Memories of faraway visitors to Southeast Asia: the ‘Portuguese fort’ in Amurang
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Resumo: | This article examines today’s perception among Indonesians of the Portuguese presence in Eastern Indonesia during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Despite evidence of the often violent pursuit of supremacy and material benefit by European navigators, the local population has different understandings of the past. An assessment of these from an anthropological perspective is guided by twin concepts such as emics and etics, and memory and history. Our case study combines documentary research and fieldwork, focusing on a colonial fort in Amurang, on the island of Sulawesi. The present-day accounts of the local population and of some official organizations attribute a Portuguese origin to this fort, and narratives about the Portuguese abound in folk memory, often contradicting the findings of scientific research. Significant is the positive image of the Portuguese prevalent among the population. The article includes historical data on the Portuguese and Spanish presence in Indonesia and ethnographic data of Amurang, as well as architectural and archaeological details of the fort. |
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Memories of faraway visitors to Southeast Asia: the ‘Portuguese fort’ in AmurangPostcolonialismFortificationsFolk memoriesOral historyPortuguese maritime voyagesIndonesiaMinahasaAmurangTernateThis article examines today’s perception among Indonesians of the Portuguese presence in Eastern Indonesia during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Despite evidence of the often violent pursuit of supremacy and material benefit by European navigators, the local population has different understandings of the past. An assessment of these from an anthropological perspective is guided by twin concepts such as emics and etics, and memory and history. Our case study combines documentary research and fieldwork, focusing on a colonial fort in Amurang, on the island of Sulawesi. The present-day accounts of the local population and of some official organizations attribute a Portuguese origin to this fort, and narratives about the Portuguese abound in folk memory, often contradicting the findings of scientific research. Significant is the positive image of the Portuguese prevalent among the population. The article includes historical data on the Portuguese and Spanish presence in Indonesia and ethnographic data of Amurang, as well as architectural and archaeological details of the fort.Banco de Imagens e Efeitos Visuais - NUPECS/LAS/PPGAS/IFCH/UFRGSuBibliorumSchouten, Maria Johanna Christina2019-08-26T09:22:38Z2019-072019-07-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/7178engSchouten, Maria Johanna (2019) Memories of faraway visitors to Southeast Asia: The ‘Portuguese fort’ in Amurang, Iluminuras, Porto Alegre, vol 20, nº 50, pp. 9-30. (julho).1984-1191doi.org/10.22456/1984-1191.94750info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-12-15T09:46:21Zoai:ubibliorum.ubi.pt:10400.6/7178Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T00:47:45.061691Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Memories of faraway visitors to Southeast Asia: the ‘Portuguese fort’ in Amurang |
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Memories of faraway visitors to Southeast Asia: the ‘Portuguese fort’ in Amurang |
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Memories of faraway visitors to Southeast Asia: the ‘Portuguese fort’ in Amurang Schouten, Maria Johanna Christina Postcolonialism Fortifications Folk memories Oral history Portuguese maritime voyages Indonesia Minahasa Amurang Ternate |
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Memories of faraway visitors to Southeast Asia: the ‘Portuguese fort’ in Amurang |
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Memories of faraway visitors to Southeast Asia: the ‘Portuguese fort’ in Amurang |
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Memories of faraway visitors to Southeast Asia: the ‘Portuguese fort’ in Amurang |
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Memories of faraway visitors to Southeast Asia: the ‘Portuguese fort’ in Amurang |
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Memories of faraway visitors to Southeast Asia: the ‘Portuguese fort’ in Amurang |
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Schouten, Maria Johanna Christina |
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Schouten, Maria Johanna Christina |
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Schouten, Maria Johanna Christina |
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Postcolonialism Fortifications Folk memories Oral history Portuguese maritime voyages Indonesia Minahasa Amurang Ternate |
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Postcolonialism Fortifications Folk memories Oral history Portuguese maritime voyages Indonesia Minahasa Amurang Ternate |
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This article examines today’s perception among Indonesians of the Portuguese presence in Eastern Indonesia during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Despite evidence of the often violent pursuit of supremacy and material benefit by European navigators, the local population has different understandings of the past. An assessment of these from an anthropological perspective is guided by twin concepts such as emics and etics, and memory and history. Our case study combines documentary research and fieldwork, focusing on a colonial fort in Amurang, on the island of Sulawesi. The present-day accounts of the local population and of some official organizations attribute a Portuguese origin to this fort, and narratives about the Portuguese abound in folk memory, often contradicting the findings of scientific research. Significant is the positive image of the Portuguese prevalent among the population. The article includes historical data on the Portuguese and Spanish presence in Indonesia and ethnographic data of Amurang, as well as architectural and archaeological details of the fort. |
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2019-08-26T09:22:38Z 2019-07 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z |
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Schouten, Maria Johanna (2019) Memories of faraway visitors to Southeast Asia: The ‘Portuguese fort’ in Amurang, Iluminuras, Porto Alegre, vol 20, nº 50, pp. 9-30. (julho). 1984-1191 doi.org/10.22456/1984-1191.94750 |
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