Lecture V and Readings V - “EUROPEAN CULTURE” AS WHITE?

Question 1

Musealisation and colonial state formation

Answer 1

Anderson → Imagined communities
Bloemebrgen uses this to understand colonial state formation and musealization
“Museums, maps and censuses were the primary instruments with which 19th- century colonial powers took control of the countries and legitimized their authority.” Bloembergen
“They communicated to the home audience the accessibility of colonial goods and material, the inferiority of the local people, which in turn provided economic and political justification of the Dutch colonial enterprise.” (6)
→ reproduce the features and would not have access to the whole audience to make colonies
→ econ and political justification of dutch colonial enterprise

Question 2

Mercator Projector - 16th Century

Answer 2

→ destors in order to favor the northern hemisphere = countries represented are a lot smaller than they are

Question 3

Theatre of the World

Answer 3

Abraham Ortelius 1570 → selection of uniform maps, with continents represented here
Top = europe, asia as a princess, africa black, down america as cannibalist