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Saoyuth gives voice to BarCamp Phnom Penh 2010

October 24, 2010
Dara Saoyuth
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Below is the article written by Tharum Bun from VOA news on BarCamp Phnom Penh 2010. I’ve also joint the two-day event and I was interviewed by him on the first day of the event. Cheers,

Technology is playing a much greater role in the lives and businesses of Cambodians. In response, some 800 tech enthusiasts gathered at a conference in September in an event that has grown steadily over the years.

The two-day event, called BarCamp, brought togehter experts and novices alike, who shared information on a range of topics, from information on applications for computers and mobile devices to access of human rights information.

“The social media of this Internet generation is modern and enables us to publicize information about human rights,” Chor Chanthida, a project officer for the Cambodian Center for Human Rights, told VOA Khmer at the conference. “Old media like radio, TV or print newspapers can be controlled by someone in power, or not aired or broadcast freely. But over the Internet, we can publish news for the public. So that’s the best means to advocacy and to post breaking news on human rights issues, in particular.”

This BarCamp was Cambodia’s third annual gathering, but it has seen a doubling in attendance since 2008. The idea, a free exchange of information, originated with tech fans in Palo Alto, Calif., in 2005 and has since become an international network of events.

“There are many participants and they are keen to share,” said Dara Saoyuth, a student at the Royal University of Phnom Penh. “Our break-out session rooms are not enough to accomodate them.”

Dara Saoyuth attended a session on time management, which, though short, was informative.

“What I’m impressed by is that the presenters are willing to share and are open,” he said. “They are experts, and they can actually make money offering training, but they want to share their skills with young people for free. And even though it’s free, they do their best to explain and help answer questions from the audience.”

Be Chantra, a lead organizer for this year’s BarCamp, said he hoped participants learned something new from presenters and more about Cambodia’s software industry.

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Written by Tharum Bun

KON appears on 7D of the Phnom Penh Post newspaper

October 22, 2010
Dara Saoyuth
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An article about the magazine, KON: The Cinema of Cambodia, appears on SEVENDAYS (7D) issue 63 published on October 22, 2010. Though it’s a week after the magazine launching, still, I feel happy to see more and more people start to write about it.

Let’s check the original article below:

KON Magazine Cover

KON Magazine Cover

As Cambodian film seeks revival, a new generation takes in its varied past. Students from the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP) recently released their magazine KON: The Cinema of Cambodia, a collection of 16 articles spanning the 15-year “Golden Age” of the 1960s-70s, the propaganda films of the Khmer Rouge and the decline of Cambodian film, as well as profiles of notable filmmakers and actors.

At an event at Meta House last Friday that included clips from wide swathe of Cambodian films, Hong Channpheaktra, one of the student designers, said that he was inspired by what he learned from past filmmakers. “We need to be creative, our generation,” he said. “We can do that, too. We have to make [films] as great as the past.”

Tilman Baumgärtel, a visiting professor at the RUPP and supervisor for the project, said that he wanted to give students “something to identify with in a positive way – not always on the Khmer Rouge or poverty”.

Hong Channsopheaktra, who has written for the Post’s youth magazine LIFT, said that he was most taken aback by “the techniques of the producers” of the 1960s and 70s. His favourite film of that period, when about 400 films were made and Phnom Penh boasted 30 cinemas, was Thida Sok Pous (Snake Girl). Dy Saveth, who played the starring role, had to wear a wig made of real snakes in the film. “Once, a snake bit me when I pulled its tail,” she said in a profile of her in KON. “I later found its tooth in my face.”

Baumgärtel, a film scholar by training, said the “ingenuity” of filmmakers of that period in making fantasy films – based often on Khmer folk tales and myths – “with quite limited means was impressive to me”. KON includes details of some of the low-cost techniques of director Ly Bun Yim who created an earthquake, a flying pig, a giant face, and other effects.

But even if it’s not the magazine’s focus, it would be difficult to skip over the Khmer Rouge period, and an article in KON discusses the 78 propaganda documentaries made with Chinese support.

Director Yvon Hem, who directed, among others, the first Cambodian film after the Khmer Rouge, Sror Morl Anthaakal (Shadow of Darkness) in 1987, attended KON’s release. He said he was proud that these young people would replace his generation of filmmakers, and urged them to make films about contemporary Cambodia that would make foreign audiences curious about the country. “That’s success in film,” he said. “Put a question in it.”

