In this article I will contend that decolonisation of colonial collections is not only about repatriation of cultural objects or researching object’s provenance. A few years ago, historian Claire Wintle argued how material culture both reflected and exercised agency on processes of decolonization. Here will be shown how decolonisation, the attempts of undoing colonialism, the repositioning of political relations and reformulation of identities and attitudes, was already stimulated, in both Indonesia and the Netherlands, by Indonesia’s nationalistic claims on Netherlands owned objects. These claims and resulting discussion on object’s possible restitution were more than anything else about political and cultural ownership, representation, le...
Thirty-three years after Indonesia's declaration of independence from Dutch colonial rule in 1945, a...
Thirty-three years after Indonesia's declaration of independence from Dutch colonial rule in 1945, a...
The article addresses cultural memory in the Netherlands and Indonesia about mass violence committed...
In this article I will contend that decolonisation of colonial collections is not only about repatri...
In this article I will contend that decolonisation of colonial collections is not only about repatri...
In this article I will contend that decolonisation of colonial collections is not only about repatri...
The Aceh Museum, one of the oldest museums in Indonesia, was established during Dutch colonial rule....
The Aceh Museum, one of the oldest museums in Indonesia, was established during Dutch colonial rule....
If decolonisation merely meant independence for a colony, it would lie in the distant past. Nowadays...
If decolonisation merely meant independence for a colony, it would lie in the distant past. Nowadays...
If decolonisation merely meant independence for a colony, it would lie in the distant past. Nowadays...
If decolonisation merely meant independence for a colony, it would lie in the distant past. Nowadays...
As colonial Indonesia never was intended to be a “settler colony”, many Dutch citizens spent only a ...
As colonial Indonesia never was intended to be a “settler colony”, many Dutch citizens spent only a ...
Thirty-three years after Indonesia's declaration of independence from Dutch colonial rule in 1945, a...
Thirty-three years after Indonesia's declaration of independence from Dutch colonial rule in 1945, a...
Thirty-three years after Indonesia's declaration of independence from Dutch colonial rule in 1945, a...
The article addresses cultural memory in the Netherlands and Indonesia about mass violence committed...
In this article I will contend that decolonisation of colonial collections is not only about repatri...
In this article I will contend that decolonisation of colonial collections is not only about repatri...
In this article I will contend that decolonisation of colonial collections is not only about repatri...
The Aceh Museum, one of the oldest museums in Indonesia, was established during Dutch colonial rule....
The Aceh Museum, one of the oldest museums in Indonesia, was established during Dutch colonial rule....
If decolonisation merely meant independence for a colony, it would lie in the distant past. Nowadays...
If decolonisation merely meant independence for a colony, it would lie in the distant past. Nowadays...
If decolonisation merely meant independence for a colony, it would lie in the distant past. Nowadays...
If decolonisation merely meant independence for a colony, it would lie in the distant past. Nowadays...
As colonial Indonesia never was intended to be a “settler colony”, many Dutch citizens spent only a ...
As colonial Indonesia never was intended to be a “settler colony”, many Dutch citizens spent only a ...
Thirty-three years after Indonesia's declaration of independence from Dutch colonial rule in 1945, a...
Thirty-three years after Indonesia's declaration of independence from Dutch colonial rule in 1945, a...
Thirty-three years after Indonesia's declaration of independence from Dutch colonial rule in 1945, a...
The article addresses cultural memory in the Netherlands and Indonesia about mass violence committed...