Lembaran Sejarah
Vol 17, No 1 (2021): Special Edition: Indonesian Knowledge Decolonization

Balai Pustaka and the Politics of Knowledge

Lisa Kuitert (University of Amsterdam)



Article Info

Publish Date
25 Oct 2021

Abstract

During the colonial period of Indonesia the Dutch government was an important source of knowledge which was disseminated through the production of books, such as textbooks and other printed material. In response to the establishment of many new commercial printers and publishers, the colonial government, in 1917, set up its own publishing company, Balai Pustaka, which also published attractive and popular books. This new publishing house intentionally and unintentionally served several goals at a time that was characterized by the rise of young Indonesian intellectuals who were part of new political movements formed in the first decades of the 20th century.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

lembaran-sejarah

Publisher

Subject

Education Health Professions

Description

Lembaran Sejarah is a bilingual academic and peer-reviewed journal on Indonesian and regional history of Southeast Asia. It is part of a long tradition of journal publication of the Department of History at Universitas Gadjah Mada from the 1960s. The journal embraces articles on Indonesian history ...