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Papers by Peter Meel
Indonesia, 2018
Departing from Java is a wonderful collection of essays that I will immediately include as readin... more Departing from Java is a wonderful collection of essays that I will immediately include as reading material for teaching on migration and development in Southeast Asia. Edited volumes are often a mixed bag, but in this case each individual chapter was fascinating, relevant and offered something new. Migrancy has become such a defining part of everyday life for millions of Indonesians (and for people everywhere), and the quality of these studies is testament to the amount of academic work that has gone into researching the experience of migrant workers. The first surprise is the historical depth and scale of migration from Java. The book covers colonial and postcolonial migration within Indonesia and the Dutch empire, as well as the contemporary movements of migrant workers to Malaysia, East Asia and the Middle East. Some of the first migrants were the exiled political opponents of the Dutch; they ended up in places like South Africa and Sri Lanka. Many others were settlers in the colonial and postcolonial Transmigration Programme. But the vast majority were workers-first indentured workers shipped by the colonial power to plantation and mining colonies on Sumatra, New Caledonia (a French overseas territory located east of Australia) and Suriname in South America. These transnational diasporas are dwarfed by contemporary migration. Examples discussed in this volume are palm oil and factory workers in Malaysia, factory workers, domestic workers and fishermen in Taiwan, and female domestic workers in Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai and Saudi Arabia. The book starts with migration by Javanese within Indonesia. Rebecca Elmhirst discusses the experience of Javanese peasants who joined the Transmigrasi programme which relocated millions of people from Java to the Outer Islands of Indonesia during Dutch colonial rule and later during the Suharto dictatorship. Elmhirst shows how the construction of a particular kind of Javanese identity based on creating "little Javas" was based as much on the cultural heritage of state authorities and bureaucrats and what they thought "traditional" culture should look like, as on the aspirations of the transmigrants themselves. The new colonists "othered" the "native" Lampungese, portraying themselves as more advanced and civilised, and reflecting the perceived superiority of Javanese culture vis-à-vis other ethnicities of Indonesia. However, female settlers also challenged cultural norms and traditional notions of gender by working the fields and divorcing their husbands, becoming in their own eyes "strong women". Agus Suwignyo and Widaratih Kamiso uncover fascinating details about the transmigrasi programmes in Sulawesi between 1900 and 2013. This includes the settlement of political prisoners who survived the 1965
... The Coup D'Etat Almost from the outset it appeared that independence did not mark th... more ... The Coup D'Etat Almost from the outset it appeared that independence did not mark the beginning of an era of construction and solidarity. Despite the fine promises of the Arron administration, political and socio-economic reforms were not enforced. The ...
The Surinamese Javanese diaspora includes distinct Surinamese Javanese communities living in Suri... more The Surinamese Javanese diaspora includes distinct Surinamese Javanese communities living in Surinameand theNetherlands. Inspiredby the success of diaspora policies launched by the Indian government recently the Indonesian and Surinamese governments have started to consider the introduction of similar initiatives. As a result the Surinamese Javanese diaspora has been confronted with requests to contribute more substantially to their homeland and contemplate “goingbackhome.”This article argues that the Indonesian and Surinamese governments have no reason to set their expectations too high. Jakarta and Paramaribo are reluctant to take necessary legal action which negatively impacts the effectivity of their diaspora policy. Overall Surinamese Javanese in Surinameareunwilling to settle in Indonesia,whereas Surinamese Javanese in the Netherlands contemplating return to Suriname carefully weigh their chances. For most of them, family, friendship and community ties and concomitant sociocul...
Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis
Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies
Departing from Java is a wonderful collection of essays that I will immediately include as readin... more Departing from Java is a wonderful collection of essays that I will immediately include as reading material for teaching on migration and development in Southeast Asia. Edited volumes are often a mixed bag, but in this case each individual chapter was fascinating, relevant and offered something new. Migrancy has become such a defining part of everyday life for millions of Indonesians (and for people everywhere), and the quality of these studies is testament to the amount of academic work that has gone into researching the experience of migrant workers. The first surprise is the historical depth and scale of migration from Java. The book covers colonial and postcolonial migration within Indonesia and the Dutch empire, as well as the contemporary movements of migrant workers to Malaysia, East Asia and the Middle East. Some of the first migrants were the exiled political opponents of the Dutch; they ended up in places like South Africa and Sri Lanka. Many others were settlers in the colonial and postcolonial Transmigration Programme. But the vast majority were workers-first indentured workers shipped by the colonial power to plantation and mining colonies on Sumatra, New Caledonia (a French overseas territory located east of Australia) and Suriname in South America. These transnational diasporas are dwarfed by contemporary migration. Examples discussed in this volume are palm oil and factory workers in Malaysia, factory workers, domestic workers and fishermen in Taiwan, and female domestic workers in Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai and Saudi Arabia. The book starts with migration by Javanese within Indonesia. Rebecca Elmhirst discusses the experience of Javanese peasants who joined the Transmigrasi programme which relocated millions of people from Java to the Outer Islands of Indonesia during Dutch colonial rule and later during the Suharto dictatorship. Elmhirst shows how the construction of a particular kind of Javanese identity based on creating "little Javas" was based as much on the cultural heritage of state authorities and bureaucrats and what they thought "traditional" culture should look like, as on the aspirations of the transmigrants themselves. The new colonists "othered" the "native" Lampungese, portraying themselves as more advanced and civilised, and reflecting the perceived superiority of Javanese culture vis-à-vis other ethnicities of Indonesia. However, female settlers also challenged cultural norms and traditional notions of gender by working the fields and divorcing their husbands, becoming in their own eyes "strong women". Agus Suwignyo and Widaratih Kamiso uncover fascinating details about the transmigrasi programmes in Sulawesi between 1900 and 2013. This includes the settlement of political prisoners who survived the 1965
From colonial times through to the present day, large numbers of Javanese have left their homes t... more From colonial times through to the present day, large numbers of Javanese have left their homes to settle in other parts of Indonesia or much further afield. Frequently this dispersion was forced, often with traumatic results. Today, Javanese communities are found as close as Kalimantan and as far away as Suriname and the Netherlands. Meanwhile, migrant workers from Java continue to travel abroad, finding short-term employment in places like Malaysia and the Middle East. This volume traces the different ways in which Javanese migrants and migrant communities are connected in their host society and with Java as a real or imagined authoritative source of norms, values and loyalties. It underlines the importance of diaspora as a process in order to understand the evolving notions of a Javanese homeland across time and space. Even though Java as the point of departure links the different contributions, their focus is more on the process of migration and the experiences of Javanese migra...
Bmgn Low Countries Historical Review, 1994
