BACKGROUND
Saujana heritage or cultural landscape, is the inextricable unity between nature and manmade heritage in space and time or the variety of interactive manifestation between manmade heritage and natural environment. The interaction of nature and culture has become a new perspective in global discourse of sciences especially those which concern with heritage conservation started in the end of the 80’s.
In Indonesia the discourse on cultural landscape has not yet developed. It is even realized that in education the issue has not been a learning material whereas in fact, Indonesia from Sabang to Merauke is a mosaic of one of world’s biggest cultural landscape diversity that needs interdisciplinary handling. That is why conservation and management of cultural landscape are very urgent things to do.
In 2003, Indonesia Network for Heritage Conservation (INHC) in collaboration with International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) Indonesia and Ministry of Culture and Tourism in Indonesia Heritage Year 2003 (theme: Celebrating Diversity) declared Indonesian Charter for Heritage Conservation which among other shares the understanding that:
- The heritage of Indonesia is the legacy of nature, culture and saujana,the weave of two. Natural heritage is the construct of nature. Manmade heritage is the legacy of thought, emotion, intentions, and works that spring from over 500 ethnic groups in Tanah Air Indonesia, singularly, and together as one nation, and from the interactions with other cultures throughout its lengths of history. Saujana heritage is the inextricable unity between nature and manmade heritage in space and time.
- Cultural heritage includes both tangible and intangible legacies;
- Heritage, bequeathed from the generations that precede us, is the vital foundation and initial capital for the development of the Indonesian nation in the future, and for these reasons, must be conserved and passed along to the next generation in good condition, without loss of value, and if possible with an enhanced value, to form heritage for the future
Meanwhile Borobudur UNESCO Expert Meeting held in July 2003 stated that a study on Borobudur cultural landscape is urgent to be conducted and started in 2004 Indonesian Government through Department of Culture and Tourism had prepared 2nd Stage of Borobudur Restoration emphasized on Intangible Cultural Heritage and community empowerment.
In order to response the comprehensive needs, in scientific as well as practical, on the conservation of Borobudur Cultural Landscape, since 2004, the International Field School of Borobudur Cultural Landscape Heritage Conservation (shortly named Borobudur Field School/BFS) has been annually organized by the Center for Heritage Conservation, Department of Architecture and Planning, Gadjah Mada University in collaboration with Kanki Laboratory for Architecture and Human Environmental Planning, Graduate School of Urban Environmental Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan, Miyagawa Seminar, Dept. of Environmental System, Wakayama University, Japan, and Jogja Heritage Society.
THEME
Borobudur National Strategic Area and Its Sustainable Development Policy
OBJECTIVES
- The objectives of the Field School program in general are:
- To give participants a comprehension on conservation and management of cultural landscape, in which include historical buildings, setting and culture system, living culture and other natural environment components
- To enhance participant skill in implementing concepts, methods, conservation process and landscape management in field actual cases.
- To enhance participant interest in cultural landscape conservation.
- To give participants experience in doing a research on cultural landscape conservation directly in the field.
The objective of Field School program in specific is emphasized on enhancing participant skill in implementing techniques of cultural landscape conservation in which include inventory, documentation and presentation to generating design guidelines in a particular area.
ACTIVITY PROGRAM
During 8 day program, participants will experience fun learning activities such as:
- Field School
- Borobudur Heritage Trail and Sunrise Trip
- Field Survey
- Discussion with local community
- Presentation
- Cultural activities with local community
PARTICIPANTS
- Students from Indonesian or overseas universities who have concerns in cultural landscape heritage conservation.
- Lecturers, researchers from Indonesia or overseas universities with interdisciplinary sciences related to the program topic
- Parties who have concerns on cultural landscape heritage conservation (government, association, culture and heritage, environment, tourism expert/interested person etc..
TIME AND VENUE
The field school program will be organized for 8 days started on 2 July to 8 July 2012. Participants will depart together from Gadjah Mada University, Yogyakarta to Borobudur on July 2, 2012. During the program participants will stay in the modest accommodation in Yogyakarta and home-stays in Candirejo Village, Borobudur Sub-district, Magelang Regency, Central Java.
REGISTRATION AND FEE
International Field School Participants may register to:
Center for Heritage Conservation
Department of Architecture and Planning, Faculty of Engineering, Gadjah Mada University
Jl. Grafika 2, Sekip Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Telp. 62 274 544910. Fax: 62 274 580852
Contact Person: Sinta, E-mail: she_jogja@yahoo.com
Registration to the Organizing Committee not later than May 20, 2012
Confirmation of participation by May 25, 2012
Registration Fee Rp. 2,500,000,- for Indonesian students and USD 300 for general public and foreign students. Registration fee can be transferred to Bank Account:
Sinta Carolina
BANK BNI 46, Branch UGM Yogyakarta, Indonesia, No. 0038671545
Call for Participants of 6th BFS 2012
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