2024/05/09 by Anh Ngô, Ngo, Anh, Thy Phu +3
Psychology · Social Sciences · #Cambodian History and Society #Interdisciplinary Cultural and Social Studies #Memory, Trauma, and Commemoration
paper · doi:10.14288/cl.vi261.199524
openalex publication_date 2024/05/09 · openalex created_date 2025/12/21 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22
For the Critical Refugee and Migration Studies Network of Canada (CRMS), Y-Dang Troeung was more than a colleague. Those of us in CRMS who knew her considered Y-Dang a dear friend and gained inspiration from her work, engaging with it for more than a decade, from its early stages to its bittersweet and poignant culmination in the forms of Refugee Lifeworlds: The Afterlife of the Cold War in Cambodia and her posthumous memoir, Landbridge: [life in fragments]. In this critical reflection, three co-founders of CRMS reflect on the legacy that Y-Dang leaves for critical refugee studies. This conversation highlights the unique lessons her work offers for reimagining our spaces for a compassionate mode of critical inquiry that cultivates curiosity and supports growth and care.