Exhibiting Modernity and Indonesian Vernacular Architecture Hybrid A
In her research Yulia Nurliani Lukito analyses modernity and the construction of culture by the authorities using the images of Indonesian vernacular architecture presented at three different sites and times. She argues that modernity is not solely constr
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Yulia Nurliani Lukito
Exhibiting Modernity and Indonesian Vernacular Architecture Hybrid Architecture at Pasar Gambir of Batavia, the 1931 Paris International Colonial Exhibition and Taman Mini Indonesia Indah
Yulia Nurliani Lukito Jakarta, Indonesia
ISBN 978-3-658-11604-0 ISBN 978-3-658-11605-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-658-11605-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015952645 Springer VS © Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, speci¿cally the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on micro¿lms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a speci¿c statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer VS is a brand of Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Abstract Exhibiting Modernity and Indonesian Vernacular Architecture: Hybrid Architecture at Pasar Gambir of Batavia, the 1931 Paris International Colonial Exhibition and Taman Mini Indonesia Indah
The beginning of the twentieth century in the Dutch East Indies or nowadays Indonesia has some characteristics of a development of technology and a consumer society, and an expansion and cultural ascendancy of the middle class that lead to the idea of progress and modernity. This dissertation investigates a series of colonial exhibitions held both in the colony and in the colonizing country that used Indonesia vernacular architecture as their basic idea. Using three exhibitions as platforms – Pasar Gambir of Batavia between the 1920s-1930s, the 1931 International Colonial Exhibition in Paris, and the modern ethnographic park of Taman Mini Indonesia Indah – this dissertation aims to investigate the interconnection among exhibitions, and the construction of culture by the authorities at that time. Underlying ideas of these exhibitions were a way to gain profit and to spread consumerism, a desire to shape public through culture, an intention to express the authorities’ connection to modernity and an effort to show off power. I argue that exhibitions offer an opportunity for their visitors to exercise different cultural and social relatio
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