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2. Celluloid Colony: Locating History and Ethnography in Early Dutch Colonial Films of Indonesia: SANDEEP RAY, 2021, Singapore, National University of Singapore Press, pp. 218, illus., S$42 (paper).

Author

Pringle, Kirby

Subjects
*HISTORY of colonies, *ETHNOLOGY, *GOVERNMENT policy, *COLONIES, *COLONIAL administration, *DOCUMENTARY films
Abstract

Although there is a tendency to disregard these films, Ray explains, 'Roving documentary footage is typically unable to maintain a sense of aesthetic abstract for long. In 2006 the Dutch government funded a program to convert its ageing celluloid films to digital, for all to access, thereby opening a window for researchers into the early administration of the nation and its colonies. [Extracted from the article]

Published
2022
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