Het statuut voor het koninkrijk der Nederlanden, dat in 1954 tot stand kwam, was de kroon op maar... more Het statuut voor het koninkrijk der Nederlanden, dat in 1954 tot stand kwam, was de kroon op maar liefst twaalf jaar staatkundige arbeid. De belofte van autonomie die in 1942 door koningin Wilhelmina wereldkundig was gemaakt, werd met behulp van deze rechtsorde op een voor alle partijen bevredigende wijze ingelost. In Nederland, Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen verklaarden regeringen het statuut een mijlpaal te achten in de betrekkingen tussen de landen van het koninkrijk. Bij alle euforie werd van het eerste ogenblik af echter met verschillende ogen naar de nieuwe rechtsregeling gekeken. In Den Haag werd het statuut beschouwd als de voorlopige afsluiting van een proces dat in 1942 was begonnen. In de optiek van de Nederlandse regering dienden de betrokken landen uitgebreid ervaring op te doen met de nieuwe rechtsorde, alvorens overwogen zou kunnen worden hierin wijzigingen aan te brengen. In Paramaribo daarentegen zagen vele politici het statuut als het beginpunt van een ontwikkeling waarbij de verworvenheden van de rechtsregeling verder zouden kunnen worden uitgebouwd. Zij vatten het statuut op als een eerste fase in het proces van dekolonisatie, dat eerst na de overdracht van de souvereiniteit aan Suriname zou zijn voltooid. In deze bijdrage wil ik nagaan hoe vanaf 1954 opeenvolgende Surinaamse regeringen met het dekolonisatievraagstuk zijn omgegaan. In dit verband wil ik bijzondere aandacht besteden aan het kabinet-Emanuels, dat zich tussen 1958 en 1961 als eerste beijverde voor een daadwerkelijke uitbreiding van de autonomie van Suriname. Het kabinet-Emanuels was een voor Surinaamse begrippen opmerkelijke coalitie: het steunde op een ruime parlementaire meerderheid, hield rekening met de verlangens van de parlementaire en buitenparlementaire oppositie, maakte ernst met de uitvoering van een vooruitstrevend regeringsprogramma en opereerde onder betrekkelijk gunstige economische omstandigheden. Een andere bijzonderheid was dat de Surinaamse politiek ten tijde van dit kabinet beheerst werd door twee beginselen: de verbroederingspolitiek en het nationalisme. Onder verbroederingspolitiek wordt het samenwerkingsverband verstaan tussen de Nationale Partij Suriname, de NPS, en de Verenigde Hindostaanse Partij, de VHP. Deze politiek is onlosmakelijk verbonden met de respectievelijke leiders van deze partijen, Johan Adolf Pengel en Jagernath Lachmon. Het nationalisme geldt vooral als het geesteskind van de politicus en schrijver Eddy Bruma. Tot 1961 was het nationalisme overwegend cultureel van aard, nadien richtte het zich in hoofdzaak op de totstandkoming van de onafhankelijke republiek Suriname. Het was onder nationalis-1 Dit artikel is een bewerking van een lezing die gehouden werd op het congres 'Los van Nederland. Dekolonisatie van Indonesië en Suriname'. Dit congres vond plaats op 19 november 1993 op het ministerie van buitenlandse zaken te Den Haag op initiatief van de Vereniging voor de geschiedenis van de twintigste eeuw
De 25ste verjaardag van de onafhankelijkheid van Suriname, op 25 november 2000, werd sober gevier... more De 25ste verjaardag van de onafhankelijkheid van Suriname, op 25 november 2000, werd sober gevierd. Met de bodem van de schatkist in zicht koos de regering-Venetiaan ervoor de soevereiniteitsoverdracht ingetogen te herdenken. In een bijzondere vergadering van de Nationale Assemblee stonden politici stil bij de geboorte van de Surinaamse republiek. Uit de regio waren als gast aanwezig premier Miguel Pourier van de Nederlandse Antillen, premier Sam Hinds van Guyana en president Hugo Chavez van Venezuela. Namens Nederland woonden vice-premier Els Borst en Tweede Kamer-voorzitter Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven de plechtigheid bij. Na de vergadering van de Assemblee stonden een parade, een défilé van de gewapende machten en een receptie in het presidentieel paleis op het programma. Maar liefst 102 mensen werden gedecoreerd, onder wie Henck Arron, de politicus die Suriname in 1975 naar de onafhankelijkheid leidde. De bevolking vierde het jubileum met optochten en feesten. 1 Hoewel de bigi yari (het kroonjaar) van de onafhankelijkheid dus allerminst onopgemerkt voorbijging, vielen de feestelijkheden in het niet vergeleken bij de luister die de soevereiniteitsoverdracht in 1975 werd bijgezet. Hoe de Surinaamse bevolking deze bijzondere dag beleefde, wordt duidelijk uit het fotoboek dat ter gelegenheid van het recente jubileum verscheen. Voor dit tweetalige werk, getiteld Suriname Onafhankelijk-25 november 1975, selecteerde fotograaf Roy Tjin opnamen die hij op de bewuste dag maakte en die een rijk geschakeerd beeld geven van de feestelijkheden die de proclamatie van de onafhankelijke staat begeleidden. De foto's krijgen een extra dimensie door de terugblikken van toenmalige getuigen die erbij zijn afgedrukt, korte impressies van hoofdrolspelers als Arron, Jagernath Lachmon en Eddy Bruma, maar ook van kunstenaars, schrijvers, journalisten en andere Surinamers. Men kan alleen maar bewondering hebben voor het werk van de fotograaf, die met zorg zijn l De Ware Tijd, 25 en 27 november 2000.
