Memory, Dengue, and Trauma – a quick link roundup

In a recent article on Mindhacks, Vaughan decided to use a picture of the collected skulls at Choeung Ek to signify ‘trauma,’ even though the article wasn’t about Cambodia at all. It is annoying to see Cambodia continue to serve as a floating signifier of trauma, almost an iconic commodity.

Meanwhile, Dengue Fever has claimed over 300 lives so far this season, and the entire region is in danger of a real epidemic.

And in the ‘cynical links roundup,’ Zoellick has declared that Cambodian poverty is the result of a poor land titling process. While the current land titling process is unbelievably corrupt and bad, it is obviously not the dominant cause of poverty in Cambodia, and to claim that improving this process will result in a more just country is just, frankly, dumb.