Established in 1979 in the premises of the Khmer Rouge prison S-21 in Phnom Penh, Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (TSGM) has had a turbulent history, mirroring Cambodia's social and political transformations. The book brings together academics and practitioners from multiple fields who offer novel perspectives and sources on the site and reflect on the challenges the institution has faced in the past and will face in the twenty-first century as an archive, heritage, and education site, especially with the coming of the post-justice era in the country.
Part 2: The Witnessing Machine: The Museumâs Early Years
4 Witnesses Abroad: Early Visitors and the TSGM Visitor Books
âRachel Hughes
5 Holocaust References in the Early Years of Tuol Sleng
âChristina Ullrich
6 Polish Visitors in Tuol Sleng: the Issue of Nazi-Khmer Rouge Analogies
âRafal Pankowski
Part 3: Museumâs (Im)materialities
7 Understanding S-21 at the Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum
âBarbara Thimm
8 Listening to the Museum: Affective Encounters with the Tuol Sleng Audio-Tour
âBridie Shepherd
9 Threads of Evidence: Textile and Clothing Remains at Tuol Sleng
âJulia M. Brennan and Magali An Berthon
This readership includes scholars, (post-graduate) students, and practitioners from Cambodian/Khmer studies, (Southeast) Asian studies, museum and heritage studies, memory studies, Holocaust & genocide studies, cultural studies.