KON is available at Monument Books for $1.50.

Written by: Thomas Miller
Published on 7DAYS (Issue 63, October 22, 2010), The Phnom Penh Post

សិក្ខាសាលាដែលរៀបចំដោយមជ្ឈមណ្ឌលក្រមង៉ុយ

October 20, 2010
Dara Saoyuth
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This is the translation from the post about Seminar on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET).

សិក្ខាសាលាស្តី​ពី

“ លទ្ធភាពទទួលបាន និងភាពពាក់ព័ន្ធ ក្នុងការអប់រំ​​បណ្តុះបណ្តាលបច្ចេកទេស​ និង  វិជ្ជាជីវៈ  នៅកម្ពុជា ”

25-27 តុលា នៅ វិទ្យាស្ថានជាតិ អប់រំ ភ្នំពេញ

(ស្ថិតនៅ ផ្លូវនរោត្តម កែង ផ្លូវសុរាម្រឹត)

មជ្ឈមណ្ឌល​ក្រម​ង៉ុយ ដោយ​មាន​ការ​ឧបត្ថម​ពីអង្គ​ការ UNESCO និង ILO សហការ​ជា​មួយ​ក្រសួង​​ការងារ​​​និង​​បណ្តុះ​​បណ្តាល​វិជ្ជា​ជីវៈ និង ក្រសួង​អប់រំ​ យុវជន​​និង​កីឡា​ នឹង​រៀប​ចំ​សិក្ខា​សាលា​​មួយ​​នៅ​ថ្ងៃ ២៥–២៧ តុលា ឆ្នាំ ២០១០ ខាង​មុខ​នេះ នៅ​វិទ្យា​ស្ថាន​ជាតិ​អប់រំ​ភ្នំ​ពេញ ។ ទន្ទឹម​នឹង​សិក្ខា​សាលា​នេះ មាន​តាំង​ពិព័រ​ណ៌បច្ចេក​ទេស​មួយចំនួន​​ធំផង​ដែរ ។​ សិក្ខា​សាលា​នេះ​នឹង​ប្រមូល​ផ្តុំ​អ្នក​​តំណាង​​ជាច្រើន​​ដែល​​មក​​​ពី​​ក្រសួង ស្ថាប័ន​អន្តរ​ជាតិ ស្ថាប័ន​អប់រំប​ណ្តុះប​ណ្តាល អង្គ​ការ​ក្រៅ​រដ្ឋា​ភិបាល សមាគម​និង​​សហគ្រាសឯ​កជន ដើម្បី​នឹង​ចែក​រំលែក​ព័ត៌​មាន​និង​បទ​ពិសោធ​របស់ខ្លួនក្នុង​ទិស​ធ្វើ​ឲ្យ មតិ​មហា​ជន​​ចាប់​​អារម្មណ៍​កាន់តែខ្លាំងឡើង ចំពោះ​ការ​អប់រំ​បណ្តុះ​បណ្តាលបច្ចេកទេសវិជ្ជាជីវៈ ហើយនិងដើម្បីជំរុញ​ឲ្យ​វិស័យ​​នេះ មាន​ប្រជា​ប្រិយ​បណ្តា​យុវ​ជន ទាក់ទាញយុវជនមកចូលរៀន​បច្ចេកទេសកាន់តែច្រើន​ឡើង​ ។​ជារួមមតិទូទៅទទួលស្គាល់ថា ការ​បណ្តុះ​បណ្តាល​អប់រំបច្ចេកទេសវិជ្ជាជីវៈនៅកម្ពុជា មិនទាន់ផ្សារភ្ជាប់ ហើយ​និង​ឆ្លើយ​បាន​ទៅ​តំរូវ​ការនៃទីផ្សារការងារ ដែលនឹងត្រូវរីកជាចាំបាច់ ដើម្បីអភិវវឌ្ឍន៍សេដ្ឋកិច្ច​រឹងមាំ ប្រណាំង​ប្រជែង​គេបាន។

