The Role of the Chinese in the Netherlands Indies

Conventional historiography presumes a linear development from urbanisation, the rise of indigenous middle classes and the spread of modernity towards nationalism as the logical outcome of this process. This article aims to disconnect modernity from nationalism by focusing on the role of cultural citizens in the late colonial period for whom modernity was a desirable lifestyle. The extent to which their desires and the interests of the colonial regime coincided is illustrated by a variety of advertisements and school posters, which invited members of the indigenous urban middle class to become cultural citizens of the colony.

Download Full-text

Fear of the kampung, fear of unrest: urban unemployment and colonial policy in 1930s Java

Modern Asian Studies ◽

10.1017/s0026749x11000679 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 46 (6) ◽

pp. 1633-1671 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

JOHN INGLESON

Keyword(s):

Political Parties ◽

The Netherlands ◽

European Community ◽

Colonial Policy ◽

Urban Unemployment ◽

Role Of The State ◽

Netherlands Indies ◽

Colonial Government ◽

The Impact

AbstractThis paper discusses the responses of The Netherlands Indies colonial government to the rise in urban unemployment in Java brought about by the 1930s Depression. At least one in six of the large European/Eurasian population in the colony, and an even larger proportion of urban Indonesian workers, became unemployed as a result of the Depression. The colonial government and the European community were greatly concerned that the growth of unemployment among Europeans would lead to destitution for many, ultimately forcing them into the native kampung1. They were also concerned about what they saw as the moral decay of local-born European/Eurasian youth who were unemployed in unprecedented numbers. Furthermore, the European community feared that the growth in unemployment among western-educated Indonesians in the towns and cities in Java would create a fertile recruitment ground for nationalist political parties leading to urban unrest. Fear of the kampung for destitute Europeans, and fear of urban unrest from unemployed western-educated Indonesians, shaped the colonial government's responses to urban unemployment. The impact of the Depression on both Indonesian and European unemployed in the towns and cities in Java triggered lengthy debates on the role of the state in the provision of social security.

Download Full-text

Strategi Diponegoro dalam menggerakkan semangat jihad masyarakat Islam di Jawa

Jurnal Integrasi dan Harmoni Inovatif Ilmu-Ilmu Sosial ◽

10.17977/um063v1i3p368-378 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

pp. 368-378

Author(s):

Nukman Nukman ◽

Lutfiah Ayundasari

Keyword(s):

The Netherlands ◽

Islamic State ◽

The Public ◽

Central Java ◽

Library Research ◽

Netherlands Indies ◽

Almost All ◽

Government Change

One of the wars that was enough to make the Netherlands Indies Government change its war strategy and tactics to deal with resistance in Java, the Diponegoro War or often known as the Java War. This war involved almost all of the Land of Java, especially Central Java and East Java. The Participation of many Javanese people can’t be separated from the role of Prince Diponegoro in winning the hegemony over the Javanese people, especially people who embrance Islam resulting in a war within five years. The method used in this research is library research. The result of this research is that prince Diponegoro conveyed his ideas, ideas and knowledge to the public through the Islamic community, especially from the students, to call for the spirit of Jihad fi Sabilillah. The war banner he carried was also based on Islamic laws and wanted to establish an Islamic state (Balad al Islam). Salah satu perang yang cukup membuat pemerintah Hindia Belanda merubah strategi dan taktik untuk menghadapi perlawanan di Jawa, Perang Diponegoro atau sering dikenal dengan Perang Jawa. Perang ini melibatkan hampir seluruh Tanah Jawa terutama Jawa Tengah dan Jawa Timur. Ikut andilnya masyarakat Jawa yang banyak tidak lepas dari peran Pangeran Diponegoro dalam memenangkan Hegemoni atas masyarakat Jawa, terutama masyarakat yang memeluk agama Islam sehingga mengakibatkan perang dalam kurun waktu lima tahun. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah library research. Hasil dari penelitian ini adalah pangeran Diponegoro menyampaikan sebuah gagasan, ide dan pengetahuannya kepada masyarakat melalui komunitas Islam, terutama dari kalangan santri untuk menyerukan semangat Jihad fi Sabilillah. Panji perang yang diusungnya pun juga berlandaskan pada hukum-hukum Islam dan ingin mendirikann suatu negara Islam (Balad al Islam).

