The making and unmaking of tropical science - Dutch research on Indonesia, 1600-2000
The making and unmaking of tropical science - Dutch research on Indonesia, 1600-2000
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DOI：
10.1163/22134379-90003666
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发表时间：
2006-01-01
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0.7
通讯作者：
Boomgaard, Peter
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作者：
Boomgaard, Peter
二十年来，欧洲人在殖民强国地区进行科学研究的历史一直是一个受欢迎的、研究得很好的话题。在美洲和亚洲，出现了越来越多的关于殖民和原殖民科学的研究，其中植物学和医学占据了一定的优势，而且这似乎不仅仅是一种时尚。然而，欧洲人在印度尼西亚群岛上和在印度尼西亚群岛进行的科学研究在这本文献中并不突出。很少有研究印度尼西亚的学者--刘易斯·平森(Lewis Pyenson，1989,1998)是主要的例外--专门研究这一潜在的有价值的领域。为了给人留下一个可以讨论的主题的印象，这篇文章以非常广泛的轮廓概述了过去四个世纪欧洲，特别是荷兰对印度尼西亚的科学研究，重点是Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie(VOC，荷兰东印度公司)和荷兰殖民国家时期。
The history of scientific research undertaken by Europeans in regions where they were the colonizing powers has been a popular and well researched topic for two decades now. A growing number of studies, with some preponderance of botany and medicine, have appeared on colonial and protocolonial science in the Americas and in Asia, and it seems likely that this is more than just a fad. However, scientific research by Europeans on and in the Indonesian archipelago does not figure prominently in this literature. Very few scholars working on Indonesia – with Lewis Pyenson (1989, 1998) as the main exception – have specialized in this potentially rewarding field. In order to give an impression of topics that could profitably be addressed, this article presents an overview, in very broad outline, of European – and particularly Dutch – scientific research on Indonesia during the last four centuries, with emphasis on the periods of the Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie (VOC, Dutch East India Company) and the Dutch colonial state.