Songs from another land

Decolonizing memories of colonialism and the nutmeg trade

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12905652
AutoresKatharine Mcgregor (0000-0001-6955-128X, The University of Melbourne, autor correspondente), A Dragojlovic (0000-0002-1140-759X, The University of Melbourne)
Ano2024
Volume17
Fascículo3
Páginas599-612
Data de publicação2024-06-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoMemory Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1750-6980 • E-ISSN: 1750-6999
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/17506980241242388
OpenAlexW4399643701
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas1
Referências citadas28

The year 2021 marked the 400th anniversary of the Banda massacres, in which the army of the Verenigde Ooostindische Compagnie (The United East India Trading Company) massacred the Bandanese in a brutal campaign designed to secure a monopoly over the global nutmeg trade. While for centuries, the Bandanese remembered the massacre in a range of cultural mediums, the 400th anniversary was marked by a production of a multi-media project entitled The Banda Journal, produced by Muhammad Fadli and Fatris MF and from West Sumatra, Indonesia. The Banda Journal project represents a new form of decolonial memory work that accentuates the connections between place and memory for people from Indonesia’s ‘outer islands’ including people who fled the Banda islands following the massacre. In addition, the project adopts decolonial methods and critically engages with histories of colonialism to move beyond nationalist framings and prompt reflection on the excesses of capitalism and economic exploitation and the resilience of affected communities

Archaeology · Capitalism · Colonialism · Monopoly · Nationalism · Political science · Sociology · Asian Studies and History · History · Law · Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies · Southeast Asian Sociopolitical Studies