The Angkorian Palimpsest
by Fabienne Luco
Daily Life of Villagers Living on a World Heritage Site: Angkor in Cambodia.
Publication: University of Heidelberg Workshops
Author: Fabienne Luco
Pages: 12
Language : English
Mass tourism attraction, Angkor Archeological Park is also the abode of thousands of villagers, humble families, people living from the land. How can this fact be harmonized with millions of visitors from all around the world? An ethnologist's answer.
Tags: Modern Cambodia, heritage, zoning, village life
About the Author
Fabienne Luco
A respected anthropologist based in Cambodia since the 1990s, Fabienne Luco studies oral traditions, mythology and social structures in modern Cambodia, retracing them up to the Khmer Antiquity. Her PhD essay is a thorougful yet lively analyzis of the spiritual and social dimensions of the Khmer communities living in the immediate vicinity of the Ancient Temples of Cambodia.