Cultural Preservation in Javanese Society

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10.2991/978-2-38476-228-6_51How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Cultural Heritage; Ethnographic Studies; Javanese residential houses; identity preservation

Abstract

This research reveals how Javanese people maintain Javanese culture in residential houses. In their lives, Javanese people show their commitment to strive for the defense and development of cultural existence, especially in residential houses. The research question departs from cultural changes that go hand in hand with the times can result in the loss of the existence of cultural heritage which certainly affects the identity of a cultural group. This research aims to show the efforts to preserve residential houses as cultural heritage despite modernization. This research use ethnographic studies as a research method to reviews important issues related to the preservation of residential houses as cultural heritage. The results of this study show how Javanese people maintain Javanese culture in their houses even under the onslaught of modern problems, through (1) reveal preservation efforts through the preservation of building forms and (2) the preservation of spatial functions. In the midst of massive changes, Javanese people try to preserve the values, norms, and identity of Javanese culture in residential houses. The preservation effort shows the awareness of the Javanese community regarding the importance of preserving culture which is done by maintaining the form of the building. The implication of this research refers to the preservation of identity in a Javanese residential house. Javanese residential houses are maintained by preventing changes and destruction and maintaining the shape of the building to match the original state, either maintaining old materials or using new materials.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Sakundria Satya Murti Wardhana
AU  - Imam Santosa
AU  - Andriyanto Wibisono
AU  - Yan Yan Sunarya
PY  - 2024
DA  - 2024/06/12
TI  - Cultural Preservation in Javanese Society
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Multidisciplinary Studies (ICoMSi 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 609
EP  - 621
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-228-6_51
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-228-6_51
ID  - Wardhana2024
ER  -