Rachel is a human geographer with wide-ranging interests in the geographies of law, geopolitics, public memory and visual and material cultures. Her research has largely focussed on issues of memory, justice and geopolitics in reference to late-twentieth century Cambodia.
She is the author of a number of book chapters and journal articles on the contested memory of the Khmer Rouge regime, and a co-editor of the collection Observant States: geopolitics and visual culture (IB Tauris, 2010). In 2016-2019, as an ARC DECRA Fellow, she examined the United Nations-assisted criminal tribunal, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (the Khmer Rouge Tribunal). Her focus in this project has been on the reparations facilitated by the tribunal in cooperation with international donors, Cambodian non-government organisations, artists and victim-survivors. Continuing her interest in 'difficult heritage', Rachel has recently co-authored a book on museum visitor experience in Rome, Italy, and at Melbourne Museum (Palgrave, 2020).
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FEATURED Journal article
Left justified: The early campaign for an international law response to Khmer Rouge crimes
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‘Emotion And The Contemporary Museum’: Audience Experiences Of The Wwi – Love And Sorrow E..
Internal Research Grant
Cambodians await crucial tribunal finding into 1970s brutal Khmer Rouge regime
NEWS ARTICLE
Emotion and the Contemporary Museum Development of a Geographically-Informed Approach to V..
Book
Where Is The Justice? Theorising The Legacy Of The Khmer Rouge Tribunal
Research Grant
In a heatwave, the leafy suburbs are even more advantaged
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Moving through a dappled world: the aesthetics of shade and shadow in place
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Additional Information
2016 McCoy Seed Grant Fund Award; 2015 ARC Discovery Early Career Researcher Award; 2013 ‘Carlton Connect’ Initiative Funding Grant; 2010 Grant Development Award, University of Melbourne.
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society-Institute of British Geographers
Credentials
Positions
Positions
Senior Lecturer In Human Geography
Geography
Member
Institute of British Geographers
Member
Association of American Geographers
Member
Institute of Australian Geographers
Education
Education
Bachelor of Arts (Honours)
University of Sydney
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Melbourne