RECALL/RECALIBRATE
Re-membering design histories





Recall/Recalibrate investigates the so-called ‘ethical policy’ at the turn of the twentieth century in Dutch-occupied Indonesia. How can we understand these ‘ethics’ in relation to the expansion of empire, and how did this materialize through arts and crafts education? 




Please find below an overview of all the articles:


  1. Catching up on History: Ethical Imperialism & (Crafts) Education in the ‘Dutch East Indies’ after 1900

  2. ‘Yes, but...’ Occupation as requirement for ‘development’ by Rosa te Velde (published soon)

  3. A Firm Nudge: Politics of ‘Ethical’ Reform through ‘Native Arts and Crafts’ by Rosa te Velde

  4. Dangerous Competitors: The Dutch Ethical Policy’ (1901) and the Establishment of Craft Schools in East Java by Marjolein van Pagee

  5. Decolonising the Myth of Kartini by Saut Situmorang

  6. A Rejuvenation Cure?: Inventing Yogya Silver, ‘Saving’ a Perishing Javanese industry, by Marjolein van Asdonck (published soon)

  7. Navigating Colonial Politics: Dewi Sartika’s School for Native Girls in Bandung by Raistiwar Pratama & Marjolein van Pagee (published soon)





Download the entire publication HERE
(available soon)





COLOPHON

AUTHORS
Marjolein van Asdonck
Raistiwar Pratama
Saut Situmorang
Marjolein van Pagee
Rosa te Velde

READERS
Fitria Jelyta
Lisa Baumgarten
Mark Oomen

EDITING/PROOFREADING
Harriet Foyster
Iris Pissaride
Marjolein van Pagee

IMAGE RESEARCH
Rosa te Velde

GRAPHIC DESIGN
Zuzana KostelanskáCC BY-NC-ND

This project is published under CC BY-NC-ND license, which enables reusers to copy and distribute the material in any medium or format in unadapted form only, for noncommercial purposes only, and only so long as attribution is given to the creator. 

Some of the texts were published before by the Wereldmuseum (02 ‘Yes, but...’; 03 A Firm Nudge & 06 A Rejuvenation Cure?).

Questions/corrections/suggestions? Contact us at
recallrecalibrate (at) gmail.com 2025

This project was funded by Het Stimuleringsfonds voor de Creatieve Industrie.




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