10 mars 2020
Esther Helena Arens, « Just published: Rumphius’ Naturkunde. Zirkulation in kolonialen Wissensräumen », Botanical Letters, ID : 10670/1.poztdr
In the early stages of the interdisciplinary Rumphius project, I read Richard Sennett’s „The Craftsman“, and I underlined a paragraph in the editor’s foreword to Het Amboinsche Kruid-boek from 1741: „[...] this great Man was so skilled in this work, that at the time all sorts of Plants that were unknown to other people, were sent to him from the remotest parts of the Indies, even though he was already robbed of his vision and of the light of day. He could discover the leaves, fruits, or seeds...