Fauzan Syahru Ramadhan, Dara Sylvia
This research aims to analyze the lifestyle of the European community and its influence on the indigenous population (Bumiputra) in the Banyumas Residency during the Dutch colonial. Historiography of Indonesia to date has largely focused on the lives of European communities in major urban centers while overlooking the influence of their lifestyle in regional areas. Such marginalization in historical writing is also evident in the case of the Banyumas Residency, which has often been categorized as a peripheral region. Consequently, the lives of the European community residing in that place, along with their social and cultural influence, remain largely neglected in Indonesian historiography. Based on this issue, it is important to examine how the European community lived and how their lifestyle influenced the Bumiputra population in inland regions such as the Banyumas Residency, drawing on primary sources and a persuasive analytical perspective. This research employed the historical method supported by Antonio Gramsci’s theory of hegemony. The findings indicated that the European community residing in the Banyumas Residency lived within a social construction that granted them significant privileges. This social structure was shaped by colonial practices and social segregation. As a consequence, they enjoyed considerable freedom to express their lifestyle in public spaces among the Bumiputra population. The lifestyle of the European community exerted a hegemonic influence over the lives of the Bumiputra, particularly the priyayi (native aristocratic class). A distinctive feature of this hegemonic process was the persuasive acceptance by the Bumiputra without significant resistance. This characteristic distinguishes the process of European cultural hegemony over the Bumiputra in the Banyumas Residency from similar processes in other regions of the Dutch East Indies. © 2026, Ediciones Clio. All rights reserved.
Department of History, Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia; Department of History, Universitas Negeri, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
