Indonesia is a country with a great diversity in climate, culture and religion. It’s so diverse because it is a construct, shaped by the Dutch and their colonial greed.

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00:00 01:02 Indonesia is a special place
01:02 01:47 Indonesia as a construct
01:47 03:08 PreEurope
03:08 05:10 VOC & Monopoly
05:10 06:20 Plantation Economy
06:20 06:59 Birth of a colonial army
06:59 09:22 Greed is good
09:22 11:11 Full blown Imperialism
11:11 13:31 Birth of a nation?

I got great help from @ky.kale, fellow IndonesianDutch history nerd, especially colonial architecture. Follow him at instagram.com/ky.kale

Sources:
Pepijn Brandon (eds). De slavernij in Oost en West. Het Amsterdamonderzoek

David van Reybrouck Revolusi. Indonesië en het ontstaan van de moderne wereld

Piet Hagen Koloniale oorlogen in Indonesië: Vijf eeuwen verzet tegen vreemde overheersing

P.J. Drooglever Een daad van vrije keuze: de Papoea's van westelijk NieuwGuinea en de grenzen van het zelfbeschikkingsrecht 2005

Rodd McGibbon Secessionist Challenges in Aceh and Papua: Is Special Autonomy the Solution? https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/26104/P...

Benidict Anderson imagined communities; https://is.muni.cz/el/1423/jaro2016/S...

https://www.newmandala.org/wasmajapa...

Sandra Sardjono and Christopher Buckley (2022) A 700years old blueandwhite batik from Indonesia. Fiber, Loom and Technique: 6478

Hi there, my name is Jochem Boodt. I make the show The Present Past, where I show how the present has been influenced by the past. History, but connected to the present and fun!

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