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Shared Cultural Heritage |
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Collecting within a colonial context |
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After the Dutch East Indies Company (the V.O.C.) was dismantled in 1799, the management of its possessions in the East was transferred to the Dutch state. This marked the steady extension of Dutch military and political supervision throughout the entire archipelago, a process that lasted up to the beginning of the twentieth century. At the same time scholarly interest in the Dutch East Indies received an immense stimulus, seen especially in the activities of the Commission for the Physical Sciences (Natuurkundig Commissie) founded in 1820 by King Willem the First with the aim of gathering more knowledge on the Dutch overseas possessions. Although this was a scholarly body, politics were never far away. In the reports, one constantly comes across observations on suitable anchorages for ships (also very important for military purposes) or on the minerals discovered in a particular place. Everywhere, those involved were seeking exploitable economic resources. In the context of the project ‘Shared Cultural Heritage’, the emphasis lies on the collecting carried out in the nineteenth century and at the beginning of the twentieth. |
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