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15/11/2024

Americana Festival TakeRoot 24
Was this a memorable 26th TakeRoot? No, not really. But there were enough performances by artists and bands that made it an unforgettable festival. What stood out to us this year? The return of Iron & Wine, Hurray For The Riff Raff. Many small, almost unplugged concerts. Often, acts that were also performing weeks before or after the festival elsewhere in the country (and at Ramblin’ Roots). No exclusivity, then. Beautiful, pure, 'essential' as it's called, but for some acts, a stronger foundation of drums and bass would have sounded better. Like with Kyshona, for example. Despite her fantastic voice, she had to rely on just one guitarist for accompaniment. Or Mary Gauthier: how would she sound with an easy-going laid-back drummer, a mournful pedal steel, and a warm double bass? Abe Partridge, Dalton Mills, Jack Browning, and others could have used more support too. Even Stephen Wilson Jr., who suggested a band with heavy distortion of his acoustic guitar and bombastic sound effects, didn’t quite win us over. It must be the cost, we understand. The music world is struggling due to streaming services. For that reason alone, the larger line-ups of Big Star Quintet and Iron & Wine were a welcome waterfall of sound. That’s what you want to hear and see at a festival like this.

https://www.americamagazine.nl/takeroot-2024/

12/09/2024

The ‘Indische’ diaspora. A short history on migration and integration of Indo-Dutch and Indo-Americans 1950-2020. Similarities and differences. (Lecture 12 Sep. 2023 University of California Berkeley) By Peter van Riel

The ‘Indische’ diaspora A short history on migration and integration of Indo-Dutch and Indo-Americans 1950-2020. Similarities and differences. (Lecture 12 Sep. 2023 University of California Berkeley) By Peter van Riel Indo-Europeans originated from intermarriage between European men and Indonesi...

11/09/2024

https://www.911memorial.org/connect/commemoration

03/01/2024

Vietnam’s love affair with motorbikes and mopeds

According to a recent report there are more than 58m motorcycles and mopeds in Vietnam. As a mode of transport, motorbike are more popular than cars, buses and trains; and residents transport their goods, animals, family and friends by motorcycle. Such is their ubiquity that Hanoi has voted to ban them by 2030 in an effort to reduce pollution. Photographer Stefan Rousseau took a kerbside view in Hanoi and Hội An

https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2024/jan/01/vietnams-love-affair-with-motorbikes-and-mopeds-in-pictures

11/12/2023

Inside Indonesia 40 Years!
Inside Indonesia was set up by a group of Australians to respond with international solidarity to Indonesian poverty, inequality and authoritarianism. Today, Indonesia is prosperous, democratic and international, while Australia has arguably become more parochial and conservative. So, what are we still doing here? That’s what we asked all the authors in this bumper edition. They have been part of the mag for years – the ‘veterans’ for decades. https://www.insideindonesia.org/editions/edition-154-oct-dec-2023/editorial?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

11/11/2023

Indo-Europeans in the US
On September 12th, the Institute of European Studies’ director Professor Dewulf hosted Peter Von Riel for a lecture titled “A short history of the Indos: On the migration of Indo-Dutch and Indo-Americans 1950-2020”. Peter Von Riel is a specialist in the Dutch East Indies and Indonesian studies at the Pelita Foundation and host of De Indische Podcast. As the son of an Indo mother and of a Dutch father, he is working on recording the stories of mixed families who left the Dutch East Indies and Indonesia in the mid-20th century.

https://latitudes.nu/a-short-history-of-the-indos/

17/10/2023

Many Dutch Indos didn't feel at home in the Netherlands. Nearly 35.000 moved to the U.S. in the late 1950s. How did they fare there?

16/10/2023

https://latitudes.nu/images-of-pacific-coast-us-1/

We’ve seen both sides of the Pacific Ocean now. Earlier we visited the island of Taiwan from where we saw the impressive ocean in all its glory. Recently we drove the US Interstate Highway 101 from Oregon down to California

by Peter van Riel We’ve seen both sides of the Pacific Ocean now. Earlier we visited the island of Taiwan from where we saw the impressive ocean in all its glory. Recently we drove the US Interstate Highway 101 from Oregon down to California. Visiting places like Three Rivers, Sacramento, Yreka, P...

18/09/2023

Who are we?We are a dedicated group of Indos and Indo supporters who share the premise that our history and culture needs to be preserved in the English lang...

27/05/2023

17/05/2023

See Jane Run
An Indo-American living in Portland, Oregon. Jane Evelyn Vogel Mantiri was born in Jakarta, Indonesia, on July 18, 1953. Being Indo, or of mixed Indonesian-European heritage and culture, has remained central to who she is, even though she lived in Indonesia for only a short time. Her family immigrated to the Netherlands in 1954, when she was just over a year old. After 6 long years of waiting they became their sponsorship and could enter the United States. A hard life followed for Jane and her family. But they survived. Jane wrote a moving book on her life. A fragment of See Jane Run here https://latitudes.nu/see-jane-run-by-jane-vogel-mantiri/

22/04/2023

Deep-sea explorers said Saturday they had located the wreck of a World War II Japanese transport ship, the Montevideo Maru, which was torpedoed off the Philippines killing nearly 1,000 Australians aboard.

10/04/2023

https://latitudes.nu/the-druid-of-tandem-hilir/
A Druid in Medan
The Kakek was officially Islamic, like more than 90% of the Indonesian population, but his personal religion was a mix of Islam and Javanese philosophy. And that Javanese philosophy is also influenced by Buddhism and Hinduism.

21/11/2022

Earthquake
A strong, shallow earthquake toppled buildings and collapsed walls on Indonesia’s densely populated main island of Java on Monday, killing at least 56 and injuring hundreds as people rushed into the streets, some covered in blood and white debris.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/earthquake-shakes-indonesias-java-island-damages-buildings/2022/11/21/eb7c20f4-6970-11ed-8619-0b92f0565592_story.html

07/11/2022

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UIlBJb2tD4
Bandung City Hall on Fire.

Bandung City Hall Fire.--------------------------------------The fire occurred at the Bandung City Hall Complex located at Jalan Wastukencana No. 2, Sumur Ba...

06/10/2022

Hildred Geertz dies
Hildred Anderson Storey Geertz passed away peacefully at her home in Princeton, New Jersey on September 30, at the age of 95. She was a devoted anthropologist, prolific author, beloved teacher, mentor, mother and grandmother, bold advocate for services to the elderly, and friend to many.
Hilly was born in Queens, New York on February 12, 1927 and reared there and in Teaneck, New Jersey. A graduate of Antioch College, she received her Ph.D. from Radcliffe College in 1956. Her first book, The Javanese Family (Free Press of Glencoe, Inc.), was published in 1961. After her initial fieldwork in Java, she taught at The University of Chicago from 1960 to 1970 before coming to Princeton University in 1970. At Princeton, Hilly taught courses on the history of anthropological theory, the anthropological study of life stories, the anthropology of art, and the ethnographer’s craft.
https://centraljersey.com/2022/10/05/hildred-anderson-storey-geertz-95/?fbclid=IwAR0Y2KmOAXPUa13MnNYJoToaFkVoezFB2B_7VLU6cpBfDn-hI-tBX3xzEkQ

02/10/2022

Soccer tragedy in Malang (Java)
Death toll already risen to almost 200
Most of the victims died in a stampede as thousands of angry supporters clashed with clearly outnumbered security officials inside and outside Kanjuruhan Stadium, police said.
https://jakartaglobe.id/news/at-least-127-die-in-football-match-riot-in-east-java

11/09/2022