Chapter one. The colonial archives repertoire

2020 ◽  
pp. 29-66
Keyword(s):  
Colonial Archives

Archipelagic Archives

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuriko Furuhata
Keyword(s):  
Rare Earth ◽  
Settler Colonialism ◽  
Mineral Deposits ◽  
Northern Island ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Rare Earth Minerals ◽  
Geological Formation ◽  
Colonial Archives ◽  
The Pacific Ocean ◽  
Geological Map

Abstract This article examines the intertwined cultural politics of geology, mining, and archival media in the context of Japan’s development as an archipelagic empire. The first Japanese geological map (1876) was completed by American geologist Benjamin Smith Lyman, who surveyed mineral deposits in Hokkaidō, Japan’s northern island, long inhabited by the Indigenous Ainu people. Following decolonial and archipelagic thoughts, the author reads across earthly archives of geological strata and colonial archives of historical documents to elucidate the conceptual duality of archipelago as a geological formation and a geopolitical territory. In tracing this formative era of Japan’s resource extraction and settler colonialism, which precedes and informs the current rush to extract rare earth minerals necessary to maintain global digital infrastructures, this article aims to both de-Westernize the methodological orientation known as media geology and offer a prehistory of contemporary rare earth mining in the Pacific Ocean.

SEJARAH KAMPUNG PONDOL DAN KOMUNITAS EKSIL MUSLIM DI KOTA MANADO

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roger Allan Christian Kembuan
Keyword(s):  
Historical Method ◽  
National Archives ◽  
Colonial Archives ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Xix Century ◽  
Colonial Government ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
The Impact ◽  
New Location ◽  
Dutch Colonial

Abstract: This research discusses the process of forming and developing of Pondol village in Manado as a location for exile along with the Dutch colonial government policy that placed exiles who came from several sultanates in Java in the Manado Residency during the 19th century. The discussion includes, first, the background of the exile of the Javanese aristocrats in Manado. Second, the process of establishing Pondol as a location for exile and its development during the XIX century, and third, the adaptations made by the exiles to adjust to their exile and the impact of their arrival on the Manado-Minahasa community. The historical method is used in this research, using colonial archives from the XIX century which are stored in the National Archives of the Republic of Indonesia, and local sources, especially manuscripts stored by their descendants in Manado and Java. The findings in this study are; Kampung Pondol was formed due to the isolation of Kanjeng Ratu Sekar Kedaton and Pangeran Suryeng Ingalaga and some of his followers originated from political intrigue that occurred in the Sultanate of Yogyakarta. Second, the reason why Kampung Pondol was chosen as the new location for exile by the Dutch colonial government for Javanese royal officials was different from the exile of other figures in Tondano and Tomohon. Third, the form of adaptation carried out by the exiles in Kampung Pondol Manado was marriage with women from Manado and relationships with Dutch people who lived around them.Keywords : Exile, Javanese Noble, Pondol Village, Adaptation. Abstrak: Penelitian ini membahas tentang proses terbentuk dan perkembangan kampung Pondol di Manado sebagai lokasi pengasingan seiring dengan kebijakan pemerintah kolonial Belanda yang menempatkan para eksil yang berasal dari beberapa kesultanan di Jawa di Karesidenan Manado pada sepanjang abad 19.  Pembahasannya meliputi; Pertama, Latar belakang pengasingan para bangsawan Jawa di Manado. Kedua, proses terbentuknya Pondol sebagai lokasi pengasingan dan perkembangannya selama abad XIX, dan Ketiga, adaptasi yang dilakukan para eksil untuk menyesuaikan diri di pengasingan serta dampak kedatangan mereka pada masyarakat Manado-Minahasa. Metode sejarah dipergunakan dalam penelitian ini, dengan mempergunakan sumber Arsip Kolonial kurun waktu abad ke XIX yang tersimpan di Arsip Nasional Republik Indonesia,  dan sumber lokal terutama manuskrip yang tersimpan oleh keturunannya di Manado dan Jawa. Temuan dalam penelitian ini adalah; Kampung Pondol terbentuk karena Pengasingan Kanjeng Ratu Sekar Kedaton dan Pangeran Suryeng ingalaga dan beberapa pengikutnya berawal dari intrik politik yang terjadi di Kesultanan Yogyakarta. Kedua, alasan Kampung Pondol dipilih sebagai lokasi baru pengasingan Pemerintah Kolonial Belanda bagi pembesar kerajaan Jawa yang berbeda lokasi dengan pengasingan tokoh-tokoh lainnya di Tondano dan Tomohon. Ketiga, bentuk adaptasi yang dilakukan oleh para eksil di Kampung Pondol Manado dilakukan pernikahan dengan wanita dari Manado dan relasi dengan orang-orang Belanda yang tinggal disekeliling mereka.Kata Kunci : Eksil, Bangsawan Jawa, Kampung Pondol, Adaptasi.

