Dr. Freek Colombijn

minstens drie dagen per week, meestal op maandag, donderdag en vrijdag. Studenten kunnen een afspraak maken via e-mail, maar kunnen ook op goed geluk langs komen. 

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Promotiefilmpje Master Antropologie

Specialisatie

• Armoede
• Milieu
• Afval
• Omgevingsvraagstukken
• Ontbossing
• Ontwikkelingssamenwerking
• Steden
• Conflict
• Geweld
• Identiteit
• Kolonialisme
• Kolonisatie
• Dekolonisatie
• Staat
• Grensgemeenschap
• Veiligheid
• Thematische specialisatie: urbane antropologie, milieustudies, geweld, historische antropologie
• Regionale specialisatie: Zuidoost Azië, in het bijzonder Indonesië
  
  

Onderwijs in 2011-2012

• Development and Globalization (BSc CAO 2e jaar en in minor Development Studies) 
• History and Theory of Anthropology (BSc CAO 2e jaar)
• Kernthema's van de antropologie (BSc CAO 1e jaar 
• Mondiale Geschiedenis (BSc CAO 1e jaar)
• Southeast Asia: Contested identities and political experiments (als gastdocent aan de International School for Humanities and Social Sciences, Universiteit van Amsterdam) 
• Urban struggle (BSc 3e jaar in minor Frontiers of Multicultural Societies)  

Recent begeleide Master theses gingen onder andere over: the adaptation of Moluccan IDPs to a new life in Manado, Indonesia; Changing gender relations in Greenland, under the impact of global warming; Violent conflict and the collective identity of a Catholic-nationalist neighbourhood in West Belfast, Northern Ireland; The role of alcohol consumption in the lifestyle of Hong Kong businessmen; Turkish parents with an autistic child and the Dutch healthcare system; street art in Hong Kong; garbage collectors in Bogotá, Colombia.

Freek Colombijn is co-promotor bij de dissertaties van Inge Melchior (over: nationalism and the politics of memory in Estland en geanonimiseerd over Burma. 

Onderzoek

The main topic of his current research is the nexus between urban social inequality, environmental awareness and consumptive behaviour in Indonesia. Many questions emerge. To what extent are urban poor aware of their environment? Why do they sometimes act upon this knowledge but not always? Are urban poor forced to accept the worst neighbourhoods (environmentally speaking) and why, when and where is their environment further degraded - consciously or through carelessness - by more powerful stakeholders? Is the constitution of urban poor as ‘poor’ by the local government influenced by a degraded environment; in other words, are they defined as poor, because they are perceived as dirty? Who owns the poor neighbourhoods and how much agency have the residents in poor neighbourhoods? Does the middle-class 'consume'new forms of environmental awareness, together with adopting global comsumptive pattern? Why, if at all, are middle-class people willing to dot something about the environment? The research is in its first, explorative phase. 

In addition, Freek Colombijn is also writing about the social consequences of decolonisation in Indonesia (1930-1960) and the human-made environmental changes in Sumatra (1600-1870).

He is also the editor of the Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde.

Freek Colombijn was awarded the Professor Teeuw Award 2007, in appreciation of his cooperation with young Indonesian scholars in urban studies. In 2011 he received the Teacher-of-the-year award of the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Freek Colombijn was also shortlisted for the best PhD supervisor award of the Faculty of Social Sciences 2011.

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Publicaties

Publicaties (Bron: METIS VU)

Selectie recente publicaties
> 2010 Under construction; The politics of urban space and housing during the decolonization of Indonesia, 1930-1960, Leiden: KITLV Press.
> 2009 (with Martine Barwegen, Racial segregation in the (post)colonial city: The case of Indonesia, Urban Geography 30: 838-856.
> 2009 (with Annapurna Shaw), Introduction: Decolonization and urban change in the Asian city, Urban Geography 30: 809-814.
> 2008  Champignons pendant la saison des pluies: urbanisation sauvage à Jakarta dans les années cinquante, Le banian; Publication semestrielle de l’association franco-indonésienne Pasar Malam 5: 65-80.
> 2008  Kampong improvement in colonial Indonesia: A contest on paper and in the field, in: Peter Boomgaard, Dick Kooiman and Henk Schulte Nordholt (eds.), Linking destinies: Trade, towns and kin in Asian history, 159-178, Leiden: KITLV Press (Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 256).
> 2008  The rise of the becak during the years of turmoil: Its conditions, course and sequel, in: M. Nursam, Baskara T. Wardaya & Asvi Warman Adam (eds.), Sejarah yang memihak: mengenang Sartono Kartodirdjo, 289-297, Yogyakarta: Ombak.
> 2007 Toooot! Vroooom! The urban soundscape in Indonesia, Sojourn; Journal of social issues in Southeast Asia 22: 255-273.
> 2007 The search for an extinct volcano in the Dutch polder: Pilgrimage to memorial sites of Pim Fortuyn, Anthropos; Internationale Zeitschrift für Völker- und Sprachenkunde, International Review of Anthropology and Linguistics, Revue internationale d’ethnologie et de lingistuique 102: 71-90.
> 2006 Sign of the times: Symbolic change around Indonesian independence, in: Peter J.M. Nas and Annemarie Samuels (eds.), Hypercity: the symbolic side of urbanism, 113-144, London, Bahrain, New York: Kegan Paul.
> 2005 Dried-up dragon’s blood and swarms of bees’ nest collectors: Non-timber forest products in Sumatra 1600-1870, in: Peter Boomgaard, David Henley & Manon Osseweijer (eds), Muddied waters: Historical and contemporary perspectives on management of forests and fisheries in island Southeast Asia, 259-278, Leiden: KITLV Press.
> 2005 Kuala Lumpur and Singapore: high hopes versus a low profile, in: Peter J.M. Nas (ed.), Directors of urban change in Asia, 96-125. London and New York: Routledge.
> 2005 A moving history of Middle Sumatra, 1600-1870, Modern Asian Studies 39: 1-38.
> 2005 A cultural practice of violence in Indonesia: Lessons from history, in: Dewi Fortuna Anwar, Hélène Bouvier, Glenn Smith, Roger Tols (eds.), Violent internal conflicts in Asia Pacific: Histories, political economies and policies, 245-268, Jakarta: Yayasan Obor, LIPI, LASEMA-CNRS, KITLV-Jakarta.
> 2005 (with Martine Barwegen, Purnawan Basundoro, Johny Alfian Khusyairi, editors) Kota lama, kota baru: Sejarah kota-kota di Indonesia sebelum dan setelah kemerdekaan/The history of the Indonesian city before and after Independence, Yogyakarta; Ombak.
> 2003 The volatile state in Southeast Asia: Evidence from Sumatra, 1600-1800, The Journal of Asian Studies 62: 497-529.
> 2003 When there is nothing to imagine; Nationalism in Riau, in: Peter Nas, Gerard Persoon & Rivke Jaffe (eds.), Framing Indonesian realities; Essays in symbolic anthropology in honour of Reimar Schefold, 333-370. Leiden: KITLV Press. (Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 209).
> 2002 (editor with J. Thomas Lindblad), Roots of violence in Indonesia; Contemporary violence in historical perspective, Leiden: KITLV Press (Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 194).
> 2002 (editor with Aygen Erdentug), Urban ethnic encounters; The spatial consequences, London & New York: Routledge.
> 2002 (editor) On the road: The social impact  of new roads in Southeast Asia, special issue Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 158(4).
> 2002  A wild west frontier on Sumatra’s east coast: The Pekanbaru-Dumai road, Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 158: 743-768.
> 2002 Maling, maling! The lynching of petty criminals, in: Freek Colombijn & J. Thomas Lindblad, Roots of violence in Indonesia; Contemporary violence in historical perspective, 299-329, Leiden: KITLV Press (Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 194).
> 2002 Explaining the violent solution in Indonesia, The Brown Journal of International Affairs 9(1): 49-56.
> 2000 The politics of football in Indonesia, Archipel 59: 171-200.
> 1998 Canberra; a sheep in wolf's clothing, International journal of urban and regional research 22: 565-581 (special issue urban symbolism).
> 1998 Global and local perspectives on Indonesia's environmental problems and the role of NGOs, Bijdragen tot de taal-, land- en volkenkunde 154: 305-334.
> 1997 The ecological sustainability of frontier societies in eastern Sumatra, in: Peter Boomgaard, Freek Colombijn en David Henley (eds.), Paper landscapes; explorations in the environmental history of Indonesia, 309-339, Leiden: KITLV Press (Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde 178).