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The East Indies (currently Indonesia) was a complex region politically and culturally. The study of the East Indies in an undergraduate course on Southeast Asia has over the years integrated visits (reconnoitring and/or involving students) to Jakarta, Makassar, (Banda) Aceh and Kupang (via Dili). The travels has helped with the understanding of themes such as the extent to which Dutch colonialism evolved overseas in the East Indies or the degree to which indigenous or diasporic/intermediate groups adapted in collaborating or resisting the Dutch colonial encroachment. This essay aims to discuss the connection between points in general/niche knowledge in secondary textual sources with what is observed in the fieldtrips; in the process engaging in sub-fields outside the subject of history in order to better mitigate the vestiges of time and understand past development better in context of contemporary society.
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The sandalwood industry is still relatively prosperous in West Timor; one could take the opportunity to visit the markets where the product was developed into a sophisticated variety of derivatives if s/he was traveling overland from Kupang to Dili.
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Sim, T.Y.H. (2021). Combining Text and Travel in the Studying of the Dutch East Indies: Incorporating Fieldtrips in the Teaching of a History Course on Southeast Asia. In: Sim, T.Y., Sim, H.H. (eds) Fieldwork in Humanities Education in Singapore. Studies in Singapore Education: Research, Innovation & Practice, vol 2. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-8233-2_14
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