The role of the Bijdragen in Dutch Indonesian Studies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2896554 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A Teeuw (1. [email protected], corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 150 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 653-664 |
| Publication date | 1994-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bijdragen tot de taal- land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0006-2294 • E-ISSN: 2213-4379 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/22134379-90003065 |
| OpenAlex | W1975929353 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
The role of Bijdragen in Dutch Indonesian studiesThis volume is meant to celebrate the appearance of the 150th volume of Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land-en Volkenkunde, and to assess Bijdragen's role in the development of Indonesian studies over the past 140 years.However, to do full justice to the role of the journal, it must first be placed in the broader context of the tradition of Indonesian studies in the Netherlands.This article gives a brief survey of that tradition.Scholarly interest in the world of Southeast Asia in the Netherlands is inextricably connected with the economic, religious and political role of the Dutch in that part of the world.It is no coincidence that the first scholarly publication was written by Frederick de Houtman, who joined his brother, the shipmaster Cornelis, on his second journey to the Indies in 1598.Frederick was taken prisoner by the Achehnese in 1599 and spent two years at the sultan's court.He used this time to study the astronomy of the southern hemisphere as well as the Malay language, two essential tools for Dutch sailors and traders in Southeast Asia.His grammar and vocabulary of the Malay language laid the foundations for the study of this lingua franca for generations of Europeans to come. 1 During the two centuries of the VOC one can distinguish three main categories of interest on the part of Dutchmen working in the Indies.First, much information is contained in the many travelogues written and published by sailors, traders and other travellers.Many of these books were quite popular at the time, and can now be consulted in editions published by the Linschoten-Vereeniging.To this category also belong reports like Hofreizen by Rijklof van Goens, dealing with his travels to the courts of Central Java, 2 and the quite extensive Notitie by Cornelis Speelman, the Dutchman who subjugated the kings of Goa, which presents an ethnographic and socio-political description of southern Celebes. 3 From the outset the VOC was interested in the Malay language, not 1 De Houtman's Spraeck ende Woordboek appeared for the first time in 1603
Ancient history · Archaeology · Context (archaeology · Indonesian · Linguistics · Malay · Political science · Politics · Southeast asia · Asian Studies and History · History · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |