Remco Raben

Sita van Bemmelen

Buku Antara Daerah dan Negara: Indonesia Tahun 1950-an ini berisi dua belas artikel yang mencoba mendalami cara-cara baru dalam memandang 'daerah' pada tahun 1950-an, suatu periode yang banyak dihujat dan ditelantarkan selama ini. Deskripsi yang sangat jelas seakan membawa pembaca kembali pada masa 1950-an hingga perubahannya di masa sekarang. Oleh karena itu, buku ini layak untuk dibaca oleh para akademisi, praktisi, maupun kalangan umum yang mengikuti dunia perpolitikan di Indonesia. Reformasi telah mengubah jalannya sejarah dan membuka kesempatan untuk kembali memerhatikan dasawarsa 1950-an. Dengan diterapkannya tatanan politik yang baru di Indonesia sejak 1998-berlakunya kembali demokrasi parlementer dan adanya tuntutan otonomi daerah-kita terdorong untuk merenungkan kembali kurun waktu 1950-an, karena apa yang dikemukakan saat itu hampir sama dengan isu-isu yang mendominasi agenda politik dewasa ini.

Indonesia Tahun 1950-an

Antara Daerah dan Negara

Ulbe Bosma

Being "Dutch" in the Indies portrays Dutch colonial territories in Asia not as mere societies under foreign occupation but rather as a "Creole empire." The authors draw on government archives, newspapers, and literary works as well as genealogical studies that follow the fortunes of individual families over several generations.

A History of Creolisation and Empire, 1500-1920

Being "Dutch" in the Indies

Being Dutch in the Indies portrays Dutch colonial territories in Asia not as mere societies under foreign occupation but rather as a Creole empire. Most of colonial society, up to the highest levels, consisted of people of mixed Dutch and Asian descent who were born in the Indies and considered it their home, but were legally Dutch.

Els Bogaerts

The decolonization of countries in Asia and Africa is one of the momentous events in the twentieth century. But did the shift to independence indeed affect the lives of the people in such a dramatic way as the political events suggest? The authors in this volume look beyond the political interpretations of decolonization and address the issue of social and economic reorientations which were necessitated or caused by the end of colonial rule. The book covers three major issues; public security; the changes in the urban environment, and the reorientation of the economies. Most articles search for comparisons transcending the colonial period to the early decades of independence in Asia and Africa (1930's-1970's). The volume is part of the research programme 'Indonesia across Orders' of the Netherlands Institute for War Documentation.

The Decolonization of African and Asian Societies, 1930s-1960s

Beyond Empire and Nation

Rather than a history of the war and occupation of Indonesia during the years 1942-1945, Representing the Japanese Occupation of Indonesia offers a survey of the way in which Indonesia, Japan, and the Netherlands have shaped the memory of that episode. Comparison of the memories in the three countries brings out the national patterns of memory. This volume gives an impression of the layered and pluriform nature of memory, and of the different forms of expression of memory, from the most personal level of oral testimony to the most public representation in monuments and films.

Personal Testimonies and Public Images in Indonesia, Japan, and the Netherlands

Representing the Japanese Occupation of Indonesia

Meta Knol

Kitty Zijlmans

"Beyond the Dutch" gives a colourful picture of that struggle. Leading artists, curators and historians from Indonesia and the Netherlands have pored over a series of questions posed by the history of art in the Dutch East Indies/Indonesia. What was and still is Dutch about Indonesian art? What relationship does it have with Western techniques and views on art? How does contemporary art in Indonesia and the Netherlands allow for the links between the two countries? And how do we actually perceive Indonesian art? The book takes three cross-sections through fine art in the Dutch East Indies/Indonesia: the colonial period around 1900, decolonisation and independence around 1950, and the current, post-colonial period around 2000. Only by taking a detailed look at these three pivotal moments can a clear picture be obtained of the turbulent development of art in Indonesia.

Remco Raben

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