សិក្ខា​សាលានេះ ផ្តោតទៅលើការបង្កើតឲ្យមានវេទិកាមួយសំរាប់ចែករំលែកសមិទ្ធិល្អៗ ព័ត៌មាន​និង​​បទពិសោធផ្សេងៗ ដើម្បីនឹងបង្កើតយន្តកម្មបំផុសអារម្មណ៍យុវជននិងសាធារណជន ទៅ​រក​ការ​​បណ្តុះ​បណ្តាល ។ ជាមួយគ្នានេះ នឹងមានការរៀបចំគ្រឹះបង្ករលក្ខណៈសម្របសម្រួលឲ្យមាន ការ​ចុះ​សំរុងគ្នា​ប្រសើរ​រវាង​អ្នកដែល​ពាក់​ព័ន្ធចូលរួមក្នុងវិស័យនេះ ។

យើង​មានជំនឿថា ការបណ្តុះបណ្តាលបច្ចេកទេសវិជ្ជាជីវៈ​ នឹងអាចបង្ហាញ​កាន់តែ​ច្បាស់​ឡើងនូវ​នាទី​​ដ៏មានតំលៃរបស់ខ្លួនក្នុងការអភិវឌ្ឍន៍កម្ពុជា ​បើសិនណាជាយុវជនយើងកាន់តែច្រើនឡើង ​បាន​ទទួល​នូវការ​បណ្តុះ​បណ្តាល​ល្អប្រស៊ីនឹងប្រភពការងារ ទាំងខាងផ្នែកតំរេះទូទៅ ទាំង​ខាង​ជំនាញ​ណាមួយ រហូត​ដល់អាចទទួល​ការងារមួយបានក្នុងសហគ្រាស ឫ​មាន​លទ្ធភាព​ប្រកប​អាជីវកម្ម​បានដោយខ្លួនឯង ។​​

(*) មជ្ឈមណ្ឌលក្រមង៉ុយ(CKN) ចាប់ដំណើរការរបស់ខ្លួននៅកម្ពុជា ក្នុងឆ្នាំ ១៩៩៨ ។ CKN ជាស្ថាប័ន​បណ្តុះ​បណ្តាល​បច្ចេកទេសនិងវិជ្ជាជីវៈកំរិតមធ្យមបច្ចេកទេស ផ្នែក អគ្គិសនី អេឡិចត្រនិច អូតូម៉ាទិច ម៉ាស៊ីនត្រជាក់ ថែទាំ​សហ​គ្រាស អគ្គិសនីជនបទ ថាមពលកកើតឡើងវិញ ។ល។

ជាទស្សនៈ មជ្ឈមណ្ឌលក្រមង៉ុយផ្តោតខ្លាំងទៅលើការអភិវ្ឍន៍ចរិតមនុស្សនិងស្មារតី ។ យើងខំ​បណ្តុះ​បណ្តាល​គ្រូ​ដោយ​ខ្លួនឯង ហើយជាពិសេសអ្នកគ្រូបច្ចេកទេស។ វិធីសាស្រ្តបណ្តុះបណ្តាល​ឈរ​នៅ​លើគ្រឹះបី៖ ទ្រឹស្តី បច្ចេកទស​អនុវត្ត និងការងារ ។ នៅតាមទីតាំង៥កន្លែងរបស់ខ្លួន​ និងតាម​សហ​គ្រាស​ជាដៃគូ CKN ជំរុញឲ្យសិស្សទៅធ្វើកម្មសិក្សា និងបំពេញការងារ នៅក្នុងការដ្ឋានផ្សេងៗ៖ អគ្គិសនីជនបទ ថែរក្សាគ្រឿងក្នុងសហគ្រាស វគ្គចល័តនៅខេត្ត ( ​ដើម្បី​ឲ្យ​យុវជននៅជនបទអាច​រៀនបច្ចេកទេស​បាន ) ។ CKN បានសហការជាមួយស្ថាប័នអន្តរជាតិធំៗ ដូចជា ធនាគារ​ពិភព​លោក UNESCO TOTAL OIF (Organisation Internationale Fracophonie) Fondem, Schneider Electric,…។ ជាប្រណិត CKN ខំធ្វើការផ្ទេរ បច្ចេកទេសពីក្រៅចូលមកកម្ពុជា តាមរយៈបេសសករពីក្រៅចូលមកបង្រៀននៅក្នុង មជ្ឈមណ្ឌល និងតាម​រយៈគ្រូមជ្ឈមណ្ឌលទៅធ្វើកម្មសិក្សានៅប្រទេសបារាំង​ ។

