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UID:euroseas-2026-everyday-in-the-empire-health-diplomacy-food-and-forestry-in-colonial-philippines-and-indonesia
SUMMARY:Everyday in the Empire: Health, Diplomacy, Food, and Forestry in Colonial Philippines and Indonesia
LOCATION:Sala de Comisiones
DESCRIPTION:The colonial historiographies of the Philippines and Indonesia 
 are often focused mainly on the legacies of notable colonial figures, are f
 ramed within the boundaries of colonial institutions, or are confined withi
 n myopic emplotments of historical events. The paper presentations of this 
 panel attempt to collectively propose an alternative response towards “hist
 ories from above”, by offering narratives or case studies that emphasize th
 e relevance of everyday or mundane practices in the colonies. This panel bi
 nds together the works of four doctoral\ncandidates whose research projects
  respectively deal with the colonial Philippines and Indonesia. Through the
  lens of practice, each contributor offers an understanding of how seemingl
 y quotidian colonial governance was carried out in varied colonial institut
 ional structures. This includes elements such as medicine, diplomacy, food,
  and forestry. Ostensibly, each work varies in and of itself; however, on c
 loser scrutiny, they reveal to us how empires operated through this series 
 of mundane colonial practices. Claveria examines the routinary\nscientific 
 practices surrounding tuberculosis and leprosy in the early 20th-century Ph
 ilippines, to show how landmark medical developments were rooted in mundane
  laboratory practices and clinical encounters with patients. Nuranisa explo
 res the mechanisms underpinning gift exchange between indigenous courts and
  the Dutch colonial government in the 19th century. This involves examining
  the objects exchanged and the occasions on which gift-giving was required,
  and more importantly, it focuses on the very process of gifting itself, fr
 om the procurement of the gifts to their denouement. Whereas Pratiwi seeks 
 to reconstruct the definition and practice of food security through the Jav
 anese lens in the early 19th century and examine how societal changes broug
 ht by Dutch colonialism throughout the century influenced Javanese food sec
 urity. Galindo traces deforestation in the Philippines since the 1850s thro
 ugh practices of knowledge production and environmental control, examining 
 land laws, forest surveys, and colonial cartographic practices. Together, t
 hese papers shed light on the multiplicities of colonial mundanities and pr
 actices in maritime Southeast Asia.
URL:https://euroseas2026.org/panels/everyday-in-the-empire-health-diplomacy-food-and-forestry-in-colonial-philippines-and-indonesia
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