The Dutch government has funded a project of 4,3 million Euro\u2019s to rewrite the Dutch colonial history in Indonesia in the period 1945-1949, the period in whic the Dutch sent its army to crush the liberation struggle of the Indonesian people. Rather than acknowledging this crime their colonial historians put a framing based on the concept of \u201cextreme violence\u201d, implying that both parties committed extreme violence.<\/p>\n
Activists in Holland are mobilizing against this colonial project. On October 20th Histori Bersama organized a meeting to discuss Decolonizing Dutch colonial historiography. Click \u00a0here<\/a> for English language videos of the meeting.<\/p>\n See the English introduction<\/a> of Ethan Mark of Universiteit Leiden for critical analysis of the project.<\/p>\n Activists consider the possibilities to set up an alternative research project into colonial violence in the whole period of Dutch colonization of Indonesia.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Dutch government has funded a project of 4,3 million Euro\u2019s to rewrite the Dutch colonial history in Indonesia in the period 1945-1949, the period in whic the Dutch sent its army to crush the liberation struggle of the Indonesian people. Rather than acknowledging this crime their colonial historians put a framing based on the … Continue reading Decolonizing Dutch colonial historiography<\/span>