អាស័យដ្ឋាន :    មជ្ឈមណ្ឌលក្រមង៉ុយ (CKN) ­(*) # 58A ផ្លូវ 318 សង្កាត់​ទួលស្វាយព្រៃ២ ភ្នំពេញ

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?រមមណ៍ កន់ែតខ្ល ំងេឡើង ចំេពះករអប់របំ ណុ្ត ះប?្ត លបេចចកេទសវជិ ជ ជីវៈ េហើយនិងេដើមបីជំរុញឲយ
វសិ ័យេនះ មន្របជ្របិយប?្ត យុវជន ទក់ទញយុវជនមកចូលេរៀនបេចចកេទសកន់ែតេ្រចើនេឡើង ។
េ?យេហតុយុវជនជរមួ ?ក់ខួ្លនេនឆង យពីមុខរបរបេចចកេទស មតិទូេទេ្រចើនសនិន?្ឋ នថ ករបណុ្ត ះ
ប?្ត លអប់របំ េចចកេទសវជិ ជ ជីវៈេនកមុពជ ពុំទន់ផ?រមំជប់េហើយនិងពុំទន់េឆើ្លយបនខ្ល ំងក្ល េនេឡើយ
េទនឹងតំរវូ ករៃនទីផ?រករងរ ែដលនឹង្រតូវរកី ជចំបច់ េដើមបីអភិវវឌ?េសដ្ឋកិចចផលិត្រប?ំង្របែជង
េគបន។
សិកខ ??េនះ េផ្ត តេទេលើករបេងើកតឲយមនេវទិកមួយសំ?ប់ែចករែំលកសមិទិធលៗ្អ ព័ត៌មន
និងបទពិេ?ធេផ?ងៗ េដើមបីនឹងបេងើកតយន្តកមមបំផុស?រមមណ៍ យុវជននិង?ធរណជន ឲយឈនេទរក
ករបណុ្ត ះប?្ត ល ។ ជមួយគន េនះ នឹងមនករេរៀបចំ្រគឹះបងករលកខណៈស្រមបស្រមួល ឲយមនករចុះ
ស្រមុងគន ្របេសើរែថមេទៀត រ?ងអនកែដលពក់ព័នធចូលរមួ កុនងវសិ ័យេនះ ។
េយើងមនជំេនឿថ ករបណុ្ត ះប?្ត លបេចចកេទសវជិ ជ ជីវៈ នឹង?ចបំេពញកន់ែតចបស់េឡើងនូវ
នទីដ៏មនតំៃលរបស់ខួ្លនកុនងករអភិវឌ?ន៍កមុពជ េបើសិន?ជយុវជនេយើងកន់ែតេ្រចើនេឡើង បនទទួល
នូវករបណុ្ត ះប?្ត លល្រ្អ បសីុនឹង្របភពករងរ ទំងខងែផនកត្រមិះទូេទ ទំងខងជំនញ?មួយ រហូត
ដល់?ចទទួលករងរមួយបនកុនងសហ្រគស ឬមនលទធភព្របកប?ជីវកមមបនេ?យខួ្លនឯង ។
?សយ័ ?្ឋ ន : មជឈមណ្ឌ ល្រកមងុ៉យ (CKN) (*) # 58A ផូ្លវ 318 សងក ត់ទួល?្វ យៃ្រព២ ភំនេពញ
ទូរស័ពទៈ 023 987 843/ 011 748 983/ Email: ptm.ckn@online.com.kh/ Web: ckncambodia.org
(*) មជឈមណ្ឌ ល្រកមងុ៉យ(CKN) ចប់ដំេណើ រកររបស់ខួ្លនេនកមុពជ កុនងឆន ំ ១៩៩៨ ។ CKN ជ?ថ ប័នបណុ្ត ះ
ប?្ត លបេចកច េទសនិងវជិ ជ ជីវៈកំរតិ មធយមបេចកច េទស ែផនក អគិគសនី េអឡិច្រតនិច អូតូម៉ទិច ម៉សីុន្រតជក់ ែថទំ
សហ្រគស អគិសគ នីជនបទ ថមពលករេកើតេឡើងវញិ ។ល។
ជទស?នៈ មជឈមណ្ឌ ល្រកមងុ៉យេផ្ត តខ្ល ំងេទេលើករអភិវឌ?ន៍ចរតិ មនុស?និង?ម រតី ។ េយើងខំបណុ្ត ះប?្ត ល្រគូ
េហើយជពិេសសអនក្រគូបេចចកេទស ។ វធិ ី?្រសប្ត ណុ្ត ះប?្ត លឈរេនេលើ្រគឹះបី៖ ្រទឹសី ្ត បេចកច ទសអនុវត្ត
និងករងរ ។ េន?មទី?ំង៥កែន្លងរបស់ខួន្ល និង?មសហ្រគសជៃដគូ CKNជំរញុ ឲយសិស?េទេធើក្វ មមសិក?
និងបំេពញករងរ េនកុងន ករ?្ឋ នេផ?ងៗ៖ អគិសគ នីជនបទ ែថរក?េ្រគ?ងកុនងសហ្រគស វគគចល័តេនេខត ្ត ( េដើមបីឲយ
យុវជនេនជនបទ?ចេរៀនបេចចកេទសបន ) ។ CKN បនសហករជមួយ?ថ ប័នអន្តរជតិធំៗ ដូចជ ធនគរពិភព
េ?ក UNESCO TOTAL OIF (Organisation Internationale Francophonie) Fondem, Schneider Electric,…។
ជ្របណិ ត CKN ខំេធើក្វ រេផរទ បេចចកេទសពីេ្រកចូលមកកមុពជ ?មរយៈេបសកកមពម ីេ្រកចូលមកបេ្រង?នេនកុនង
មជឈមណ្ឌ ល និង?មរយៈ្រគូមជឈមណ្ឌ លេទេធើក្វ មមសិក?េនេ្រក្របេទស ។

