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International Visiting Fellowship 2016 Jette Linaa ‘The Emotional Object in the Dutch Golden Age’ As part of its international research collaboration, the ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions funds outstanding international scholars in the field to visit one or more of the Australian nodes for a period of between four weeks and two months, to work with members of the Centre on a research program of their choice. Visitors are invited to present their work in lectures or symposia, where they will receive feedback from and engage in discussion with members of the Centre, promoting collaborative research. Jette Linaa held an International Visiting Research Fellowship in 2016 and travelled to Australia to work with the Centre at the UWA, USyd and UMelb nodes for six weeks. Jette is Curator in Historical Archaeology at Moesgaard Museum, Denmark. She is also a Lecturer with the Department of Archaeology at the University of Aarhus and with the Department of Maritime Archaeology at the University of Southern Denmark. She is currently the head of the Danish Council for Independent Research/Humanities ‘Urban Diaspora: Diaspora Communities and Materiality in Early Modern Urban Centres’ project

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 International  Visiting  Fellowship  2016    

 Jette  Linaa  

 ‘The  Emotional  Object  in  the  Dutch  Golden  Age’  

 

     As  part  of  its  international  research  collaboration,  the  ARC  Centre  of  Excellence  for  the  History  of  Emotions  funds  outstanding  international  scholars  in  the  field  to  visit  one  or  more  of  the  Australian  nodes  for  a  period  of  between  four  weeks  and  two  months,  to  work  with  members  of  the  Centre  on  a  research  program  of  their  choice.  Visitors  are  invited  to  present  their  work  in  lectures  or  symposia,  where  they  will  receive  feedback  from  and  engage  in  discussion  with  members  of  the  Centre,  promoting  collaborative  research.      Jette  Linaa  held  an  International  Visiting  Research  Fellowship  in  2016  and  travelled  to  Australia  to  work  with  the  Centre  at  the  UWA,  USyd  and  UMelb  nodes  for  six  weeks.          Jette  is  Curator  in  Historical  Archaeology  at  Moesgaard  Museum,  Denmark.  She  is  also  a  Lecturer  with  the  Department  of  Archaeology  at  the  University  of  Aarhus  and  with  the  Department  of  Maritime  Archaeology  at  the  University  of  Southern  Denmark.  She  is  currently  the  head  of  the  Danish  Council  for  Independent  Research/Humanities  ‘Urban  Diaspora:  Diaspora  Communities  and  Materiality  in  Early  Modern  Urban  Centres’  project  