New West Indian Guide, 2017
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the prevailing cc-by-nc license at ... more This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the prevailing cc-by-nc license at the time of publication.
BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review, 2002
BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review
New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids
The Surinamese Javanese diaspora includes distinct Surinamese Javanese communities living in Suri... more The Surinamese Javanese diaspora includes distinct Surinamese Javanese communities living in Suriname and the Netherlands. Inspired by the success of diaspora policies launched by the Indian government recently the Indonesian and Surinamese governments have started to consider the introduction of similar initiatives. As a result the Surinamese Javanese diaspora has been confronted with requests to contribute more substantially to their homeland and contemplate “going back home.” This article argues that the Indonesian and Surinamese governments have no reason to set their expectations too high. Jakarta and Paramaribo are reluctant to take necessary legal action which negatively impacts the effectivity of their diaspora policy. Overall Surinamese Javanese in Suriname are unwilling to settle in Indonesia, whereas Surinamese Javanese in the Netherlands contemplating return to Suriname carefully weigh their chances. For most of them, family, friendship and community ties and concomitant...
Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis/ The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History
Revista europea de estudios latinoamericanos y del …, 1990
... The Coup D'Etat Almost from the outset it appeared that independence did not mark th... more ... The Coup D'Etat Almost from the outset it appeared that independence did not mark the beginning of an era of construction and solidarity. Despite the fine promises of the Arron administration, political and socio-economic reforms were not enforced. The ...
Indonesia, 2018
Departing from Java is a wonderful collection of essays that I will immediately include as readin... more Departing from Java is a wonderful collection of essays that I will immediately include as reading material for teaching on migration and development in Southeast Asia. Edited volumes are often a mixed bag, but in this case each individual chapter was fascinating, relevant and offered something new. Migrancy has become such a defining part of everyday life for millions of Indonesians (and for people everywhere), and the quality of these studies is testament to the amount of academic work that has gone into researching the experience of migrant workers. The first surprise is the historical depth and scale of migration from Java. The book covers colonial and postcolonial migration within Indonesia and the Dutch empire, as well as the contemporary movements of migrant workers to Malaysia, East Asia and the Middle East. Some of the first migrants were the exiled political opponents of the Dutch; they ended up in places like South Africa and Sri Lanka. Many others were settlers in the colonial and postcolonial Transmigration Programme. But the vast majority were workers-first indentured workers shipped by the colonial power to plantation and mining colonies on Sumatra, New Caledonia (a French overseas territory located east of Australia) and Suriname in South America. These transnational diasporas are dwarfed by contemporary migration. Examples discussed in this volume are palm oil and factory workers in Malaysia, factory workers, domestic workers and fishermen in Taiwan, and female domestic workers in Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai and Saudi Arabia. The book starts with migration by Javanese within Indonesia. Rebecca Elmhirst discusses the experience of Javanese peasants who joined the Transmigrasi programme which relocated millions of people from Java to the Outer Islands of Indonesia during Dutch colonial rule and later during the Suharto dictatorship. Elmhirst shows how the construction of a particular kind of Javanese identity based on creating "little Javas" was based as much on the cultural heritage of state authorities and bureaucrats and what they thought "traditional" culture should look like, as on the aspirations of the transmigrants themselves. The new colonists "othered" the "native" Lampungese, portraying themselves as more advanced and civilised, and reflecting the perceived superiority of Javanese culture vis-à-vis other ethnicities of Indonesia. However, female settlers also challenged cultural norms and traditional notions of gender by working the fields and divorcing their husbands, becoming in their own eyes "strong women". Agus Suwignyo and Widaratih Kamiso uncover fascinating details about the transmigrasi programmes in Sulawesi between 1900 and 2013. This includes the settlement of political prisoners who survived the 1965
... The Coup D'Etat Almost from the outset it appeared that independence did not mark th... more ... The Coup D'Etat Almost from the outset it appeared that independence did not mark the beginning of an era of construction and solidarity. Despite the fine promises of the Arron administration, political and socio-economic reforms were not enforced. The ...
