van Dijk, Lotte, M (2023) The General Opinion across three Different Generations in the Netherlands on the display of Looted Colonial Artefacts, with a Special Focus on the artefacts Originating from Indonesia. Bachelor thesis, Global Responsibility & Leadership (GRL).
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Abstract
This research emerged out of the growing movement of Western European countries returning artefacts to the countries they originate from. The artefacts in question are looted colonial artefacts taken from former colonies during the colonial period. During Autumn 2022 Indonesia requested the Netherlands to return several artefacts, a case that is currently still being discussed. This research looks at the opinion within the Netherlands across three different generations on this matter, as the Netherlands and Indonesia have an intertwined history. Indonesia is a former colony of the Netherlands, during the decolonisation process several war crimes were committed and this time period is now referred to as the Indonesian War of Independence. During the years after this war the Netherlands showed little interest in what took place, and a process of ‘un-remembering’ took place in the country. Recently more and more individuals have started to advocate for this piece of history being adequately mentioned and included in the present educational systems, leading to the focus on artefacts originating from Indonesia. Results of the research show how in general most participants are in favour of a procedure that takes care of this return. However multiple individuals mentioned how every artefacts should be individually researched and is a case by case situation, the process of returning items should not be generalised and be applied to all artefacts in question. It can also be seen how the general opinion of the older generation in question differs from the middle generation. This aligns with the current literature available that states how younger generations are gaining more and more interest in the past and what happened during the Indonesian War of Independence. Keywords: Netherlands, Indonesia, looted art, generational division
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Name supervisor: | Gallo, V. |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Sep 2023 09:37 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Sep 2023 09:37 |
| URI: | https://campus-fryslan.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/258 |
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