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(2014–2017),  which  brings  together  a  team  of  14  archaeologists,  historians  and  scientists  from  10  universities  and  museums  in  Denmark,  Sweden,  Germany  and  the  Netherlands  to  explore  the  materiality  of  migration.  Her  recent  publications  include  a  monograph,  Urban  Consumption:  Consumption,  International  Connections  and  Social  Topographies  in  Aarhus,  900–1800  (Aarhus  Universitetsforlag,  2016),  and  chapters  in  edited  collections  on  the  historical  archaeology  of  crafts  and  consumption.    Jette  discusses  the  benefits  and  highlights  of  her  time  with  CHE,  below.      My  visiting  research  fellowship,  to  work  on  a  project  titled  ‘The  Emotional  Object  in  the  Dutch  Golden  Age’,  gave  me  the  opportunity  to  spend  September  and  part  of  October  2016  visiting  and  working  at  three  nodes  of  the  ARC  Centre  of  Excellence  for  the  History  of  Emotions:  the  universities  of  Western  Australia  (UWA),  Sydney  (USyd)  and  Melbourne  (UMelb).  First  I  spent  almost  four  weeks  at  UWA  in  Perth,  where  Pam  Bond,  Andrew  Lynch,  Jaqueline  Van  Gent,  Susan  Broomhall  and  many  other  colleagues  welcomed  me.  I  was  off  to  a  flying  start,  participating  in  the  UWA  Research  Week  Panel  Discussion,  ‘Encounters  and  Emotions  in  Colonial  Histories’,  the  day  after  my  arrival.  The  discussion  featured  Dr  Jeremy  Martens,  Professor  Susan  Broomhall,  Professor  Jacqueline  Van  Gent,  Dr  Shino  Konishi  and  Dr  Robin  Macdonald.  The  theme  of  the  discussion  centred  on  how  the  emotions  of  fear,  anger  and  sorrow  shaped  encounters  between  indigenous  peoples  and  colonisers  in  the  early  modern  period.  European  exploration  and  colonisation  at  this  time,  whether  in  the  Americas,  Asia  or  Australia,  prompted  a  range  of  encounters  between  diverse  groups  and  cultures.  But  how  did  emotions  –  fear,  anger,  sorrow  –  shape  these  encounters?  These  topics  are  very  relevant  to  my  own  research,  centred  as  it  is  around  the  use  of  emotional  objects  in  cultural  meetings  between  Dutch  colonisers  and  indigenous  Danes  in  the  sixteenth  and  seventeenth  centuries.      Very  quickly,  I  found  myself  immersed  in  a  wonderfully  inspiring  research  environment.  I  was  welcomed  warmly  and  formed  lasting,  inspiring  relationships  with  my  colleagues:  relationships  that  as  I  write  are  bearing  fruit  in  the  establishment  of  new  collaborations  and  new  research  initiatives.  I  was  greatly  impressed  by  the  positive,  supportive  atmosphere,  the  open  free  debate  and  the  innovative  research  environment,  and  I  must  admit  that  I  had  the  most  fruitful  stay  and  only  wish  it  had  lasted  longer.  My  own  background  as  a  historical  archaeologist  was  met  with  great  openness,  and  I  found  the  research  at  the  Centre  very  relevant  to  my  own  work  on  emotional  objects,  complementary  even.  Very  quickly,  I  was  involved  in  the  planning  of  new  research  initiatives  and  publications  that  are  maturing  as  I  write,  especially  in  collaboration  with  Jacqueline  Van  Gent  and  Susan  Broomhall.  During  the  stay  I  gave  a  lecture,  ‘The  Emotional  Object:  The  Materiality  of  Friendship,  Longing  and  Trust  Among  Dutch  Migrants  in  Denmark  and  Beyond’,  and  was  happy  to  be  met  with  positive  comments  and  interest.      

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In  the  third  week  of  my  visit,  I  had  the  luck  to  participate  in  the  Zest  festival.  My  involvement  encompassed  workshops  for  local  schoolchildren,  aged  seven  to  14,  on  the  Dutch  shipwrecks  on  the  west  coast  of  Australia.  The  children  were  so  engaged,  curious  and  positive,  and  their  teacher  made  me  feel  so  welcome,  that  it  was  a  great  pleasure  and  great  fun.  At  the  Zest  festival  itself,  I  gave  a  public  lecture  on  emotional  objects,  and  again  I  was  met  with  great  interest  from  the  visitors.  I  participated  in  the  festival  weekend,  which  included  a  concert  and  performance  on  the  beach  that  impressed  me  greatly:  a  very  emotional  moment  at  a  place  where  so  many  people  perished.      In  Sydney,  I  participated  in  the  conference  ‘Emotions  in  Legal  Practice:  Historical  and  Modern  Attitudes  Compared’  at  USyd.  The  themes  in  the  conferences,  and  the  many  papers,  were  quite  inspiring  for  my  own  research,  as  part  of  my  project  is  an  investigation  of  legal  conflicts  between  Dutchmen  and  Danes.  At  UMelb  on  the  last  leg  of  my  tour,  I  had  the  pleasure  of  meeting  Charles  Zika  and  Grace  Moore,  who  invited  me  to  give  a  lecture  on  emotional  objects  at  a  research  seminar.  Again,  I  was  warmly  welcomed  and  greeted  in  a  very  inspiring  research  environment.      My  visit  was  the  most  inspiring  and  productive  way  to  spend  six  weeks.  I  am  grateful  to  Andrew  Lynch  and  the  board  for  granting  me  an  International  Visiting  Research  Fellowship  and  grateful  to  the  many  colleagues  who  showed  such  interest  in  my  research,  and  who  quickly  saw  the  connections  and  possibilities  for  collaborations  across  disciplines.  Finally,  I  will  direct  a  special  thanks  to  Jaqueline  Van  Gent  and  Susan  Broomhall  for  forming  an  ongoing  collaboration  and  to  Pam  Bond  and  Katrina  Tap  for  being  so  utterly  helpful  in  every  way.