Por-Tugu-Ese? The protestant Tugu community of Jakarta, Indonesia

Although many centuries have passed since Portugal’s Age of Discoveries, enduring hybrid communities are still surviving in places where the Portuguese had been present. Portuguese identity in Malacca, Larantuka, and East Timor, for example, has always been associated with Catholicism. But in Batavia, the Portuguese-speaking population (the Mardijkers, slaves, and Burghers) was converted to Calvinism under Dutch colonization, forming the Protestant Portuguese community in Indonesia. The original contribution of this study is to examine how and why the Protestant Tugu community in postcolonial Indonesia has maintained its integrity as “Portuguese” and has endured collectively for five centuries. To answer these questions, ethnographic fieldwork was undertaken in Kampung Tugu (and Pejambon) in Jakarta, Indonesia. In particular, we focus on the role of local religious practices, as well as on dimensions of the genealogies, apparel, and music of this quintessentially Creole groupEmbora já tenham decorrido vários séculos desde os Descobrimentos portugueses, ainda sobrevivem comunidades híbridas em lugares onde os portugueses tinham estado presentes. Por exemplo, em Malaca, Larantuka e Timor-Leste uma identidade portuguesa tem sido sempre associada ao catolicismo. Em Batávia, pelo contrário, a população que falava português (os mardijkers, os escravos e os burghers) foi convertida ao calvinismo aquando da colonização holandesa, formando a comunidade portuguesa protestante da Indonésia. O contributo original deste estudo reside nas seguintes interrogações: como e porquê a comunidade protestante de Tugu, na Indonésia pós-colonial, se tem mantido integralmente como ‘portuguesa’, e tem persistido como um coletivo durante cinco séculos? Para responder a estas perguntas, foi efectuado um trabalho de terreno em Kampung Tugu (e em Pejambon) em Jakarta, Indonésia. Aprofunda-se, em particular, o papel das práticas religiosas locais, assim como as genealogias, o vestuário e a música deste grupo sumamente crioulo

Creating Through Mind and Emotions

The texts presented in Proportion Harmonies and Identities (PHI) Creating Through Mind and Emotions were compiled to establish a multidisciplinary platform for presenting, interacting, and disseminating research. This platform also aims to foster the awareness and discussion on Creating Through Mind and Emotions, focusing on different visions relevant to Architecture, Arts and Humanities, Design and Social Sciences, and its importance and benefits for the sense of identity, both individual and communal. The idea of Creating Through Mind and Emotions has been a powerful motor for development since the Western Early Modern Age. Its theoretical and practical foundations have become the working tools of scientists, philosophers, and artists, who seek strategies and policies to accelerate the development process in different contexts