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.

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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.