scholarly journals KEBUDAYAAN HIBRID MASA KOLONIAL DI PERKEBUNAN BATU LAWANG BANJAR

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 17
Author(s):  
Lia Nuralia ◽  
IIm Imadudin
Keyword(s):  
Research Method ◽  
Lower Class ◽  
Mixed Marriages ◽  
Indigenous Group ◽  
Hybrid Culture ◽  
Colonial Archives ◽  
Important Position ◽  
Oral History Interviews ◽  
Different Cultures ◽  
European Group

Pertemuan antara dua budaya berbeda (Eropa dan Asia) memunculkan satu kebudayaan campuran atau kebudayaan hibrid. Salah satunya lahir di dalam masyarakat Perkebunan Batu Lawang Banjar, yang telah berdiri sejak zaman Belanda. Apa dan bagaimana kebudayaan hibrid tersebut, akan menjadi satu permasalahan pokok, sehingga tulisan ini bertujuan mengungkap kebudayaan hibrid di Perkebunan Batu Lawang Banjar. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah metode penelitian survey dengan teknik pengumpulan data melalui studi literatur, wawancara sejarah lisan, dan arsip kolonial. Hasil yang diperoleh, dengan menggunakan konsep komunikasi nonverbal, bahwa kebudayaan hibrid di perkebunan peninggalan zaman Belanda, menunjukkan adanya klasifikasi sosial ekonomi yang hierarkis dan rasis. Masyarakat perkebunan khususnya terbagi ke dalam golongan Eropa dan pribumi Indonesia, yang berimbas terhadap status pekerjaan. Golongan Eropa menduduki posisi penting sebagai kelas atas (pejabat tinggi perkebunan), sedangkan golongan pribumi menjadi buruh atau karyawan perkebunan sebagai kelas bawah. Pencampuran antara kedua golongan atau kelas sosial tersebut, melahirkan kebudayaan hibrid. Pada masa sekarang kebudayaan hibrid warisan kolonial di perkebunan, dapat ditemukan bukti fisiknya berupa artefak perkebunan dan keberadaan golongan peranakan Indo-Eropa sebagai anak dari hasil perkawinan campuran, serta informasi lisan dari pelaku.  The meeting between two different cultures (Europe and Asia) raises a mixed culture or hybrid culture. One of them was born in the community of Banjar Batu Lawang plantation, which had been established since the Dutch era. What and how the hybrid culture, will become the main problem, so this paper aims to reveal hybrid culture at the Banjar Batu Lawang Plantation. The research method used is the survey research method with data collection techniques through literature studies, oral history interviews, and colonial archives. The results obtained, using the concept of nonverbal communication, that hybrid culture in plantations inherited from the Dutch era, indicate a hierarchical and racist socio-economic classification. Plantation communities in particular are divided into European and indigenous Indonesian groups, which impact on employment status. The European group occupies an important position as the upper class (high-ranking plantation officials), while the indigenous group becomes laborers or plantation workers as the lower class. Mixing between the two groups or social classes gave birth to a hybrid culture. At present the colonial heritage of hybrid culture on plantations can be found in physical evidence in the form of plantation artifacts and the existence of Indo-European breeders as children of mixed marriages, as well as verbal information from the perpetrators.