Seminar on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)

October 20, 2010
Dara Saoyuth
Inform

The Centre Kram Ngoy (CKN) is a technical and vocational training center in the field of electricity, electronics, industrial maintenance, rural electricity, renewable Energy, and so on. It has been operating in Cambodia since 1998. A three-day seminar on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) will be held at the center on 25-27 October 2010.

You may interested in the workshop, so I’d like to post the original press release from the CKN below:

 

Seminar on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in Cambodia:

Access and Relevance

On 25-27 October 2010, at the National Institute of Education (NIE) in Phnom Penh (Norodom Blvd, corner Street Suramarit)

The “Centre Kram Ngoy” (CKN), with the support of UNESCO and of ILO, and in close cooperation of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports and the Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training organizes a seminar-exhibition 25-27 October 2010, Phnom Penh. The seminar-exhibition will gather representatives from the government ministries, schools, International Organizations, NGOs, local associations, and private enterprises, to share information and experience, aiming at raising the awareness of the general public, to promote access and relevance in TVET among the youth.

It is widely recognized that the TVET in Cambodia is still not connecting with and meeting the demands of the labor market needed for a competitive economy.

This seminar aims at providing a platform for sharing good practices, information and experiences in order to motivate the youth and other members of Cambodian society for TVET as well as lay the foundations for better coordination between stakeholders.

We are convinced that TVET can demonstrate its value for the development of Cambodia if a student who is well prepared for the world of work, both in terms of general knowledge and at least one skill from a technical and vocational training program, can find a proper job or has the ability for self employment.

Centre Kram Ngoy*

#58, 318th street, Sankat Tuol Svay Prey II

(Olympic quarter) Phnom Penh

Phone: 023 987 843

Email: ptm.ckn@online.com.kh


Exhibition Project with HEINRICH BOELL FOUNDATION

October 20, 2010
Dara Saoyuth
Inform

There is an exhibition with female artists from Cambodia that opens on Friday, October 22, 2010 at Sovannah Shopping Mall.(ផ្សារទំនើបសុវណ្ណា) I received the information about the event from my professor and I really interested in it. You may also interested in that event as well so that I put the original press release below for you:

Artist Call

Exhibition Project with

HEINRICH BOELL FOUNDATION

អេ! បងស្រីទៅណានឹង?
HEY SISTER, WHERE ARE YOU GOING?!

Cambodian women artists create art works

around the theme of Women politics in Cambodia

THE HISTORY OF WOMEN IS THE HISTORY OF MAN
“… because man has defined the image of women for both man and women…”
THE FUTURE OF WOMEN WILL BE THE HISTORY OF WOMEN
(from “WOMEN’S ART: A MANIFESTO”)

1          RATIONALE FOR THE ART PROJECT

Men create and control the social and communication media such as science and art, word and image (cultural inherited or from present days), fashion and architecture, social transportation and the division of labor. Men have projected their image of women onto those media, and those patterns reflect on women. Making believe that those media definition of women space – bodily, emotionally and mentally – are reality. Women did not yet come themselves, conquering a women space, because they have not yet had a chance to speak insofar they had limited access to those media. It will be time that women use art as a means of expression as to influence the consciousness of all of humans.

