaps and suggestion of multifaceted policy development

Hung

2023

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“…Indigenous archaeology has been enriched in practice by archaeologists working in regions around the world (Watkins and Nicholas 2014), and when referred to as Indigenous archaeologies, celebrates its multiplicity across regions and subjects (Atalay 2008). Recently, collaborative and Indigenous archaeology has been advocated and practiced in East and Southeast Asia (e.g., Acabado 2020; Acabado and Martin 2020; Acabado et al 2017; Ang et al 2020; Heng et al 2020; Stark 2020; Watkins 2014).…”

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Root Seeking and Remote Sensing with the Bunun in the Mountains of Taiwan

Cheng

2023

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Many Indigenous groups in Taiwan, including the Bunun, inhabited remote mountainous regions. Beginning in the 1930s, all mountain settlements were relocated to lower-lying areas by the colonial authorities. These groups lost the territories where they used to hunt, practice slash-and-burn agriculture, and carry out other social and cultural practices. Having being separated from their ancestral lands for decades, their knowledge of their former settlements and traditional ways of life is gradually disappearing. In recent years, there is a tendency among the younger generation of Indigenous people to organize and participate in roots-seeking expeditions. As their knowledge about the former settlements is limited, they seek help from the elderly—and archaeologists. Since 2014, I have collaborated with Bunun communities, recording their ancestors’ lands in the Lakulaku River Basin by joining archaeological surveys on roots-seeking trips. During these surveys, I had to learn Bunun values and gain knowledge of the Lakulaku River Basin via the bodily experience of moving through and being in the landscape with its traditional inhabitants. By applying remote-sensing technologies such as airborne lidar in our surveys, our team managed to identify and record settlements that were unfamiliar to the Bunun.

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Post-conflict ethics, archaeology and archaeological heritage: a call for discussion

Newson

Young

2022

Arch. Dial.

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Ethics are fundamentally important to all forms of archaeological theory and practice and are embedded within many professional codes of conduct. The ethics of archaeological engagement with conflicts around the world have also been subject to scrutiny and debate. While archaeology and archaeological heritage are increasingly viewed as significant elements of post-conflict work, with much to contribute to rebuilding stable and secure societies, there has been limited acknowledgement and debate of post-conflict ethical issues and challenges for archaeologists. This paper is intended to stimulate discussion around major ethical issues, the problems and possible ways forward for post-conflict archaeology and archaeological heritage.

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Collaboration, engagement, and Cambodia: Archaeological perspectives on cultural heritage

Cited by 4 publications

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Pragmatic approaches to control inbound sex tourism and prostitution in Thailand and Cambodia: the examination of relevant policy gaps and suggestion of multifaceted policy development

Pragmatic approaches to control inbound sex tourism and prostitution in Thailand and Cambodia: the examination of relevant policy gaps and suggestion of multifaceted policy development

Root Seeking and Remote Sensing with the Bunun in the Mountains of Taiwan

Post-conflict ethics, archaeology and archaeological heritage: a call for discussion

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