Cultural History In Focus | “The Colonial Official as Ethnographer: VOC Documents as Resources for Social History in Eastern Indonesia” by Hans Hägerdal

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"Temple d'idoles pres de Coupang (Timor)." Atlas pittoresque, planche 191 |
Jules Dumont d'Urville | Atlas pittoresque. [Journey to the South Pole and Oceania on the Corvettes L'Astrolabe and La Zélée to Execute the Order of the King during the Years 1837–1838–1839–1840 under the Command of Dumont d'Urville. Pictorial Atlas.]

The Colonial Official as Ethnographer

VOC Documents as Resources for Social History in Eastern Indonesia

by Hans Hägerdal

This article is generously provided by Hans Hägerdal and Wacana.

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Sword Detail and Hilt | Timor
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

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Stone Ai Tos | Timor
© Museum Nasional Indonesia

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Atoni Seated Figure with Bird Crest | Timor
© Yale University Art Gallery

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Sword with Scabbard | Timor
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

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Atoni Ancestor Figure with Offering Bowl | Timor
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

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Barbed Lance | Timor
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

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Offering Place for the Raja of Nikiniki | 1928-29 | Timor
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

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The Raja of Amarasi with Warriors | Before 1910 | Timor
© Nationaal Museum van Wereldculturen

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'View from the Sea of the City of Kupang' | Circa 1847 | Paulus Lauters, after Charles William Meredith van de Veld
© Rijksmuseum

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'Volcanic Mountains of Timor' | 1822 | Jacques Etienne Victor Arago
© Rijksmuseum

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'Young Woman Carrying Water on the Island of Timor' | 1822 | Jacques Etienne Victor Arago
© Rijksmuseum

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'Inhabitant of the Island of Timor' | 1822 | Jacques Etienne Victor Arago
© Rijksmuseum

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'Houses in Kupang' | 1843-1845 | Paulus Lauters, after Charles William Meredith van de Veld
© Rijksmuseum

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'Coastal Profile of Timor' | 1821 | Adrianus Johannes Bik
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Hans Hägerdal

Hans Hägerdal is a professor of history at Linnaeus University, Sweden.

His major fields are East and Southeast Asian history, in particular focusing on early-modern colonial encounters and contact zones, historiographical questions, and the history of slaving.

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Author | © Hans Hägerdal
Publication | Wacana Vol. 14 No. 2: pgs. 405–428
Date of Publication | October 2012

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