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Article: Dimming the Seas around Borneo: Contesting Island Sovereignty and Lighthouse Administration amidst the End of Empire, 1946–1948
Title | Dimming the Seas around Borneo: Contesting Island Sovereignty and Lighthouse Administration amidst the End of Empire, 1946–1948 |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Borneo Lighthouse Sovereignty Colonialism Philippines |
Issue Date | 2019 |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=TRN |
Citation | TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia, 2019, v. 7 n. 2, p. 1-27 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This article examines issues of island sovereignty and lighthouse administration in maritime Southeast Asia in the context of post-war decolonisation. It does so by demonstrating how lax and complacent colonial governance in British North Borneo led to the construction of a lighthouse on contested island territory. By the late 1940s these islands became the focal point of a regional dispute between the Philippines, North Borneo's colonial government, and the United Kingdom. While lighthouses were, in the colonial mind-set, deemed essential for illuminating the coasts and projecting order onto the seas, the Philippine government sought to renege on colonial-era obligations and wrest a new sense of post-colonial legitimacy.
The legacy of the Turtle Island transfer was therefore significant in recalibrating imperial lighting in the Sulu Sea, as well as giving rise to a Philippine post-colonial authority that was characterised by an acknowledgement of indigenous Suluk maritime heritage. Similarly, it reflected an extension of previous instances of transnational disputes in the region, where the island shoal had been simultaneously claimed and administered by the United States, the United Kingdom and the historical Sulu Sultanate. While the lighthouse remained destroyed, and the seas dimmed, by mid-1948 the Turtle Islands had attained a new post-colonial and transnational status. Utilising a range of archival sources, memoirs and published material, this article sheds light on an under-examined period of Southeast Asian history. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/278845 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 0.9 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.646 |
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dc.contributor.author | SAUNDERS, DR | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-21T02:15:06Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-10-21T02:15:06Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2019 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia, 2019, v. 7 n. 2, p. 1-27 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 2051-364X | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/278845 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This article examines issues of island sovereignty and lighthouse administration in maritime Southeast Asia in the context of post-war decolonisation. It does so by demonstrating how lax and complacent colonial governance in British North Borneo led to the construction of a lighthouse on contested island territory. By the late 1940s these islands became the focal point of a regional dispute between the Philippines, North Borneo's colonial government, and the United Kingdom. While lighthouses were, in the colonial mind-set, deemed essential for illuminating the coasts and projecting order onto the seas, the Philippine government sought to renege on colonial-era obligations and wrest a new sense of post-colonial legitimacy. The legacy of the Turtle Island transfer was therefore significant in recalibrating imperial lighting in the Sulu Sea, as well as giving rise to a Philippine post-colonial authority that was characterised by an acknowledgement of indigenous Suluk maritime heritage. Similarly, it reflected an extension of previous instances of transnational disputes in the region, where the island shoal had been simultaneously claimed and administered by the United States, the United Kingdom and the historical Sulu Sultanate. While the lighthouse remained destroyed, and the seas dimmed, by mid-1948 the Turtle Islands had attained a new post-colonial and transnational status. Utilising a range of archival sources, memoirs and published material, this article sheds light on an under-examined period of Southeast Asian history. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | Cambridge University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=TRN | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia | - |
dc.rights | TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia. Copyright © Cambridge University Press. | - |
dc.rights | This article has been published in a revised form in [Journal] [http://doi.org/XXX]. This version is free to view and download for private research and study only. Not for re-distribution, re-sale or use in derivative works. © copyright holder. | - |
dc.subject | Borneo | - |
dc.subject | Lighthouse | - |
dc.subject | Sovereignty | - |
dc.subject | Colonialism | - |
dc.subject | Philippines | - |
dc.title | Dimming the Seas around Borneo: Contesting Island Sovereignty and Lighthouse Administration amidst the End of Empire, 1946–1948 | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | SAUNDERS, DR: davids93@hku.hk | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1017/trn.2019.5 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85064957467 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 307841 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 7 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 27 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000612775400002 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 2051-364X | - |