Podcast Explores Book Culture in Former Dutch East Indies
Why this is here: Lisa Kuitert published Met een drukpers de oceaan over, detailing colonial book culture in the Dutch East Indies between 1816 and 1920.
Lisa Kuitert, professor of Book Studies at the University of Amsterdam, discusses colonial book culture in the former Dutch East Indies with Rick Honings and Coen van ’t Veer on the Postcolonial Podcast. The podcast, a production of Leiden University Libraries, examines how books circulated within the colony and reached readers there.
Honings and van ’t Veer question Kuitert about reading groups and bookstores in the region. They also ask about local printing and publishing and if booksellers played a role in the independence movement. Kuitert’s research builds on her 2020 book, Met een drukpers de oceaan over, which details colonial book culture from 1816 to 1920.
The podcast is now in its second season, with six new episodes planned. It began as part of a NWO Vidi project led by Honings, but now operates independently. Much remains unknown about the full scope of the book world within the Dutch East Indies, and further research is needed to fully understand its impact.
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