The Matter of Reenactment: A Materialist Inquiry into Cambodia’s Contemporary Monumental Practices

Before June 20, 1977, I was just a soldier who received orders from superiors. But from then until now, I have been a leader that has ensured Cambodia’s national process forever without taking breaks. This statement by Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen is featured at the Win-Win Monument, a vast memorial complex built on the outskirts of Phnom Penh and inaugurated in December 2018 for the twentieth anniversary of the final dismantling of the Khmer Rouge movement (fig. 1). The date 20 June 197..