Download Full-text

Cultural Citizenship and Modernity in the Netherlands Indies

Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Asian History ◽

10.1093/acrefore/9780190277727.013.110 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Henk Schulte Nordholt

Keyword(s):

The Netherlands ◽

Nuclear Family ◽

Cultural Citizenship ◽

Colonial Period ◽

The Other ◽

Pivotal Role ◽

Middle Classes ◽

Colonial State ◽

Netherlands Indies

By exclusively focusing on the agency of the Dutch, colonial historiography ignored the pivotal role of indigenous middle classes in sustaining the colonial regime. Conventional nationalist historiography, on the other hand, presumes a linear development from urbanization, the rise of the indigenous middle classes, education, and the spread of modernity toward nationalism and revolution as the logical outcome of this process. This article aims to disconnect modernity from nationalism by focusing on the role of cultural citizens in the late-colonial period in the Netherlands Indies, for whom modernity was in the very first place a desirable lifestyle. The extent to which their desires, capitalist strategies, and the interests of the colonial state coincided is illustrated by a variety of advertisements and school posters, which invited members of the indigenous urban middle classes to become cultural citizens of the colony. The image of the cultural citizen was framed within the confinement of the nuclear family, which had a conservative impact on gender relationships.

Download Full-text

The HSN and the Netherlands Indies: Challenge and Promise

Historical Life Course Studies ◽

10.51964/hlcs9565 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 ◽

pp. 41-45

Author(s):

Ulbe Bosma

Keyword(s):

Life Cycle ◽

Data Collection ◽

The Netherlands ◽

Military Service ◽

Country Of Birth ◽

Migration Experience ◽

Netherlands Indies ◽

Current Article ◽

Research Questions

In 2000 Kees Mandemakers and I started a project to trace the life courses of Dutch migrants to the Netherlands Indies. This article describes the process of data collection, the research questions and the project's main findings that have been published in various articles and a monograph. Two conclusions stand out: the first pertains to the heavily urban provenance of this migration and the second emphasizes the relatively educated and skilled background of colonial Dutch migration. This second finding contradicts earlier assumptions about the Dutch colonies as a place where undesirable elements were shovelled off. The current article further discusses findings of projects on Swiss and Luxembourger military migrations to the Netherlands Indies. An important difference between Dutch military migrants and those from other European countries regards the role of their service within a life course. While Dutch colonial military service was often the first step to make a career in colonial Indonesia, for Europeans from abroad it was rather a move of desperation as well as an attempt to earn some money that would enable them to start a business and a family in their country of birth. Their migration experience was rather a 'life cycle' migration. The article finally describes attempts to extend the HSN to the Dutch citizens born in the Netherlands Indies.

Download Full-text

The adaptation of design thinking in auditing

Conference Proceedings of the Academy for Design Innovation Management ◽

10.33114/adim.2019.03.362 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Linda MEIJER-WASSENAAR ◽

Diny VAN EST

Keyword(s):

The Netherlands ◽

Design Thinking ◽

Public Organizations ◽

Design Framework ◽

The Right ◽

The Way

How can a supreme audit institution (SAI) use design thinking in auditing? SAIs audit the way taxpayers’ money is collected and spent. Adding design thinking to their activities is not to be taken lightly. SAIs independently check whether public organizations have done the right things in the right way, but the organizations might not be willing to act upon a SAI’s recommendations. Can you imagine the role of design in audits? In this paper we share our experiences of some design approaches in the work of one SAI: the Netherlands Court of Audit (NCA). Design thinking needs to be adapted (Dorst, 2015a) before it can be used by SAIs such as the NCA in order to reflect their independent, autonomous status. To dive deeper into design thinking, Buchanan’s design framework (2015) and different ways of reasoning (Dorst, 2015b) are used to explore how design thinking can be adapted for audits.

Download Full-text