Hacia una conclusión

2020 ◽  
pp. 322-330
Author(s):  
Allison Margaret Bigelow
Keyword(s):  
Research Ethics ◽  
Indigenous Studies ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Directions ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
Colonial Archives ◽  
History Of ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
Historical Silences ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter reviews the major methodological and theoretical approaches used in Mining Language, at once concluding the book and gesturing toward future research directions in the fields of history of colonial science and technology and Indigenous Studies. Specifically, it reflects on the relationship between history and literary studies within these intersecting fields. By reflecting on what colonial archives say and do not say, the conclusion argues for the importance of research ethics and methods that confront, acknowledge, and respond to historical silences.

Small Warriors? Children and Youth in Colonial Insurgencies and Counterinsurgency, ca. 1945–1960

2020 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 684-713
Author(s):  
Stacey Hynd
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Child Soldiers ◽  
Children And Youth ◽  
Colonial Archives ◽  
Colonial Governance ◽  
Subsequent Rehabilitation

AbstractChild soldiers are often viewed as a contemporary, “new war” phenomenon, but international concern about their use first emerged in response to anti-colonial liberation struggles. Youth were important actors in anti-colonial insurgencies, but their involvement has been neglected in existing historiographies of decolonization and counterinsurgency due to the absence and marginalization of youth voices in colonial archives. This article analyses the causes of youth insurgency and colonial counterinsurgency responses to their involvement in conflict between ca. 1945 and 1960, particularly comparing Kenya and Cyprus, but also drawing on evidence from Malaya, Indochina/Vietnam, and Algeria. It employs a generational lens to explore the experiences of “youth insurgents” primarily between the ages of twelve and twenty. Youth insurgents were most common where the legitimate grievances of youth were mobilized by anti-colonial groups who could recruit children through colonial organizations as well as family and social networks. While some teenagers fought due to coercion or necessity, others were politically motivated and willing to risk their lives for independence. Youth soldiers served in multiple capacities in insurgencies, from protestors to couriers to armed fighters, in roles that were shaped by multiple logics: the need for troop fortification and sustained manpower; the tactical exploitation of youth liminality, and the symbolic mobilization of childhood and discourses of childhood innocence. Counterinsurgency responses to youthful insurgents commonly combined violence and development, highlighting tensions within late colonial governance: juveniles were beaten, detained, and flogged, but also constructed as “delinquents” rather than “terrorists” to facilitate their subsequent “rehabilitation.”

scholarly journals Why Researchers Should Publish Archive Inventories Online: The Case of the Archives of French Equatorial Africa

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 375-378 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vincent Hiribarren
Keyword(s):  
Short Report ◽  
Internet Connection ◽  
Equatorial Africa ◽  
Colonial Archives ◽  
The Creation ◽  
French Equatorial Africa

Abstract:This short report gives the rationale behind the creation of the website https://archivescolonialesbrazzaville.wordpress.com/, dedicated to the colonial archives of French Equatorial Africa in January 2015. It is argued that researchers and archivists can build highly useful websites in Africa even with a limited Internet connection.

St. Barthélemy and the Atlantic World

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ale Pålsson
Keyword(s):  
19Th Century ◽  
Atlantic World ◽  
War Of 1812 ◽  
Caribbean History ◽  
Plantation Economy ◽  
Colonial Archives ◽  
French Colonial ◽  
The 19Th Century

The Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy was not large enough to be able to support a plantation economy but managed to gain significant income through neutral trade during the turn of the 19th century. As merchants and mariners migrated to the island from across the Atlantic World and slaves were brought to the colony to work as manual laborers and household servants, Sweden introduced legal and political concepts from other European empires to manage their new colonial venture. The nationality of naturalized Swedish merchants was questioned, especially by the British, who frequently captured ships from St. Barthélemy. Still, St. Barthélemy periodically saw immense amounts of trade, especially in the period following the War of 1812. Yet as war between major Atlantic powers ceased after 1815, the economy of the island dwindled and it was returned to France in 1878. Research on this aspect of Swedish colonialism has been infrequent, yet new access to French colonial archives breathes new life into this seldom-discussed part of Caribbean history.

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