Iko tulisan nan mambukakkan mato kito sarato untuak angkatan barikuiknyo
nan ingin mancaliak Sejarah dari macam-macam pandangan.
Nan paliang baru dalam hal iko dalam paragraf terakhir, koleksi data usaho
Angku Rusli Amran Suami Isteri nan tasimpan di Ranah Mianang, suatu Hadiah
Kenangan untuak angkatan reset Sejarah Minang di maso datang. Usaho baliau
suami isteri ko sangkat Kito Haragokan dan Patuik Dikenang dalam Sejarah.
Para researcher kito dapek mahimaik wakatu, pitih, dan tanago untuak
mambaco risalah-risalah arsip nan disimpan dek Angku Rusli Amran ko. Kok
ado bana nan dapek pai ka Nagari Bulando, atau mancari-cari Data ka Arsip
Nasional di Jakarta, namun bahabih hari, pitih, jo tanago, atau hilang di
jalan atau dalam liku-liku rangan danlanatai-lantau parpustakaan nan
babalik-balik tu. Rancak bana kok arsip-arsip nan di tigo tampek di
Sumatera Barat ko digunokan oleh adidunsanak dan anak kamanakan kito untuak
mampalajarinyo labiah dalam.
Sayangnyo Angku "ET Hadi Saputra" nan mamampangkan artikel ko indak
manyabuik sumber sia Jeffrey Hadler dan dari maa postiang atau artikel tu
diambiak. Sarancaknyo dilangkoki sumbernyo untuak bahan research
salanjuiknyo. Kito batarimo kasih ka angku "ET Hadi Saputra" nan
mangatangahkan Jeffrey Hadler nan mambukakan mato kito ka sumber-sumber
arsip di Sumatra barat nan disabuiknyo tu. Sarato tarimo kasih kito ka
Angku Jeffrey Hadler. Sarancaknyo kaba elokko dapek dikatahui pulo dek
panuntuik ilimu sejarah di lingkungan akademik kito di kampuih-kampuih di
Sumatera Barat. Mudah-mudahan para Pemerhati Sejarah di Kampuang, kini atau
maso nanti, dapek mancaliak, manggunokan, dan manfaatkan sumber-sumber tu
saelok-eloknyo.
Salam,
--MakNgah
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From: "ET Hadi Saputra" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue Nov 15, 2005 2:15pm
Subject: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FYI; Sedikit tentang Rusli Amran [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: FYI; Sedikit tentang Rusli Amran
Rusli Amran and the Rewriting of Minangkabau History
Jeffrey Hadler
Rather than review Rusli Amran's five books on West Sumatran history, this
essay will serve as a brief introduction to Minangkabauist historical
debates among so-called amateur historians in Indonesia. (All titles are
given in English translation. See Reference list for Indonesian citations.)
Most Indonesianists are familiar with the writings of Taufik Abdullah,
Deliar Noer, Alfian, Harsja Bachtiar, and other foreign-trained Indonesian
scholars of Indonesian history. But there is another group of informal
historians whose books were written in an entirely Indonesian context and
for an Indonesian audience. These historians deserve our attention.
..................
As important as Rusli Amran's writings is another extraordinary act of
generosity. While undertaking archival research, he photocopied every
available journal article and manuscript relating to West Sumatra. This is
an enormous collection of documents. Amran then made multiple copies of this
collection and deposited them in three locations in West Sumatra: the
library of the Literature and Humanities Division of Andalas University in
Limau Manis; the reading room of the West Sumatran Arts Council in the
Abdullah Kamil Building in Padang; and the Center for Documentation and
"Inventorization" of Minangkabau Culture in Padang Panjang. Through Amran's
efforts students of West Sumatran history have access to books that provide
lucid and unpretentious introductions to the colonial period. And they also
have access to the primary sources without having to travel to the
Netherlands or even Jakarta. Finally, Rusli Amran's widow has established
the Yayasan Rusli Amran in Jakarta to house a study and documentation center
and to support research into West Sumatran history. While largely unknown
internationally, Rusli Amran has done much to foster the study of
Minangkabau history in Indonesia. His books are well worth reading.
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