Bophana Audiovisual Resoure Center www.bophana.org Using Audiovisual Archive in Public Education: From Traditional Archive to Online Archive by Sopheap CHEA Bophana Audiovisual Resoure Center www.bophana.org

Geography of Cambodia Cambodia shares border with: Thailand to its west and north Laos to its northeast Vietnam to its east In the south, it faces the Gulf of Thailand

Historical context of Cambodia 1970 - 1975: Civil war between U.S-backed government led by Marshal Lon Nol and the Communist Movement known as the Khmer Rouge Civil War between 1975-1979on

Historical context of Cambodia 1970 - 1975: Civil war between U.S-backed government led by Marshal Lon Nol and the Communist Movement known as the Khmer Rouge Civil War between 1975-1979on

Historical context of Cambodia 1975-1979: The Khmer Rouge took power: Almost 1.7 million people lost their lives because of forced labor, starvation, diseases, especially execution Forced Labor under the Khmer Rougeon

Historical context of Cambodia 1975-1979: The Khmer Rouge took power: Almost 1.7 million people lost their lives because of force labor, lack of food, lack of medical treatment, especially execution Artwork: former soldier being executed by Khmer Rouge on

Historical context of Cambodia 1975-1979: The Khmer Rouge took power: Almost 1.7 million people lost their lives because of force labor, lack of food, lack of medical treatment, especially execution Lack of foodon

1979: Khmer Rouge was ousted from power in 1979 The Khmer Rouge retreated north-west of country, and rebuilt their forces along Cambodian- Thai border to fight against the new government It continue civil war until 1998.

In 2006, under the initiation of acclaimed filmmakers and producers Mr In 2006, under the initiation of acclaimed filmmakers and producers Mr. Rithy Panh and Ieu Pannak and with support of Cambodian government and foreign partnership, Bophana Audio-visual Resource Centre was established.

Aiming to contribute to Cambodia’s development via culture and arts, notably working on memory as a key factor of reconstruction of people’s identity, the centre collects film, photography and sound materials related to Cambodia and gives the public free digital access to this heritage. Missions of Center: Collecting and Safeguarding Audiovisual Memory about Cambodia Promoting the Audiovisual memory to the public Strengthening the audiovisual sectors in Cambodia

More than 251 hours sound archives 1.Consultation Space About 2500 video archives 10 thousand photographs More than 251 hours sound archives

2.Cine-Saturday & Cine-Club

3.Lecture / Conference

4.Mobile Cinema

Screening of Duch Apology in Kampong Thom, ECCC

5.Exhibition

“App-learning on Khmer Rouge History” Using Audiovisual Archive in Public Education: From Traditional Archive to Online Archive Called “App-learning on Khmer Rouge History”

6. “App-learning on Khmer Rouge History”

App-learning on Khmer Rouge History Available on App Store and Play Store in July 2017

Little knowledge on the Khmer Rouge History among Cambodian youth Total population: About 16 million 5 million are aged between 15 and 29 years old These young people only a few information about the Khmer Rouge History such as killing, forced labor, family separation, and lack of food

The increase of internet and mobile phone use in Cambodia To access to information: 30% via internet 20% via TV 15% via Radio About 20.2 million of mobile phone subscribers in 2014 96% of 2061 interviewees (aged 15 - 65) claimed to have own a mobile phone The overwhelming majority of Internet subscriptions were through mobile devices. “98.67 percent of Internet subscriptions are from mobile devices.” 5 USD for access to internet via mobile phones

The project “App-learning on Khmer Rouge History” is divided into two parts: Part 1: dedicated to development of the software and contents Part 2: dedicated to outreach program in public and private school throughout Cambodia in collaboration with Ministry of Education Youth and Sports