Lorsqu'en 1917 le peintre George Groslier (1887·1945) répond au souhait des autorités coloniales de créer à Phnom Penh une école d'art, il propose un vaste programme de«rénovation des arts cambodgiens». S'il définit ceux-ci comme étant «universels», pratiqués par tous, du paysan à l'artiste du Palais, les arts qu'il entend « rénover» sont pourtant ceux qui de tout temps, ont été l'apanage du Palais. Le «Service des arts cambodgiens» qu'il dirige dès 1919 conserve, reformule et exalte un art d’origine palatiale qu'aucune disposition idéologique ne le destinait à promouvoir. Cette étude s'attache à comprendre les modalités de la reprise d'une prérogative royale au profit de l'entreprise coloniale française et entend démontrer que si l'entreprise de Groslier semble marquée de l'empreinte de sa «doctrine», elle s'insère dans faisceau d'initiatives françaises et cambodgiennes qui invitent à relativiser sa singularité. L'étude de l'histoire du Service des arts, observatoire de l'action coloniale de la France au Cambodge, révèle la place centrale du patrimoine khmer dans les relations entre l'administration coloniale et les élites cambodgiennes, avant comme après l'indépendance. Dans la définition qu'en donne Groslier convergent le système de légitimation de l'aristocratie fondé sur le retour à l'âge d'or angkorien, et la mission civilisatrice française qui se vit en protecteur d'un peuple khmer déchu depuis la fin d'Angkor. Cette convergence empiriquement saisie par le premier administrateur colonial né au Cambodge éclaire en grande partie la portée de son action culturelle et sa postérité. / When in 1917 the painter George Groslier (1887-1945) responds to the wish of the colonial authorities to create a school of art in Phnom Penh, he proposes a vast program of ''restoration of the Cambodian arts". If he defines those as “universal”, being practised by all, from the peasant to the artist of the Palace, the arts he intends to "renovate" are however those that have always been the prerogative of the Palace. The "Service des arts cambodgiens" that he directs by 1919 preserves, reformulates and exalts an art of palatial origin that no ideological provision intended him to promote. This study attempts to understand the terms of the resumption of a royal prerogative to the benefit of the French colonial initiative and intends to demonstrate that if Groslier's action seems marked with the imprint of his “doctrine”, it is part of a set of initiatives both French and Cambodian that invite us to relativize its singularity. The study of the history of the Service des arts, observatory of the colonial action of France in Cambodia, reveals the central place of the Khmer heritage in the relations between the colonial administration and the Cambodian elites, before as well as after independence. In Groslier’s definition, the system of legitimation of the aristocracy based on the return of the Angkorian golden age converges with the French civilizing mission, which lives as a protector of Khmer people, fading away since the fall of Angkor. This convergence, empirically seized by the first colonial administrator born in Cambodia mainly clarifies the scope of its cultural action and its posterity.

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) affects more than 60% of Cambodian immigrants in the United States. However, researchers do not yet know why less than 5% of Cambodian immigrants are accessing mental health services. This qualitative study involved investigation of participants' perceptions of how PTSD is manifested in the Cambodian immigrant community to understand barriers to mental health services access. The social ecological theory provided a frame for understanding how traditions, values, culture, and beliefs affect Cambodian immigrants' perceptions of PTSD and the mental health system. Data was collected from semi structured interviews of 13 participants, 18 to 70 years of age, residing in Stockton, California, who shared their perceptions of PTSD. NVIVO was used to organize each data category for thematic analysis. The themes included: (a) hearing of PTSD, (b) meaning of PTSD, (c) contributing factors, (d) healing practices, (e) recognition of PTSD, (f) reactions, (g) reasons most often given, (h) encouraging family members, (i) healing practices, (j) ways of helping, (k) counseling, (l) medications, (m) mental health support, (n) mental health resources, and (o) want more information. The findings indicated that stigma continues to be one of the barriers in accessing mental health services, and that Cambodian immigrants have a strong desire to learn more about mental health and mental health services in San Joaquin County. Results from this study contribute to an area of mental health research that is limited, and they may be used by researchers and mental health practitioners to improve cultural understanding and awareness among diverse communities and help reduce the stigma regarding mental health issues.

