Istori Manokwari Interview IM20 is an oral history recording and transcript from the DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities Collection. The interview, conducted by P. van der Gaag in 1998, lasts 1 hour and 12 minutes. It contains a retrospective account of the interviewee's life in Manokwari, Indonesia, from 1949 through 1963, covering migration, entrepreneurship, and social dynamics.
Use Cases
- Analyzing migrant experiences based on the description of the voyage on the KPM Waibalong.
- Studying post-colonial urban multiculturalism based on the described social interactions in Manokwari.
- Researching women's entrepreneurship based on the account of running shops and entertainment venues as an independent Indo woman.
- Examining the UNTEA transition period (March 1963) based on the interviewee's personal account of that time.
Strengths
- Interview duration is precisely recorded as 1 hour and 12 minutes.
- The temporal coverage is explicitly defined as 1949 through 1963.
- The interview was conducted by a named researcher (P. van der Gaag) in 1998.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- The data may reflect the specific perspective and memory bias inherent to a single oral history interview.
Provenance
- Source
- DANS Data Station Social Sciences and Humanities Collection
- Collection Method
- Oral history interview
- Time Range
- 1949 to 1963
- Freshness
- Last updated 2025-10-24 04:18:59; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Manokwari, Indonesia