So far the contemporary arts in Cambodia have been created mainly by men. Though, before and after the Khmer Rouge period women writers, visual and performing artists as well as choreographer in small numbers approached the public awareness.

The men deal with the subject of life, with emotions filtered through a most of the time male view. The new values, women artists can create by adding to, modifying men values about life, can lead to a women’s liberation. What art can give to women and women can give to art, are the transfer of a specific situation of women to the artistic context set up signs and signals which provides new artistic expressions and messages, and change on the other hand the situation of women. Especially in this very young and fragile Cambodian art scene, in which already women are pushed aside and leaving many times their artistic career for expected welfare of the family.

The work of the Heinrich Böll Foundation (HBF) is addressing issues of gender inequalities and has for many years supported artistic expressions of those issues in Germany and worldwide. In Cambodia, HBF is working to empower women to break through gender stereotypes that assign them passive roles and become more active and visible in the public sphere. Since this means to also challenge overall social norms, it is met with strong resistance, which often manifests itself in calls for the protection of “Khmer culture” against the influence of the “Western or modern world”. Women’s behavior, their bodies and their sexuality become central elements in debates on culture and its preservation, often being accused of transgressing too far from traditional social norms. But what role do such norms play in the private and public lives of Cambodian women today? Hey Sister, where are you going? will shed light on this question by providing the space for female Cambodian artists to reflect, discuss, and express their ideas and experiences in a joint exhibition that shall inspire Cambodian women to do the same.

2          CONCEPT

The concept will be based on the outcome, feelings, stories created, memorized during the workshop series. To explore women artists’ understanding and perception of space, where they reside, struggle and strive to realize their dreams. It embraces their psychological, personal, and private individual spaces as well as the sociopolitical and cultural realms that affect and influence their existence as artists and women. This concept will be influenced by the workshop and individual reflection on it.

Three spaces:

* OUTSIDE SPACE OF WOMEN
Social norms, rules and expectations
Definition of others and myself by gender, age, social status, education, race.
How does society (man and women) see us as women?
* SILENCE AND INVISIBLE SPACE or MIDDLE SPACE
Social space, relationships and their power struggle.
How do we see each other as women – from women to women?
How do I define or restrict myself?
* INNER SPACE
Inner world of female artists: Flow of imagination, fluidity of thoughts, anxieties.
The inner personal reflection.
How do I see myself – also independent of my role as women?

3          REALIZATION

Ten or more female artists are exploring during a workshop series, from HBF conducted and artistically supervised by the curator, the topic of gender politics in Cambodia, their own placement within and their defined space. During the workshop the artists will use artistic familiar method (photography, performing art, painting, sculpture or drawing) to explore the topic. It can be that the workshop is based on the HBF commissioned survey “Gender and women’s politics in Cambodia” but should be held by an expert of Gender politics. The workshop will enhance the “artistic language” of those selected women artists to be the artistic “megaphone” of their Cambodian “sisters”. The findings of the workshop will be the motor for the creation of works. The exhibition is planned to be opened October 22, 2010 in a place easy, common and comfortable to access for Cambodian women. The idea is to have it in one of Phnom Penh’s new shopping malls.

Hope to see all of you there,
Cheers,
Saoyuth

Activities in the Previous Week

October 18, 2010
Dara Saoyuth
Inform, Personal Interest/Experience

14/10/2010: Closing Ceremony of “Reporting for Radio Course”

[slideshow]

Today, we are celebrating the closing ceremony of our intensive course on Reporting for Radio in the presence of German Ambassador, DMC acting head, and our trainers, Thorsten Karg and Kyle James.

In the occasion, Dr. Wolfgang Moser, a German Ambassador, has encouraged us by saying that journalism is very important in democratic society and he also gives us some suggestions that we, as journalists, have to be aware of what we are doing, how far we can go, what to report and what not to report, and also need to take care for our sources of information.

