Free The Map Part 1: Cambodia

Prompted by Free The Map, a book about change in the way we do cartography, I offer reflections on doing geospatial in Cambodia.

This is in the lead up to an episode with the author, Henk Van Houtum. Links to items discussed follow.

Dehumanization: An Integrative Review, containing this diagram:

Eviction and relocation events 1982-2012 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia:

Kabul Falling, Episode 8, Still Falling:

JD Vance inviting us to speak up:

I mentioned the US Bombing of Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. This is an animation of 1.6+m bombing sorties over Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam in the decade from 1965. It was an attack to stop communism. Further detail in Overthrow by Steven Kinzer. I also made a video of this animation combined with Haslam’s dehumanization continua:

Making Maps Without Borders, a travel blog I kept about my time in Cambodia.

Finally, the local Cambodian NGO that is the star of the show: Sahmakum Teang Tnaut.