Print culture in the Sultanate of Riau-Lingga during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Print culture in the Sultanate of Riau-Lingga during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries

Print empowers ways of communicating an idea. In fact, in many ways, it could promote democratization of an individual’s expression, which sometimes can be uncontrollable and even anarchic. Though printing has powerful impact on society; it has been ignored in mainstream...

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Main Authors: Zakariya, Hafiz, Oktasari, Wiwin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences 2019
Subjects:
D History (General)
D880 Developing Countries
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spelling iium-759032019-11-25T01:12:19Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/75903/ Print culture in the Sultanate of Riau-Lingga during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Zakariya, Hafiz Oktasari, Wiwin D History (General) D880 Developing Countries Print empowers ways of communicating an idea. In fact, in many ways, it could promote democratization of an individual’s expression, which sometimes can be uncontrollable and even anarchic. Though printing has powerful impact on society; it has been ignored in mainstream scholarship. Existing studies about printing press and its impact on the Malay world are limited. It is surprisingly marginalized in the mainstream scholarship despite the fact that history actually bears witness that printing played an important role in the past. Thus, this article discusses the print culture in the Malay world with special reference to the Kingdom of Riau-Lingga. It begins by describing the techniques of printing especially lithography and typography used in the Malay world. It also explains the advent of the print technology in the Dutch East Indies in general and Riau in particular, and how the print culture gradually replaced manuscript in knowledge transmission during the time of Raja Ali Haji. Subsequently, it describes how the Rushdiah Club utilized this technology during the end of the 19th century in Riau-Lingga. Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences 2019-11-04 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/75903/1/75903_Print%20Culture%20in%20the%20Sultanate.pdf Zakariya, Hafiz and Oktasari, Wiwin (2019) Print culture in the Sultanate of Riau-Lingga during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences, 9 (4). pp. 1-9. ISSN 2456 - 4761 http://www.journalarjass.com/index.php/ARJASS/article/view/30133/56532 10.9734/ARJASS/2019/v9i430133
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D880 Developing Countries
spellingShingle D History (General)
D880 Developing Countries
Zakariya, Hafiz
Oktasari, Wiwin
Print culture in the Sultanate of Riau-Lingga during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
description Print empowers ways of communicating an idea. In fact, in many ways, it could promote democratization of an individual’s expression, which sometimes can be uncontrollable and even anarchic. Though printing has powerful impact on society; it has been ignored in mainstream scholarship. Existing studies about printing press and its impact on the Malay world are limited. It is surprisingly marginalized in the mainstream scholarship despite the fact that history actually bears witness that printing played an important role in the past. Thus, this article discusses the print culture in the Malay world with special reference to the Kingdom of Riau-Lingga. It begins by describing the techniques of printing especially lithography and typography used in the Malay world. It also explains the advent of the print technology in the Dutch East Indies in general and Riau in particular, and how the print culture gradually replaced manuscript in knowledge transmission during the time of Raja Ali Haji. Subsequently, it describes how the Rushdiah Club utilized this technology during the end of the 19th century in Riau-Lingga.
format Article
author Zakariya, Hafiz
Oktasari, Wiwin
author_facet Zakariya, Hafiz
Oktasari, Wiwin
author_sort Zakariya, Hafiz
title Print culture in the Sultanate of Riau-Lingga during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
title_short Print culture in the Sultanate of Riau-Lingga during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
title_full Print culture in the Sultanate of Riau-Lingga during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
title_fullStr Print culture in the Sultanate of Riau-Lingga during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
title_full_unstemmed Print culture in the Sultanate of Riau-Lingga during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
title_sort print culture in the sultanate of riau-lingga during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
publisher Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences
publishDate 2019
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/75903/
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/75903/1/75903_Print%20Culture%20in%20the%20Sultanate.pdf
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