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Knowledge and Power: Rumphius’ Ambonese Herbal and Ambonese Curiosity Cabinet as Colonial Contact Zones

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  • Arens, Esther Helena
  • Kießling, Charlotte

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The early modern books on Ambonese natural history by G.E. Rumphius have mostly been analysed for their aesthetic form and scientific content. However, with the concept of contact zones as introduced by M.L. Pratt, these texts can also be read as historical sources about colonialism and slavery in the late seventeenth-century Moluccas. This article explores the traces of colonialism and slavery in Rumphius’ Ambonese Herbal (1740ff.) and the Ambonese Curiosity Cabinet (1705).

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  • Arens, Esther Helena & Kießling, Charlotte, 2018. "Knowledge and Power: Rumphius’ Ambonese Herbal and Ambonese Curiosity Cabinet as Colonial Contact Zones," European Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 26(3), pages 461-470, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:cup:eurrev:v:26:y:2018:i:03:p:461-470_00
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