Decolonization of Petroleum Education and Training in the Indonesian Oil Industry, 1950-1968

Bibliographic Data

ID21707425
AuthorsFarabi Fakih (0000-0002-3052-3553, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume17
Issue1
Pages88
Publication date2021-10-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLembaran Sejarah (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1410-4962 • E-ISSN: 2620-5882
PublisherUniversitas Gadjah Mada (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.22146/lembaran-sejarah.69970
OpenAlexW3210561661
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited1

The article explores the decolonization of education within the Indonesian petroleum industry. The Netherlands Indies had one of the largest petroleum industries in the world with many major petroleum players involved. Despite this there was a lack of investment in training and schooling of engineers and workers in the Netherlands Indies. The article showed that the development of training and tertiary education in the 1950s was conducted by both the major oil companies and Indonesian government which invested in creating vocational training schools and university departments to meet industry needs. This development allowed for the creation of a government-run national education and research institute based in Java. The article shows that the role of the oil companies was still indispensable for the decolonization gap before the development of state-owned education institutes and the inclusion of Indonesian participation in the industry during the 1950s and 1960s. The active participation of the foreign oil industry in the Indonesianization of the industry was part of its ‘exceptionalism’ and the specific role oil played in the Indonesian economy

Business · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Indonesian · Indonesian government · Oil boom · Petroleum · Petroleum industry · Political science · Social science · Sociology · Vocational education · Asian Studies and History · Engineering

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