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Contesting colonial (hi)stories: (Post)colonial imaginings of Southeast Asia
Journal of Southeast Asian Studies ( IF 0.673 ) Pub Date : 2020-11-04 , DOI: 10.1017/s0022463420000508
Alexander Supartono , Alexandra Moschovi

This article seeks to explore the impact of digital technologies upon the material, conceptual and ideological premises of the colonial archive in the digital era. This analysis is pursued though a discussion of creative work produced during an international, multidisciplinary artist workshop in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, that used digital material from colonial photographic archives in the Netherlands to critically investigate the ways national, transnational and personal (hi)stories in the former colonies in Southeast Asia have been informed and shaped by their colonial past. The analysis focuses on how the artists’ use of digital media contests and reconfigures the use, truth value and power of the colonial archive as an entity and institution. Case studies include: Thai photographer Dow Wasiksiri, who questions the archive's mnemonic function by substituting early twentieth-century handcrafted association techniques with digital manipulation; Malaysian artist Yee I-Lann, who compresses onto the same picture plane different historical moments and colonial narratives; and Indonesian photographer Agan Harahap, who recomposes archival photographs into unlikely juxtapositions disseminated through social media. By repurposing colonial archival material and circulating their work online such a re-imag(in)ing of Southeast Asia not only challenges the notions of originality, authenticity, ownership and control associated with such archives, but also reclaims colonial-era (hi)stories, making them part of a democratic, expanding, postcolonial archive.

中文翻译:

竞争殖民(hi)故事:东南亚的(后)殖民想象

本文旨在探讨数字技术对数字时代殖民档案的材料、概念和意识形态前提的影响。这一分析是通过讨论在印度尼西亚日惹举行的国际多学科艺术家研讨会期间产生的创造性作品进行的,该研讨会使用荷兰殖民摄影档案中的数字材料来批判性地研究国家、跨国和个人 (hi) 故事的方式。东南亚的前殖民地受其殖民历史的影响和塑造。分析的重点是艺术家如何使用数字媒体竞赛并重新配置殖民档案作为一个实体和机构的用途、真实价值和权力。案例研究包括:质疑档案的泰国摄影师 Dow Wasiksiri 通过用数字操作代替 20 世纪早期的手工关联技术来实现记忆功能;马来西亚艺术家 Yee I-Lann,将不同的历史时刻和殖民叙事压缩到同一个画面上;和印度尼西亚摄影师 Agan Harahap,他将档案照片重新组合成不太可能的并置,并通过社交媒体传播。通过重新利用殖民档案材料并在网上传播他们的作品,这种对东南亚的重新想象不仅挑战了与此类档案相关的原创性、真实性、所有权和控制权的概念,而且还重现了殖民时代的 (hi) 故事,使它们成为民主的、扩展的、后殖民档案的一部分。谁将不同的历史时刻和殖民叙事压缩到同一个画面上;和印度尼西亚摄影师 Agan Harahap,他将档案照片重新组合成不太可能的并置,并通过社交媒体传播。通过重新利用殖民档案材料并在网上传播他们的作品,这种对东南亚的重新想象不仅挑战了与此类档案相关的原创性、真实性、所有权和控制权的概念,而且还重现了殖民时代的 (hi) 故事,使它们成为民主的、扩展的、后殖民档案的一部分。谁将不同的历史时刻和殖民叙事压缩到同一个画面上;和印度尼西亚摄影师 Agan Harahap,他将档案照片重新组合成不太可能的并置,并通过社交媒体传播。通过重新利用殖民档案材料并在网上传播他们的作品,这种对东南亚的重新想象不仅挑战了与此类档案相关的原创性、真实性、所有权和控制权的概念,而且还重现了殖民时代的 (hi) 故事,使它们成为民主的、扩展的、后殖民档案的一部分。
更新日期:2020-11-04
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