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Spaces of Reading A Visual Documentary Intergenerational Changes to the Reading Culture in Cambodia Supervisor: Loh Chin Ee (Asst Prof) Ponhvoan Srey, Eunoia Junior College

Rationale Research Methodology Outline Existing Literature Discussions Conclusions

Rationale Novelty Insights

Overarching Themes Intergenerational Changes to the Reading Culture Social and cultural triggers ❏ Personal motivation ❏ Evolving reading spaces ❏

Theoretical Perspective Self-ethnographic study Microsociology

Research Methodology Case study approach Semi-structured Interview Qualitative research methods Photo-elicitations ❏ Photo documentation ❏

Literature Review World Vision study on school libraries ❖ Jarvis’ work on the National Library of Cambodia and the ❖ library culture

Discussions Julia Team Manager

Participants’ Profile Meas Phoeun, father, 81, worked as a pharmacist Srey Chanthy, 53, agricultural economist Srey Sokuncharia, daughter, 22, architecture major

Meas Phoeun Social and cultural triggers Early childhood “wat-school” education and exposure to Buddhist ❖ literature Formal education under the French colonial rule ❖ Job opportunity as at a local hospital ❖

Meas Phoeun Personal motivation Reading as leisure ❖ As a means to acquire knowledge ❖

Meas Phoeun Reading spaces Banquet hall of Wat Deidoh ❖ Information Centre of Kampong Cham ❖

Srey Chanthy Social and cultural triggers and influences Religiosity: influences of Buddhism and exposure to Buddhist ❖ literature Khmer Rouge regime ❖ Opportunity for higher education at the Asian Institute of ❖ Technology (AIT)

Srey Chanthy Personal motivation Reading for leisure ❖ Inquisitive nature: an unquenchable thirst for knowledge ❖ Applicability of knowledge gained from reading ❖

Srey Chanthy Reading spaces Wat Deidoh Banquet Hall ❖ AIT library ❖ Home office / study ❖

Srey Sokuncharia Social and cultural triggers Greater access to the internet; e-reading ❖ Reading incorporated as a social activity ❖ Higher education opportunities ❖

Srey Sokuncharia Personal motivation Reading as a leisure activity ❖ To gain knowledge required for her studies ❖ Reading spaces Cafes, cafe libraries, own room ❖

Conclusions

Some observations Key role of Buddhism on the cultivation of reading Reading to acquire knowledge and as a form of cultural capital Transformation of the reading spaces in Cambodia