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SUMMARY:The Ambonese Rumphius and his inter-island information networks - 
 Genie Yoo (Princeton University)
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CONTACT:Sebestian Kroupa
DESCRIPTION:Living on the island of Ambon from the age of 25 until his dea
 th\, Georg Everhard Rumphius (1627–1702) explored\, experimented and wro
 te about the natural world of the Indies while working as a koopman for th
 e United Dutch East Indies Company. His knowledge of the flora and fauna o
 f the islands was best encapsulated in two of his now best-known works\, _
 Het Amboinsch Kruydboek_ and _D'Amboinsche Rariteitkamer_. This paper seek
 s to trace the information networks of this one man\, whose writings proje
 cted an Ambonese world that was much larger than the tiny island of Ambon 
 itself. How was Rumphius able to explore the natural world of the Indies t
 hrough his engagement with local itinerant merchants and Muslim practition
 ers of medicine? What kinds of relationships did he establish with them an
 d how did his experiences come to influence the scales of difference and s
 imilarity that he applied to his understanding of nature and the diversity
  of people living in the archipelago? Within the geographic and temporal c
 ontours of this study\, circulation of knowledge did not exclusively take 
 the form of a linear trajectory whereby knowledge was collected in the tro
 pical fringes\, changed in transit and consumed in the centre. Rather\, th
 rough the example of Rumphius' works\, this paper demonstrates how 'local'
  knowledge produced through cross-cultural interactions underwent its own 
 complicated circuits of transmission within the Indonesian archipelago bef
 ore reaching a wider audience in Europe.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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