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Writing in the Exhibitionist, a journal published by the National Association for Museum Exhibitions, Jane Clark Chermayeff and Julia Rousakis describe the firm’s approach to creating interpretation as a tool for managing change. Over six years, JCC&A worked with Cambodian agencies and individuals living around the Angkor World Heritage Site to enhance interpretation at two popular sites within the park: the twelfth-century monastery of Preah Khan and the ninth-century temple mount of Phnom Bakheng. Ultimately, with tremendous local input, JCC&A organized a scholarly symposium and publication, a director-level interpretation advisory committee, and an interpretive center—all firsts at Angkor. “Understanding Angkor: From Stones to Stories at a World Heritage Site,” introduces the Angkor case study and outlines JCC&A’s approach to interpretation of this complex site.
To read the article, click here. This article was first published in the Exhibitionist, Fall 2010.
