“Duch on Trial” program and TV for development
The East West Center of Berkeley is co-producing a weekly television show in Cambodia “Duch on Trial” — a show that recaps and explains the week’s events in the ECCC. This show is averaging 5million viewers each week, meaning that 1 in 5 Cambodians sees this show. This is encouraging, especially in light of the HRC report that the ECCC should reach out more to explain its proceedings to the general public.
http://forum.eastwestcenter.org/Khmer-Rouge-Trials/
A recent Time Magazine article about the show, “Cambodia’s Trial of the Century, Televised” http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1921755,00.html?iid=tsmodule
This is a project of the same people who are overseeing the Virtual Tribunal. I think the popularity of the television broadcast show indicates that television may be a good way to continue conversations about the court’s legacy and/or future discussion of past wars and current society.
A couple of articles about the TV as an apt communication channel in for development:
Technology and the developing world, Public Radio International. Nov 9, 2009.
http://www.pri.org/business/global-development/technilogy-developing-world1716.html
Kenny, Charles. Revolution in a box, Foreign Policy. Nov 19, 2009.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/10/19/revolution_in_a_box?page=0,0