“For centuries, what is now known as Southeast Asia has been a hub of transcontinental flows of people, religions and sciences. . . . Such connections were salient features of the activities and events in the late nineteenth century and early decades of the twentieth century, well preceding the birth of nations in this region. Significantly, these engagements involved multi-ethnic and multilingual people from all walks of life in urban settings, rather than an exclusive preoccupation with a tiny elite of European descent in the colonies.”
Heryanto, Ariel (2016) “A Postcolonial Amnesia”, in D. Black, O. Khoo and K. Iwabuchi (eds), Contemporary Culture and Media in Asia, London: Rowman & Littlefield International, pp. 13-29.
keywords: colonial, Dutch East Indies, global, Indonesia, national, Southeast Asia, trans-Asia
Ariel Heryanto 