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Book: Netherlands India Study of Plural Economy

admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:03:31 +0000

Netherlands India: A study of plural economy is a book written by John Sydenham Furnivall (1878-1960), a british scholar who was born in Essex, England. Studied in Trinity Hall, Cambridge University in 1896, and obtained degree in natural science in 1899. In 1901 Furnivall joined Indian civil service and assigned post in Burma on 16 [...]

Author Needs Your Input

admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:06:39 +0000

Author needs your input. American author Dorothy Read has written a book based on a wartime memoir in the Dutch East Indies titled, End The Silence. Before she can get published she needs to demonstrate to her agent and publishers that there is an audience for her book. She has an unyielding passion for our [...]

Announcement for L.A. Times Interview

admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 14:04:24 +0000

Hi everyone, a new message announced from Dutch-Indonesian Community: Do you want to share your family story ? An L.A. Times reporter is writing a feature on the Dutch-Indo community in the “Southland” area – Southern California. If your family lives in Southern California, or you know someone in the LA area that would like [...]

Follow us on twitter!

Michel de Wilde — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 06:52:43 +0000

Hello everyone, I just made cosmetic change in the website. This website now has a twitter account. Follow us to get the latest updates of Dutch-Indonesian Community on twitter. Related Articles:TheIndoProject.orgDutch-Indonesian Community at FacebookBook: Netherlands India Study of Plural EconomyInterview of Dorothy Read, author of “End of Silence”The Indo Heritage ProjectThe Eurasian Minority in IndonesiaDutch [...]

Interview of Dorothy Read, author of “End of Silence”

Michel de Wilde — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 03:40:26 +0000

Hello everyone, just recently we got news that Dorothy Read, author of book “End of Silence” was interviewed in Idaho Public Television at 3 June 2010: The account of one East Dutch Indies family’s survival during World War II and the Indonesian Revolution is the subject of this edition of Dialogue. Joan Cartan-Hansen interviews sisters [...]

TheIndoProject.org

Michel de Wilde — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:34:29 +0000

Hello everyone, I would like to inform you that The Indo Project’s website is up and running. The Indo Project is dedicated to the preservation, promotion, and celebration of Indo culture and history through education and raising public awareness. People of mixed European and Indonesian ancestry, in particular, those of Dutch and Indonesian ancestry are [...]

Holland’s Indos Celebrate Roots

Michel de Wilde — Thu, 27 May 2010 03:15:11 +0000

Tong Tong Fair just got coverage in Jakarta Globe. This is archive of the original news which could be found here. Halfway around the world from Indonesia, you can enjoy a sumptuous plate of nasi uduk and sip es cendol while taking in the melancholic sounds of a keroncong band. Tese tastes, sights and sounds [...]

Film: Japanese Internment Camps of Dutch Civilians

Michel de Wilde — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:44:28 +0000

Posted by Priscillia @ Indo Forum: New Film Project “Buitenkampers”. The Dutch Film Foundation that produced the documentary of interviews of people that were in the Japanese Concentration Camps 1942-1946. http://japanseburgerkampen.org is now looking for stories of individuals that spent the war years in Indonesia OUTSIDE the camps during the war years. If your parents [...]

Young East Indies Dutch explore their identity

Michel de Wilde — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:37:02 +0000

Another article about Dutch-Indonesian identity. Original article is from here. Young East Indies Dutch explore their identity By Marcel Decraene* 27-06-2008 Kirsten Vos is East Indies Dutch or an “Indo” which is an abbreviation of “Indo-European” – the word refers to people with ancestors both from the Netherlands and from the former Dutch East Indies, [...]

High Resolution Photos are needed

Michel de Wilde — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:41:53 +0000

Hi, an update from Dutch-Indonesian group regarding The Indo Project: High-Resolution Photos Wanted for Web Site: The Indo Project web site is being developed. We will have a fading in/out photo slideshow, but the quality of the photos need to be at least 250 dpi high-res. If you’d like to submit a photo please send [...]