This thesis studies the importance of the context of the topografische dienst as mapping agencies from archival perspective. It also studies the relevance of context of the map collection...Show moreThis thesis studies the importance of the context of the topografische dienst as mapping agencies from archival perspective. It also studies the relevance of context of the map collection originating from the topografische dienst from the librarian point of view. Context is important not only for archivists and librarians to arrange and describe the maps of the topografische dienst but also for map users, for instance, historians who need to analyze maps for research purposes. This research reveals two contexts to curate the maps from the topografische diensts: a social and institutional context.Show less
Map is one of the tools to conquer and manage a colonial state. The Dutch established some mapping institutions in the Netherlands East Indies, one of them was the Topografische Dienst (The...Show moreMap is one of the tools to conquer and manage a colonial state. The Dutch established some mapping institutions in the Netherlands East Indies, one of them was the Topografische Dienst (The Topographic Service). It was classified as a military mapping institution. This thesis is aimed to investigate the shifting functions of the Indies Topographic Service and to contribute to the debate of the mapping purpose(s) by an empirical study of a region that was previously not studied in detail. Organizational changes, mapping activities, map elements and the distribution of the mapping functions will be studied in order to investigate the research question. The Indies Government shifted their position in the organizational structure of the Department of War. During 1864-1907, they had not only for military but also political and economic purposes. Those functions overlapped one to each other. Those transformations depicted the Dutch colonial phases in the archipelago. There was no single mapping function as suggested by some scholars that could be applied to the whole part of the archipelago. It varied through time and space.Show less