The Surinamese Javanese diaspora includes distinct Surinamese Javanese communities living in Suri... more The Surinamese Javanese diaspora includes distinct Surinamese Javanese communities living in Surinameand theNetherlands. Inspiredby the success of diaspora policies launched by the Indian government recently the Indonesian and Surinamese governments have started to consider the introduction of similar initiatives. As a result the Surinamese Javanese diaspora has been confronted with requests to contribute more substantially to their homeland and contemplate “goingbackhome.”This article argues that the Indonesian and Surinamese governments have no reason to set their expectations too high. Jakarta and Paramaribo are reluctant to take necessary legal action which negatively impacts the effectivity of their diaspora policy. Overall Surinamese Javanese in Surinameareunwilling to settle in Indonesia,whereas Surinamese Javanese in the Netherlands contemplating return to Suriname carefully weigh their chances. For most of them, family, friendship and community ties and concomitant sociocul...
Tijdschrift voor Geschiedenis
Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies
Departing from Java is a wonderful collection of essays that I will immediately include as readin... more Departing from Java is a wonderful collection of essays that I will immediately include as reading material for teaching on migration and development in Southeast Asia. Edited volumes are often a mixed bag, but in this case each individual chapter was fascinating, relevant and offered something new. Migrancy has become such a defining part of everyday life for millions of Indonesians (and for people everywhere), and the quality of these studies is testament to the amount of academic work that has gone into researching the experience of migrant workers. The first surprise is the historical depth and scale of migration from Java. The book covers colonial and postcolonial migration within Indonesia and the Dutch empire, as well as the contemporary movements of migrant workers to Malaysia, East Asia and the Middle East. Some of the first migrants were the exiled political opponents of the Dutch; they ended up in places like South Africa and Sri Lanka. Many others were settlers in the colonial and postcolonial Transmigration Programme. But the vast majority were workers-first indentured workers shipped by the colonial power to plantation and mining colonies on Sumatra, New Caledonia (a French overseas territory located east of Australia) and Suriname in South America. These transnational diasporas are dwarfed by contemporary migration. Examples discussed in this volume are palm oil and factory workers in Malaysia, factory workers, domestic workers and fishermen in Taiwan, and female domestic workers in Hong Kong, Singapore, Dubai and Saudi Arabia. The book starts with migration by Javanese within Indonesia. Rebecca Elmhirst discusses the experience of Javanese peasants who joined the Transmigrasi programme which relocated millions of people from Java to the Outer Islands of Indonesia during Dutch colonial rule and later during the Suharto dictatorship. Elmhirst shows how the construction of a particular kind of Javanese identity based on creating "little Javas" was based as much on the cultural heritage of state authorities and bureaucrats and what they thought "traditional" culture should look like, as on the aspirations of the transmigrants themselves. The new colonists "othered" the "native" Lampungese, portraying themselves as more advanced and civilised, and reflecting the perceived superiority of Javanese culture vis-à-vis other ethnicities of Indonesia. However, female settlers also challenged cultural norms and traditional notions of gender by working the fields and divorcing their husbands, becoming in their own eyes "strong women". Agus Suwignyo and Widaratih Kamiso uncover fascinating details about the transmigrasi programmes in Sulawesi between 1900 and 2013. This includes the settlement of political prisoners who survived the 1965
From colonial times through to the present day, large numbers of Javanese have left their homes t... more From colonial times through to the present day, large numbers of Javanese have left their homes to settle in other parts of Indonesia or much further afield. Frequently this dispersion was forced, often with traumatic results. Today, Javanese communities are found as close as Kalimantan and as far away as Suriname and the Netherlands. Meanwhile, migrant workers from Java continue to travel abroad, finding short-term employment in places like Malaysia and the Middle East. This volume traces the different ways in which Javanese migrants and migrant communities are connected in their host society and with Java as a real or imagined authoritative source of norms, values and loyalties. It underlines the importance of diaspora as a process in order to understand the evolving notions of a Javanese homeland across time and space. Even though Java as the point of departure links the different contributions, their focus is more on the process of migration and the experiences of Javanese migra...
