Atjeh-kenners (English: “Aceh experts”) is a term or concept described in Jongejan’s Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu in relation to Aceh. People who know Aceh well; self-proclaimed experts who, per Jongejans, often spread the most fantastic tales about Aceh, contributing to its bad reputation.
Translation
Aceh experts
Description
People who know Aceh well; self-proclaimed experts who, per Jongejans, often spread the most fantastic tales about Aceh, contributing to its bad reputation. Jongejans distances himself from the long-time ‘Atjeh-kenner’ category and the ‘adoration mutuelle’ among European cliques.
Significance
The term Atjeh-kenners is recorded by Jongejan as part of the cultural, administrative, or institutional vocabulary of Aceh.
See Also
Source
Land en Volk van Atjeh Vroeger en Nu, by J. Jongejans, Oud-Resident van het Gewest Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden, with a foreword by Dr. H. Colijn (Baarn: Hollandia Drukkerij N.V., c. 1938), pp. 15, 21.