Comments on: Something for the whole family! http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2008/04/11/something-for-the-whole-family/ New perspectives on mainland Southeast Asia Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:28:26 +1100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bret Johnston http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2008/04/11/something-for-the-whole-family/comment-page-1/#comment-421024 Bret Johnston Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:28:41 +0000 http://asiapacific.anu.edu.au/newmandala/2008/04/11/something-for-the-whole-family/#comment-421024 It's nice to see that Douangdeuane has got Dokked up and running at this level. I had the pleasure of meeting her at the Lao studies conference in 2005, where I found out that she is an old friend of my wife's aunt. It is a small world indeed. In my experience private media producers in Laos truly have their work cut out for them in carving a path independent of the Ministry of Information and Culture. Even when one is producing non-controversial media forms, one's right to exist is usually predicated on the maintenance of dense ties with key figures in the MoIC. It’s nice to see that Douangdeuane has got Dokked up and running at this level. I had the pleasure of meeting her at the Lao studies conference in 2005, where I found out that she is an old friend of my wife’s aunt. It is a small world indeed.

In my experience private media producers in Laos truly have their work cut out for them in carving a path independent of the Ministry of Information and Culture. Even when one is producing non-controversial media forms, one’s right to exist is usually predicated on the maintenance of dense ties with key figures in the MoIC.

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