Shifting the historical narrative of the Banda Islands; From colonial violence to local resilience

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History is a representation of the past based on (written) knowledge which has been passed on from one generation to the next, with a preference given to written sources from a Eurocentric tradition. However, written sources about (former) colonial territories are a product of the colonial system in which they were produced. Acknowledging the biases in these archives, therefore, opens the way for acceptance of other forms of knowledge which were previously deemed “not objective” in Eurocentric historical disciplines. This paper presents several examples from the Banda Islands in Maluku province in Indonesia to attest that, by placing contemporary perceptions of the past and local reiterations of history on an equal pedestal as colonial documentation, we can work towards a more decolonial practice of writing histories. In the case of the Banda Islands, this means a shift from a colonial Eurocentric perspective of its history towards a narration of the past which honours the Bandanese heroes, religion, and resilience.
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改变班达群岛的历史叙述;从殖民暴力到地方恢复力
历史是以(书面)知识为基础的对过去的表现,这种知识代代相传,并优先考虑来自欧洲中心传统的书面资料。然而,关于(前)殖民领土的书面资料是其产生的殖民制度的产物。因此,承认这些档案中的偏见,为接受以前在以欧洲为中心的历史学科中被认为“不客观”的其他形式的知识开辟了道路。本文列举了印度尼西亚马鲁古省班达群岛的几个例子来证明,通过将当代对过去的看法和当地对历史的重申置于与殖民文献同等的地位,我们可以朝着更加非殖民化的历史写作实践努力。就班达群岛而言,这意味着从以殖民欧洲为中心的历史视角转向对过去的叙述,以纪念班达群岛的英雄、宗教和韧性。
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期刊介绍: WACANA Jurnal Ilmu Pengetahuan Budaya is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the Faculty of Humanities, University of Indonesia. It invites original articles on various issues within humanities, which include but are not limited to philosophy, literature, archaeology, anthropology, linguistics, history, cultural studies, philology, arts, library and information science focusing on Indonesian studies and research.WACANA seeks to publish a balanced mix of high-quality theoretical or empirical research articles, case studies, review papers, comparative studies, exploratory papers, and book reviews. All accepted manuscripts will be published both online and in printed forms.
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