Bmgn Low Countries Historical Review, 1994
Het statuut voor het koninkrijk der Nederlanden, dat in 1954 tot stand kwam, was de kroon op maar... more Het statuut voor het koninkrijk der Nederlanden, dat in 1954 tot stand kwam, was de kroon op maar liefst twaalf jaar staatkundige arbeid. De belofte van autonomie die in 1942 door koningin Wilhelmina wereldkundig was gemaakt, werd met behulp van deze rechtsorde op een voor alle partijen bevredigende wijze ingelost. In Nederland, Suriname en de Nederlandse Antillen verklaarden regeringen het statuut een mijlpaal te achten in de betrekkingen tussen de landen van het koninkrijk. Bij alle euforie werd van het eerste ogenblik af echter met verschillende ogen naar de nieuwe rechtsregeling gekeken. In Den Haag werd het statuut beschouwd als de voorlopige afsluiting van een proces dat in 1942 was begonnen. In de optiek van de Nederlandse regering dienden de betrokken landen uitgebreid ervaring op te doen met de nieuwe rechtsorde, alvorens overwogen zou kunnen worden hierin wijzigingen aan te brengen. In Paramaribo daarentegen zagen vele politici het statuut als het beginpunt van een ontwikkeling waarbij de verworvenheden van de rechtsregeling verder zouden kunnen worden uitgebouwd. Zij vatten het statuut op als een eerste fase in het proces van dekolonisatie, dat eerst na de overdracht van de souvereiniteit aan Suriname zou zijn voltooid. In deze bijdrage wil ik nagaan hoe vanaf 1954 opeenvolgende Surinaamse regeringen met het dekolonisatievraagstuk zijn omgegaan. In dit verband wil ik bijzondere aandacht besteden aan het kabinet-Emanuels, dat zich tussen 1958 en 1961 als eerste beijverde voor een daadwerkelijke uitbreiding van de autonomie van Suriname. Het kabinet-Emanuels was een voor Surinaamse begrippen opmerkelijke coalitie: het steunde op een ruime parlementaire meerderheid, hield rekening met de verlangens van de parlementaire en buitenparlementaire oppositie, maakte ernst met de uitvoering van een vooruitstrevend regeringsprogramma en opereerde onder betrekkelijk gunstige economische omstandigheden. Een andere bijzonderheid was dat de Surinaamse politiek ten tijde van dit kabinet beheerst werd door twee beginselen: de verbroederingspolitiek en het nationalisme. Onder verbroederingspolitiek wordt het samenwerkingsverband verstaan tussen de Nationale Partij Suriname, de NPS, en de Verenigde Hindostaanse Partij, de VHP. Deze politiek is onlosmakelijk verbonden met de respectievelijke leiders van deze partijen, Johan Adolf Pengel en Jagernath Lachmon. Het nationalisme geldt vooral als het geesteskind van de politicus en schrijver Eddy Bruma. Tot 1961 was het nationalisme overwegend cultureel van aard, nadien richtte het zich in hoofdzaak op de totstandkoming van de onafhankelijke republiek Suriname. Het was onder nationalis-1 Dit artikel is een bewerking van een lezing die gehouden werd op het congres 'Los van Nederland. Dekolonisatie van Indonesië en Suriname'. Dit congres vond plaats op 19 november 1993 op het ministerie van buitenlandse zaken te Den Haag op initiatief van de Vereniging voor de geschiedenis van de twintigste eeuw