Since I step into journalism field in late 2008, I have to admit that this is my first time to know about Reporting for Radio and I was very lucky to have participated in the  one-month intensive course on this subject. It was also the luck to have two trainers from a Germany’s international broadcaster, Deutsche Welle, staying with us and guiding us throughout the workshop.

I started to know the differences between writing news for print media and writing news for radio broadcasting.

KON Magazine Launching

October 13, 2010
Dara Saoyuth
Inform, LIVE Blogging
KON Magazine cover

KON Magazine cover

KON (in Khmer: The Cinema of Cambodia) Magazine was made by Department of Media and Communication‘s student batch 8 with initiation from Dr. Tilman Baumgärtel. The magazine is the final project of sophomore students in 2010. It has 28 pages consisting a wide range of news about cinema of Cambodia.

Students talked to films producers, actors, and people both in the golden age as well as today.

Now this magazine is completely done and published for the public who are interested to know about the history and situation of cinema in Cambodia.

We will launch our magazine at Meta House on the October 15, 2010. At that day, we will screen 9 video clip made in the past to audience. There will be filmmakers and actors in the past joining the event.

The admission is free, so don’t forget to join us to get a free KON Magazine.

Below is the information of people and institution that are in charge with the project:

Department of Media and Communication (DMC)
Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP)
Tel : (855) 23 884 408
Fax: (855) 23 884 408
Email: dmc@dmc-cci.edu.kh

Supervisor:
Dr. Tilman Baumgärtel
Design Supervisor:
Christine Schmutzler
Magazine Designers:
Dara Saoyuth, Hong Channpheaktra, Lang Mesa, Vorn Makara
Writers and Editors:
Khut Sornnimul, Kim Samath, Koam Tivea, Mak Kuleka
Noy Kimhong,Sun Narin,Suy Heimkhemra
Photo Editors:
Nou Uddom, Tang Khyhay, Veng Rachana
Researchers:
Lay Rattana, Ly Youy, Ngo Menghourng, Sok Leng, Sun Mesa, Tet Chan
Cover Illustration:
Lim Keav
Printed with the kindly support of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stifung, Phnom Penh
Printed by VS Vann Sophea Printing House, Phnom Penh, 2010

After BarCamp Phnom Penh [3]

September 28, 2010
Dara Saoyuth
Inform, Personal Interest/Experience

Though it finished two days ago, I do still remember well about BarCamp Phnom Penh [3], an open technology conference which everyone has chance to express and share their knowledge in any topic related to technology.

This year marks the 3rd time of BarCamp celebration in Cambodia, but it is the first time for me to join as a volunteer for the event. Coming from different places is not a problem since they share the same interest of getting and sharing information.

I missed people who had been working together in organizing the event since one month before 25th-26th September, 2010. We are all getting to know each other clearly when we work and have meal together for three days (one day before the event and two days in the event).

So far, I have added some of those who have facebook account and hopefully those who not yet have the account can create it soon so that we are able to keep in touch together.

Below are volunteer names in BarCamp Phnom Penh [3] that I can find. If anyone cannot see their name, please let me know by any mean for example by email (dara_saoyuth@yahoo.com) so that I will update it as soon as possible.

1. Chea Raksmy 2. Chea Sideith 3. Cheng Bunkheang 4. Chhan Putheary 5. Chhon Meily 6. Dara Saoyuth 7. Vireak Heng 8. Sokchannaroath 9. Khe Longsean 10. Khuoch Khemrath 11. Khuoch Khemren 12. Koam Tivea 13. Long Chanveasna 14. Ly YouY 15. Moung Vandy 16. moung Vathanak 17. Neang Maneth 18. Pen Pichdaro 19. Phay Paty 20. Phoan Putheary 21. Samnang Vitheavy 22. Sath Sokun 23. Sok Eng 24. Soy Somnoup 25. Sroeung Setharoth 26. Sun Narin 27. Tang Khyhay 28. Thon Daravuth 29. Ung Rithpornsak 30. Veng Rachana 31. Voeun Sopheap 32. Vorn Sophea

To see some photo from the event click the link below:
1. BarCamp Phnom Penh [3] first day
2. BarCamp Phnom Penh [3] second day
3. Volunteers take their certificates
To see some articles related to the event click the link below:
1. Why BarCamp in Phnom Penh by Tharum Bun
2. BarCamp Phnom Penh 2010 by Vutha
Dara Saoyuth
28/09/2010