Canon of Curaçao

The Canon of Curaçao is a list of fifty themes (called "windows") that chronologically summarizes the history of Curaçao. In the windows 50 subjects are described in approximately 400 words each.[1] Complementing the Canon of the Netherlands and its regional canons, the Canon of Curaçao was compiled on the initiative of the General Faculty of the University of Curaçao (UoC), for the purpose of history education.[2]

In 2020, the canon was released by a committee appointed by the University of Curaçao, the Curaçao National Archives [nl] (Dutch: Nationaal Archief Curaçao, NAC), and the Foundation for School Materials (Papiamento: Fundashon Material pa Skol, FMS).[2] The committee members are:

  • Dr. R. M. Allen, anthropologist, part-time lecturer at UoC
  • Drs. E. Baetens, former geography teacher and FMS employee
  • Drs. W. Kamps, former staff member of the General Faculty of UoC
  • Drs. M. Scriwanek, director of the NAC
  • Drs. R. Sille, former history teacher and rector of the Kolegio Alejandro Paula (KAP)
  • Drs. H. Vlinkervleugel, chairman of the Curaçao association of history teachers
  • Drs. I. Witteveen, former director of the National Archaeological Anthropological Museum (NAAM) and former FMS employee

The 50 windows

Theme Period Description
1 The original inhabitants[3] 5000 BCE–500 The pre-ceramic or archaic period
2 The Spanish period[4] 1499–1634 The first European settlers and administrators
3 The conquest of Curaçao by the WIC and the arrival of the Dutch[5] 1634–1665 The conquest of Curaçao
4 New inhabitants in the seventeenth century[6] 1634–1700 Introduction of the plantation economy
5 The slave trade and slavery[7] 1672–1713 Curaçao as slave market
6 Resistance to slavery[8] 18th century Rebellion of enslaved Africans
7 Tula[9] 1795 From slave leader to national hero
8 Papiamentu[10] from 1700 From colloquial language to creole language
9 Curaçao around 1800[11] 1795–1803 Seizures of power
10 The development of Willemstad[12] from 1634 Urban development
11 The development of habitation outside Willemstad[13] from 1634 The population of Bandabou
12 Brión, Piar and Bolívar[14] 18th century Historical heroes
13 The plantation system of Curaçao[15] from 1634 Running an agricultural business
14 The abolition of slavery[16] 1 July 1863 Emancipation
15 The structure of society in the first half of the nineteenth century[17] 19th century Social status based on skin color
16 Buildings[18] from 1634 Architecture of Curaçao
17 The defense of Curaçao[19] from 1634 Defensive works
18 Employment and emigration between 1863 and 1920[20] 1863–1920 Regional labor migration
19 Mining industry[21] from 1634 Salt, guano, phosphate, and limestone
20 The arrival of Catholic religious from the Netherlands[22] from 1715 The mission among the Afro-Curaçaoan population
21 The arrival of the oil industry[23] from 1912 Establishment of the Shell refinery
22 The new immigrants on Curaçao from the beginning of the twentieth century[24] 20th century Migrant flows
23 The harbor[25] from 1634 Harbor and economy
24 The labor movement[26] 20th century Origin and development
25 The Second World War[27] 1940–1945 War and neutrality
26 Dr. M. F. da Costa Gomez[28] 1907–1966 Curaçaoan statesman
27 Universal suffrage[29] 1948 Political emancipation
28 The charter[30] 15 December 1954 Reformed relations within the Kingdom
29 The sixties – an atmosphere of change[31] 1960–1969 Emergence of the trade union system
30 Thirty May 1969[32] 30 May 1969 Rebellion against oppression
31 Women's emancipation[33] 20th century Elimination of social inequality
32 The cultural dynamics of the seventies[34] from c. 1970 Attention to domestic art and culture
33 Departure of Shell, arrival and departure of PDVSA[35] 1976–2019 Management of the oil refinery
34 The political developments from the charter to 10 October 2010[36] 1954–2010 Autonomization and decentralization of governance
35 From ‘Oil as King’ to ‘Tourism as King’[37] 20th century Pillars of the economy
36 Sports: small island – great sportspeople – Andruw Jones[38] 20th century International sports achievements
37 Visual arts in the 20th century[39] 20th century Curaçaoan artists
38 Carnival[40] from 1872 Origin and development of the folk festival
39 Water[41] 20th century Water sources, supply, and use
40 Elis Juliana [pap] and Paul Brenneker [pap][42] 20th century Pioneers of Curaçaoan cultural heritage
41 Education on Curaçao[43] 19th and 20th century Emergence, access and structure
42 The plural society[44] from 1915 Economy, labor and diversity
43 Getting along with nature[45] from 1499 Interaction between humans and nature
44 Religion and religious celebrations[46] 1965 Entry and multiplicity of religions
45 The relation with Venezuela[47] from 1634 Administrative, economic and trade relations
46 The lives of Curaçaoans in the diaspora[48] from 1880 Emigration and remigration
47 The other islands of the former Netherlands Antilles[49] from 1635 Connection with Aruba, Bonaire, Sint Maarten, Sint Eustatius, and Saba
48 The development of telecommunications[50] from 1887 History of the means of communication
49 Transport[51] from 1880 The development of road, sea, and air transport
50 Media[52] from 1812 The development of the media

See also

References

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