Revitalising and Engaging with Colonial Heritage in Indonesia and the Netherlands
Speakers
Nadia Purwestri
A Cultural Heritage Restoration Specialist, Curator, Researcher, Executive Director of the Indonesian Architectural Documentation Center, and co-founded Indonesian Architecture Museum and now serving as board curator
Angeline Basuki
Heritage manager, architectural researcher and curator with recent projects Berlage di Nusantara, Indonesia and the Amsterdam School, Dipl.-Ing. Arsitek, and Wastu: The Praxis of Mangunwijaya
Dr Gerlov van Engelenhoven
Assistant Professor at Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS)
Dr Sadiah Boonstra
Founder/Owner CultureLab Consultancy Indonesia, Senior Research Fellow at Gadjah Mada University, Honorary Senior Fellow at Melbourne University
Remco Vermeulen
External PhD Candidate at the Erasmus School of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Event Details
In both the Netherlands and Indonesia the colonial history both countries share is increasingly visible and more widely present. For example, in the Netherlands, narratives in museum exhibitions are becoming more inclusive with different, often painful, perspectives on this history, and in public space, statues and street names which represent colonial history are the topic of vivid discussions. At the same time in Indonesia, former Dutch colonial urban spaces are being revitalised through private and public initiatives into popular hang-outs. In this panel discussion, Dutch and Indonesian experts will reflect on the different aspects of this revitalisation of colonial urban spaces in Indonesian cities, and of the engagement with Dutch-Indonesian colonial history in both Indonesia and the Netherlands, particularly by young people. The audience is actively invited to participate in and contribute to this discussion.