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Cultural Interactions
Conflict and Cooperation
2022 || Paperback || Frans-Willem Korsten || Amsterdam University Press || met inkijkexemplaar
The common saying is that people have a culture. This book argues that people live a culture – which may explain why they are so affectively attached to it. By considering cultural interactions on a global scale, this book investigates how cultures can be understood in terms of conflict and cooperation, in relation to the nationstate, a multiplicity of worlds, society, civilization and community. It considers how culture is at the basis of the construction of individual and collective selve...
Stumbling in the Dark
The Battle for Intelligence in the Indonesian War of Independence, 1945-1949
2024 || Paperback || Rémy Limpach || Amsterdam University Press
In guerrilla warfare such as the Indonesian War of Independence, intelligence is critical for achieving military success. No wonder, then, that the Netherlands and the Republic of Indonesia waged a grim intelligence war from 1945-1949 by means of espionage, infiltration and other – often extremely violent – methods, including the interrogation of prisoners. In addition, both Dutch and Indonesians set up – with varying degrees of success – an extensive alarm system to warn their own tr...
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Revolutionary Worlds
Local Perspectives and Dynamics of the Indonesian Independence War, 1945-1949
2022 || Paperback || Bambang Purwanto e.a. || Amsterdam University Press
'Revolutionary Worlds' looks at the Indonesian revolution (1945-1949) from a local and regional perspective. In several contributions, Indonesian and Dutch researchers bring to life the revolutionary world from widely differing perspectives. The authors explain how Indonesian, Chinese, Indian and Eurasian civilians, fighters, farmers and officials experienced and shaped the chaotic period between 1945 and 1950. The book focuses on survival strategies, mobilization, and the use of force agains...
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Mime Handbook
A Handbook for Mime Corporel
2022 || Hardcover || Amos de Haas e.a. || Amsterdam University Press
The 'Mime Handbook' covers the theory of mime corporel (Corporeal Mime) and explains the technique through dozens of clearly illustrated exercises. It provides an overview of the work and life of Etienne Decroux (1889-1991), founder of the ‘mime corporel’ and father of modern mime. Building onto Decroux’s mime corporel, additional concepts are introduced on the use of space in physical theater and the creation of mime performances.
Mime corporel is a physical theater technique that has ...
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Fact or Fluke?
A Critical Look at Statistical Evidence
2022 || Paperback || Ronald Meester e.a. || Amsterdam University Press
Statistics is more topical than ever. Numerous decisions depend on statistical considerations: just think of the Corona crisis or decisions about approving new drugs or other products. If researchers announce they have proved some fact using statistical tests, can we then always be sure that their claim is correct? How, and more importantly why, does statistics work? What can we expect from statistics and what not? 'Fact or Fluke?' is not a textbook that explains statistical tests to the read...
The Harsh Sword of Lady Justice
Law and Impunity in the Indonesian War of Independence, 1945-1949
2024 || Paperback || Esther Zwinkels || Amsterdam University Press
During the Indonesian War of Independence, Lady Justice played an important role on the Dutch side. Soldiers were, and are, required to comply with the law and a range of rules and regulations, both in and out of combat. If they fail to do so, disciplinary action and criminal sanctions can be taken against them. But did this happen at the time? Dutch military tribunals not only tried Dutch soldiers but also Indonesians who opposed the colonial authority. How independent and objective were the...