De 25ste verjaardag van de onafhankelijkheid van Suriname, op 25 november 2000, werd sober gevier... more De 25ste verjaardag van de onafhankelijkheid van Suriname, op 25 november 2000, werd sober gevierd. Met de bodem van de schatkist in zicht koos de regering-Venetiaan ervoor de soevereiniteitsoverdracht ingetogen te herdenken. In een bijzondere vergadering van de Nationale Assemblee stonden politici stil bij de geboorte van de Surinaamse republiek. Uit de regio waren als gast aanwezig premier Miguel Pourier van de Nederlandse Antillen, premier Sam Hinds van Guyana en president Hugo Chavez van Venezuela. Namens Nederland woonden vice-premier Els Borst en Tweede Kamer-voorzitter Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven de plechtigheid bij. Na de vergadering van de Assemblee stonden een parade, een défilé van de gewapende machten en een receptie in het presidentieel paleis op het programma. Maar liefst 102 mensen werden gedecoreerd, onder wie Henck Arron, de politicus die Suriname in 1975 naar de onafhankelijkheid leidde. De bevolking vierde het jubileum met optochten en feesten. 1 Hoewel de bigi yari (het kroonjaar) van de onafhankelijkheid dus allerminst onopgemerkt voorbijging, vielen de feestelijkheden in het niet vergeleken bij de luister die de soevereiniteitsoverdracht in 1975 werd bijgezet. Hoe de Surinaamse bevolking deze bijzondere dag beleefde, wordt duidelijk uit het fotoboek dat ter gelegenheid van het recente jubileum verscheen. Voor dit tweetalige werk, getiteld Suriname Onafhankelijk-25 november 1975, selecteerde fotograaf Roy Tjin opnamen die hij op de bewuste dag maakte en die een rijk geschakeerd beeld geven van de feestelijkheden die de proclamatie van de onafhankelijke staat begeleidden. De foto's krijgen een extra dimensie door de terugblikken van toenmalige getuigen die erbij zijn afgedrukt, korte impressies van hoofdrolspelers als Arron, Jagernath Lachmon en Eddy Bruma, maar ook van kunstenaars, schrijvers, journalisten en andere Surinamers. Men kan alleen maar bewondering hebben voor het werk van de fotograaf, die met zorg zijn l De Ware Tijd, 25 en 27 november 2000.
New West Indian Guide, 2017
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the prevailing cc-by-nc license at ... more This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the prevailing cc-by-nc license at the time of publication.
BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review, 2002
BMGN - Low Countries Historical Review
New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids
The Surinamese Javanese diaspora includes distinct Surinamese Javanese communities living in Suri... more The Surinamese Javanese diaspora includes distinct Surinamese Javanese communities living in Suriname and the Netherlands. Inspired by the success of diaspora policies launched by the Indian government recently the Indonesian and Surinamese governments have started to consider the introduction of similar initiatives. As a result the Surinamese Javanese diaspora has been confronted with requests to contribute more substantially to their homeland and contemplate “going back home.” This article argues that the Indonesian and Surinamese governments have no reason to set their expectations too high. Jakarta and Paramaribo are reluctant to take necessary legal action which negatively impacts the effectivity of their diaspora policy. Overall Surinamese Javanese in Suriname are unwilling to settle in Indonesia, whereas Surinamese Javanese in the Netherlands contemplating return to Suriname carefully weigh their chances. For most of them, family, friendship and community ties and concomitant...
Tijdschrift voor Sociale en Economische Geschiedenis/ The Low Countries Journal of Social and Economic History
Revista europea de estudios latinoamericanos y del …, 1990
... The Coup D'Etat Almost from the outset it appeared that independence did not mark th... more ... The Coup D'Etat Almost from the outset it appeared that independence did not mark the beginning of an era of construction and solidarity. Despite the fine promises of the Arron administration, political and socio-economic reforms were not enforced. The ...