A painting of Forest Fire by Raden Saleh

The Infinite Unseen and Its Many Faces

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  • Timoteus A. Kusno &
In the colonialized Java, the late 19th century (up to the turbulent years of World War II) had marked the modernity, rapid changing mode of production, the shifting of maps and perception of the world—as the consequences of industrial revolution which boomed earlier in the Europe. According to Pemberton’s research…
Arca di Tepi Sungai

Nasib Arca Keramat yang Penuh Lika-liku dan Nyaris Buntu

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  • Miyoko Kato &
  • Sapar Dharmapala &
Pada tahun 1813, setahun setelah penyerbuan ke Keraton Yogya, dan tepat 7 tahun setelah H.C. Cornelius menerbitkan litograf pertamanya atas pembersihan Candi Sewu, James Crawfurd dan Collin Mackenzie (asisten Raffles yang membantu dalam mendokumentasikan masyarakat di Pulau Jawa) dikejutkan dengan sebuah situs reruntuhan dengan serakan dan timbunan berupa patok, tugu,…

Reading the Pattern of Aom People Settlement in Tanah Runcuk’s Triangle of Death

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  • Gata Mahardika &
Introduction Tracking the debates on the existence of Tanah Runcuk was initially an exhausting scientific attempt.  The lack of domestic data resources once again made the unravelment of the mystery evaporate and forgotten, or at least, replaced by the issues closer to the interest of the market and the ruler.…
Tropika Selekta | Drawing on Paper | Collections of CTRS

A Note on Music from Runcuk

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  • Irfan R. Darajat &
INTRODUCTION  In the past, music was often positioned within a part of a ritual. The society living in Tanah Runcuk was no exception.  Even more, this society put music along with the natural moves of the environment in which they lived. By Stern Jr.’s record, we may find the proofs…

Tracing Southern Orang Runcuk from the Lontar Archive of Qing Dynasty’s Legacy

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  • Rio Belvage &
Tracing Southern Orang Runcuk from the Lontar (1) Archive of Qing Dynasty’s Legacy A. Introduction The historian Mee Ong lately found a pile of archives that are assumed to be the legacy of the Qing Dynyasty (1644-1911) while conducting a research in Hepo plateau (usually called Hoppo) in Jieyang. Those archives consist…
Historical painting collections of Penang Museum

Chateaubriand, Trauma of Rundjuq, and Letters from Penang

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  • Windu Jusuf &
Introduction Chateubriand, frequently known as the Father of French Romanticism used to write about Tanah Runcuk. The story was started when he joined French ocean expedition team in 1790. This encounter would have never been figured out if in 1961 some French literary critics and historians did not have a…
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Archive, a Reality of Power and the Other

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  • Irham N. Anshari &
To comprehend the lengthy project of the Centre for Tanah Runcuk Studies (CTRS), initially I have to propose an appropriate perspective to apply. This entire project posts some questions about…

Crowd, Vergadering, and Anticolonial Nationalism

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  • A. Harimurti &
Rampogan Sima and What Made It Prohibited in Dutch East Indies   Tjrijosipoen tijang sepoeh: waos koela poenika bangsa sae, wani dateng sima. Mila pitados koela kala roemijin, sadaja sima…

Who is Ludwig Stern?

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  • Beatrice L. Jingga &
Ludwig Stern (1833-…) is the successor of his father, Ludwig Stern, a prominent Ashkenazi-Jew-descent coffee…