ORAL HISTORY PROJECT

HISTORY OF

BELANDA DEPOK

The real record of history is found in the lives of the ordinary people who lived it. Collecting, preserving and sharing oral histories not only transmits knowledge from one generation to the next, it enhances our understanding of the past by illuminating personal experience.

Universitas IndonesiaProgram PascasarjanaIlmu Perpustakaan dan InformasiFakultas Ilmu Pengetahuan Budaya

Endang Wahyu Lestari

Hendro Wicaksono

M. Jarkasih

Ni Putu Wahyu Candra W

The team members:

Equipments Preparation

Interview Process

Sequences for Oral History Project (1)

● Search and formulate interesting topic or issue.

● Search the interviewee for the topic.

● Browse the supporting documents and publications about the topic.

● Define the questions.

● Plan the project (interviewee, budget, job desc for each group members, equipments, time frames and mechanism of interview).

Sequences for Oral History Project (2)

● Determine the type of oral history.

● Interview process.

● Write down the interview transcript.

● Organizing results and preparing the group presentation.

● Presenting the project.

Project Information (1)

Topic : Belanda Depok

● Interesting topic, reality history● Location in Depok city● The communities of Belanda Depok are still exist● We can still found some of the relics of Belanda Depok,

and the buildings that remain from that era.● There are still some undercover stories about Belanda

Depok.

Project Information (2)

Interviewee: Mr. Otto Leander

● He is one of the important persons of belanda depok.

● He is a pure heir of belanda depok. He is from clan Leander (one of 12 clans).

● He is a committee of belanda depok organization (YLCC).

Project Information (3)

Type of Oral History : Oral life story, because the interview will focused on his life experiences as a Belanda Depok.

Equipments : camera, video camera, sound recorder, tripod

Meeting point : at Restauran Soto, Kartini street, Depok (3pm – 6pm) on 1 November 2012 (based on appointment)

Interview + Site visit time : about 3.30pm – 6.00 pm.

Chronology of Oral History Project (1)

25-30 October 2012. We did literature research about belanda depok from :

● Book : Gedoran Depok, by Wenri Wanhar published by Sadar Media, 2011.

● Television program kampung kita from Elshinta TV Station.

● Internet.

Chronology of Oral History Project (2)

31 Oktober 2012. We discussed about objections, targets, interview process and make appointment with Mr. Otto Leander, arrange the questionnaire and define jobs desc to our group members, ask for Mr. Leander’s permission for interview.

Chronology of Oral History Project (3)

1 November 2012:

● Meet Mr. Otto Leander.● Asked for Mr. Leander’s permission to record and take

pictures for academic purpose● Get permission : to release his name and his story for

the presentation● interviewing process (about 2 hours)● taking pictures when site visit: parliament building,

state court, church, and the first electricity pole in depok

Chronology of Oral History Project (4)

19 November 2012. We discuss the final project and group presentation:

● Share the voice recording for each group members● Define form of report (transcript and group presentation

method)● Personal jobs● Compile the pictures of Mr. Otto Leander and the

relics and buildings that remain from Belanda depok

Chronology of Oral History Project (5)

19 – 22 November 2012 :● Each member write down the transcription as long as

the interview recording● Make report / group presentation● Make Power point

23 November 2012 : group presentation session

Result of Oral History Project

● Biodata of Mr. Otto Leander● Table of Content● Transcription of Interview● Pictures of relics of Belanda Depok and buildings that

remain from that era● Frame of metadata, Oral History of Belanda Depok

Difficulties

● To synchronize the vision, mission, and objective among the team members

● To specify the place and time to meet the interviewee● To Avoiding noise around the site interview (the

meeting point was in the restaurant and the rain was so heavy)

● Less systematic interview process because it's the first time for our group, and answers from interviewee less focused

● We felt hesitate to interrupt the interviewee to focus.

Sites Visit

Inside of the church

Sites Visit

Inside of the church

Sites Visit

Inside of the church

Sites Visit

Inside of the church

Sites Visit

Inside of the church

Sites Visit

Inside of the church

Sites Visit

12 church doors with clan's name on each door

Sites Visit

12 church doors with clan's name on each door

Sites Visit

12 church doors with clan's name on each door

Sites Visit

Outside of the church

Sites Visit

State court of Belanda Depok

Sites Visit

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Parliament building, now Harapan Depok Hospital

Sites Visit

Parliament building, now Harapan Depok Hospital

Sites Visit

First electricity pole in Depok (near from parliament building)

Our Opinion About Oral History Project

New interesting experiences during all the oral history process.

hopefully, what we have made here can be an example for the real creation of oral history archive in Indonesia.

Thank You