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More Revolusi Controversy in the Wake of Rijksmuseum Exhibit

Bersiap, Featured, NewsBy Editor January 25, 2022 10 Comments

We’ve all been there. Just go back in time and think of your elementary school antics. In the schoolyard someone lashes out and says But you’re a moron. The answer that may come back when there is no good answer: No, you’re a moron. And then there is always that line of last resort and…

Revolusi Revisionism by the Rijksmuseum?

Bersiap, Featured, NewsBy Editor January 14, 2022 9 Comments

The Back Story In light of the upcoming REVOLUSI exhibit at the Rijksmuseum which deals with the independence struggle of Indonesia, one of the Indonesian curators, Bonnie Triyana, publicly announced that the word “bersiap” should be (and was going to be) omitted from the exhibit. He argued that the term, when used by Dutch people,…