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11/09/2024

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

23/02/2024

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

09/05/2022

Retrospective Gaby Bovelander
She died figuratively at the work table in her studio home in Hoog Soeren, in the first covid year. Her studio had grown into a kind of artist enclave over the years.
https://latitudes.nu/gaby-bovelander-1931-2020/

02/05/2022

Book review: Beyond the pale
The announcement of the investigation on post-war decolonisation period followed a series of successful Indonesian-initiated court cases seeking compensation related to Dutch military action, and two high level formal Dutch apologies. As predicted, the announcement was met by criticism from various community and activist organisations in the Netherlands, one side predicting it would be a ‘whitewash’, the other maintaining it would be a ‘smear on Dutch history’ and an insult to veterans and Indies-Dutch citizens.
https://www.insideindonesia.org/book-review-beyond-the-pale?fbclid=IwAR0ytuSbTffhweeqn0ZojXsgt0yBfr1j_FcUrM9Zom1m4aaRo6Tk6ZTsJjs

07/04/2022

CINEMASIA FILM FESTIVAL 10 - 15 May
CinemAsia Film Festival is back! Coming to you from 10-15 May in three cinemas in Amsterdam: Studio/K, Rialto and the recently opened Rialto VU at the University campus. The last edition of CinemAsia Film Festival took place a few days before the first lockdown in March 2020. This year the festival returns with a wide-ranging selection of Asian movies that were released in the past two years. The festival presents over 30 films from 13 different countries, from established directors as well as from a new generation of movie makers; from popular blockbusters to arthouse gems, to exhilarating documentaries.

https://cinemasia.nl/en/2022/04/07/14e-cinemasia-film-festival-presenteert-programma/

10/03/2022

Craig Thomas Gallery will host a solo exhibition of figurative paintings by Saigon-based artist Lim Khim Ka Ty on 20 May 2022. This will be Ka Ty’s second solo exhibition at CTG after a ten-year hiatus from her first dazzling show in 2011.
https://latitudes.nu/craig-thomas-gallery/

21/02/2022

Bali’s pandemic, its impacts and legacies
In February 2022, Bali’s international border reopened after almost two years. Long-waited and warmly welcomed by most on the island whose livelihoods are so deeply connected to the dominant tourism industry, there is also a level of concern and trepidation. The sudden and prolonged halt to an ever-increasing flow of international visitors into Bali, whilst devastating for tourism and the economy at large, has forced many to reflect upon and rethink the over-dependency on this sector and its social and environmental impacts.
https://www.insideindonesia.org/edition-147-jan-mar-2022

20/02/2022

Book review in Dutch. Boris Kester 'De lange weg naar Cullaville'
https://latitudes.nu/de-lange-weg-naar-cullaville-bookreview-in-dutch/

Boris Kester De lange weg naar Cullaville Elmar, ISBN 978-90-389-2826-5. E 22,99 Reisboeken die voor de crisis zijn geschreven komen nog steeds uit. Kan dat nog wel, ze zijn immers gebaseerd op een totaal ander werkelijkheid? Er zijn natuurlijk voorbeelden in dit genre die de tijdgeest overstijgen.....

17/02/2022

Summary in Bahasa Indonesia of:
Findings of the Dutch research programme on Independence, Decolonization, Violence and War in Indonesia 1945-1950.

Check:
https://latitudes.nu/penelitian-kemerdekaan-dekolonisasi-kekerasan-dan-perang-di-indonesia-1945-1950/

09/02/2022

Moving Stories

More than two-thousand years ago the frontier of the Roman Empire, the Limes, ran right through the Netherlands. Nijmegen was an important link in that boundary, which followed the course of the Rhine as a natural border as it wound its way through the landscape. This section of the Limes, the Lower German Limes, was designated as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2021.
The construction, defence and decline of the Limes triggered large-scale population flows from all points of the compass. Whether voluntarily or not, these migrants – soldiers and their families, refugees and prisoners, traders and craftsmen, adventurers and those in search of a better life – settled for long periods far from their places of origin.
The Limes was a place where people met one another in peacetime and wartime, where they traded, and exchanged their knowledge and skills. In short, it was a place where culture was on the move.
Little remains of the Limes above ground level today, but excavated finds tell a timeless story:
of uprooting, memories of the home left behind, and settling in a new country. This frontier and its history have lost none of their importance. Today the region through which the Limes passed is still a place where innumerable cultures meet. By involving a public in residence and contemporary artists, the moving stories of the present are linked with the people and stories of two-thousand years ago. Moving Stories shows how history resonates in today’s world.
Move in! Speak, listen or join in one of the various activities and find out more about the moving stories of then and now.
https://www.museumhetvalkhof.nl/zien-en-doen/nieuws/nieuwe-tentoonstelling-moving-stories/
Picture: Jennifer Tee

19/01/2022

New capital called Nusantara
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3SSXBOlDgY

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtubeIndonesia’s parliament approved a bill on January 18, 2022 to relocate its cap...

19/01/2022

This exhibition shows a selection of material covering the war years in Indonesia, 1945-1949. The material not only gives an impression of the war but also shows how divergent people’s perspectives were at the time.
https://latitudes.nu/images-of-a-war/

07/01/2022

The Rijksmuseum Amsterdam presents Revolusi! Indonesia Independent, from 11 February to 5 June 2022. The exhibition – curated by Dutch and Indonesian curators – offers an international perspective on the struggle for independence of Indonesia during the 1945-1949 period. The focus is on people who experienced the revolution at close quarters: fighters, artists, diplomats, politicians, journalists and others. Their individual experiences reflect a history with many faces and many voices.
https://latitudes.nu/revolusi-indonesia-independent/