Conservation of Saujana Pusaka (Heritage Cultural Landscape) is a flagship in the field of heritage conservation in the Department of Architecture and Planning, Faculty of Engineering UGM. Heritage Saujana is the inextricable unity between nature and manmade heritage (tangible and intangible culture) in space and time. The beginning of learning about this science has been carried out at UGM, since 2004 when the Center for Heritage Conservation, Department of Architecture and Planning, Faculty of Engineering, UGM organized the International Field School on Borobudur Heritage Saujana (IFSBHS). As of 2017, IFSBHS has been held 9 times2. IFSBHS participants consist of students, local government employees, and observers from various countries, including Indonesia, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Egypt, France, Thailand, and China.
In 2009, Batik Indonesia was inscribed as UNESCO Masterpieces of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. And in 2014, the World Craft Council designated Jogja as the World Batik City. The distinctive character of local traditional batik could not be separated from the quality of surrounded saujana. In the year 2016, this Center successfully conducted the “International Summer Course on Imogiri Heritage Saujana with the theme Participatory Planning on Batik Eco-Museum”. This Summer Course 2016 was also an integrated program with the Jogja International Batik Biennale (JIBB) 2016, a program from Jogja World Batik City. The participants were students from various countries, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Nepal.
This year, 2021, the program highlights on the International Summer Course on Jogja World Batik City that will be conducted under the theme of: Balancing Creative Economy and Heritage Saujana Conservation to Foster Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The objectives are:
- Participants’ understanding on:
- the relation of outstanding local crafts, that is Batik, and its built and natural environment known as heritage saujana;
- the history of Batik and its recognitions as the UNESCO Masterpieces of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity and Jogja World Batik City
- the roles of Batik as Culture Diplomacy & Creative Economy
- the roles of Jogja heritage saujana conservation to foster SDGs.
- Increase the skills and experience of participants in building the balance of the creative economy & conservation practice of heritage saujana in fostering SDGs of Jogja World Batik City.
- Compilation of participant documents in building the balance of creative economy and heritage saujana conservation as strategies in fostering SDGs in the context of Jogja World Batik City
Period : April 9th – June 13rd, 2021
Website : https://chc.ft.ugm.ac.id/isc-jogja-world-batik-city-2021
Contact : chc.detap.ugm@gmail.com
The registration link for all program: www.admission.ugm.ac.id
If you have any issues in registering, kindly contact:
Office of International Affairs UGM
Email: admission@ugm.ac.id
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