THESIS (D.N.P. (Doctor of Nursing Practice))--School of Nursing, University of San Francisco, 2009. / Bibliography: leaves 41-43 (first series)

This thesis is about the relationship between place, memory and geopolitics. It examines public memorial sites in Cambodia dedicated to the victims of the genocide of 1975 to 1979. Scant attention has been paid to the geographies of Cambodia’s post-1979 reconstruction period. Where commentators have noted the existence of Cambodia’s dedicated spaces of memory they have characterised these sites as culturally and politically inauthentic or marginal (as ersatz religious monuments, or as political ‘propaganda’). Against these accounts, I contend that Cambodia’ s memorials are central to, and productive of, cultural, national and transnational politics of the past and present. Like many other late twentieth-century contexts, the Cambodian case demonstrates the link between the texts and practices of geopolitics and discourses of traumatic memory. The dissertation examines how various tropes of memory enact an imaginative topography of Cambodia, both locally and transnationally. I do this by analysing four memorial sites and practices: the development of the Choeung Ek ‘killing field’ site (Phnom Penh); tourism to Cambodia’s genocide sites as a popular geopolitical practice; and the global circulation and reception of photographs of Khmer Rouge victims. It is argued that these sites and practices of memory have been central to Cambodia’s redevelopment as well as constitutive of the geopolitics of Cambodia’s e-entry into an international state system.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2007. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 133-140). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1996. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [203]-209).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Northern Illinois University, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves [285]-307).

BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C (HCV) is the most common chronic blood-borne infection in the US5,6 and has life-threatening complications.10,11,18,27,44 HCV rates in Cambodian Americans are as high as national rates,5,11,22,37,41 but the transmission risks for Cambodians in the US are unclear. Rates of drug use, the most common national transmission risk,3,6,21 are not as high in this population.14,21 With the second largest population of Cambodians nationally, Lowell, Massachusetts12,19 provides a unique opportunity to study the risk factors associated with HCV transmission. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to examine the risk factors associated with HCV in Cambodian Americans. The hypothesis is that HCV infected Cambodian Americans will have different rates of the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recognized risk factors compared to HCV infected non-Cambodian Americans.28 METHODS: This is a cross sectional study of HCV infected Cambodian and non-Cambodian Americans. Medical record data were abstracted for adults with reactive HCV antibody or RNA virus testing at Lowell Community Health Center (LCHC) between 2009 and 2012. Information regarding USPSTF-designated HCV risk factors was collected, and a comparison was made of HCV risk factors between infected Cambodian and non-Cambodian Americans. RESULTS: Cambodian Americans with HCV (n=128) were older (mean age 53 vs. 43 years old) and less likely to be male (41%) than the non-Cambodian group (67% male, n=541). Cambodians had far lower rates of overall recreational drug use (2.3% vs. 82.1%) and intravenous drug use (1.6% vs. 33.6%). The predominant HCV risk factor in Cambodians was birth between 1945 and 1965, while that for non-Cambodians was drug use. CONCLUSION: Most HCV infected Cambodian Americans treated at LCHC between 2009 and 2012 lacked any history of drug use. In contrast, the major risk factor for HCV infected non-Cambodian Americans treated at LCHC was drug use, consistent with the major risk factor for HCV transmission nationwide.3,6,21 This suggests that the current major HCV risk factors fail to describe how this virus was transmitted to Cambodian Americans who seek care at LCHC.

The development of the medieval city of Angkor (802-1431 CE) in the floodplains of the Tonle Sap Lake has lead researchers to believe that Angkor made use of its extensive river network; however, little attention has been given to Angkor's relationship with its watery environment. Previous studies have presented a fragmentary view of the subject by analyzing different components in a compartmentalized way, placing the focus on nautical technology or neglecting discussion on water transport in academic works on land transport. This work aims to provide a more comprehensive study on Angkor's specific cognitive and functional traits that could be construed as a distinctive form of fluvial and cultural landscape. This is done by examining the environment, nautical technology, and the cultural biography of boats within the theoretical framework of the maritime cultural landscape and using a cross-disciplinary approach that integrates data from archaeology, iconography, history, ethnography, and environmental studies. A new topological map of Angkor's landscape of communication and transport is presented, as well as new insights on the use of boats as liminal agents for economic and political activities.

京都大学 / 0048 / 新制・課程博士 / 博士(工学) / 甲第18570号 / 工博第3931号 / 新制||工||1604(附属図書館) / 31470 / 京都大学大学院工学研究科都市社会工学専攻 / (主査)教授 松岡 俊文, 教授 小池 克明, 准教授 岸田 潔 / 学位規則第4条第1項該当 / Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) / Kyoto University / DGAM