Film Recommendation/Research: The Conscience of Nhem En (2008)
THE CONSCIENCE OF NHEM EN explores conscience and complicity in the story of a young soldier responsible for taking ID photos of thousands of innocent people before they were tortured and killed by the Khmer Rouge at the notorious Tuol Sleng prison in Cambodia.
Paper Recommendation by my Mother: Survival During and After Khmer Rouge by Sara S. Brown, URI MSN
My personal life trauma experiences during the Khmer Rouge regime are described in this paper along with applications to Constructivist Self Development Theory (CSDT). This theory provides a basis for understanding the interrelatedness of biological and psychological self adaptation necessary to surviving and maintaining a consistent sense of self and the world. Five areas of self that were described in CSDT and which were applicable to my experiences of trauma are as follows: