Istori Manokwari: Oral History Interview on Migration and Colonial Life

Istori Manokwari: Interview IM02 is a 1 hour and 21 minute oral history interview conducted by E. Markus in 2009. The interview contains a life history description of a subject who migrated from Indonesia to the Netherlands in 1962. The dataset is hosted by the DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities Collection and was last updated in October 2025.

Use Cases

• Analyzing personal narratives of migration based on the life history description.
• Studying colonial-era social dynamics based on descriptions of interactions with Papuans and work experiences.
• Researching post-colonial identity and memory based on the subject's account of leaving possessions and resettling.

Strengths

• Interview duration is precisely documented as 1 hour and 21 minutes.
• Specific historical events and dates are mentioned, such as the Bersiap period and the 1962 migration.

Limitations

• Row count and file format are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The data is a single interview, limiting statistical analysis.

Provenance

Source

DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities Collection

Collection Method

Oral history interview conducted by E. Markus.

Time Range

Interview conducted in 2009, covering events from the 1940s to the subject's retirement.

Freshness

Last updated 2025-10-24 03:56:58; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Primarily Manokwari, Indonesia, and the Netherlands.