Understandings and Practices of the Concept of Cultural Diversity in the Historical Context : Localization of cultural diversity and Contextual future policies

Segil Jang;  ; Jiwon Shin; Suhyun Youk

doi:10.26654/iagc.2021.8.1.025

Dualism in the South Halmahera Government’s Policy on Managing Diversity in the Bacan Sultanate

Jurnal Humaniora ◽

10.22146/jh.61715 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 33 (1) ◽

pp. 17

Author(s):

Flavius Floris Andries

Keyword(s):

Cultural Diversity ◽

Political System ◽

Historical Context ◽

The South ◽

Interesting Phenomenon ◽

Social Lives ◽

Managing Diversity ◽

The People ◽

Research Questions ◽

Depth Interviews

The issue of dualism in the South Halmahera government policy on managing cultural diversity in the Bacan Sultanate is an interesting phenomenon to study. Saruma, the multicultural icon used to manage diversity in the Bacan Sultanate, is not reflected in governmental policy or society, in general. This study focused on three research questions: 1) What is the socio-historical context of the Bacan Sultanate from which the concept of Saruma emerged? 2) Why has the South Halmahera government failed to apply the concept of Saruma in its policy on managing diversity? 3) What are the impacts of this dualism on the people? This qualitative research employed observation techniques to understand the community’s dynamics. In-depth interviews were conducted to obtain data concerning the people’s social lives as well as the government’s policy and its impact on society. A literature review was undertaken to understand related research and to formulate a theoretical framework as an analytical device. The results showed that in spite of the cultural authority owned by the Sultanate, the absence of political authority has led to a failure to implement its Saruma concept in managing the cultural diversity. The change of political system from representation to participation has also led to transactional politics, which benefits the majority but disadvantages the minority, and the traditions of domination and hegemony, in turn, have discriminated against the minority, endangering their identity.

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The Celebration of Cultural Diversity and the Politics of Difference in Safeguarding Intangible Cultural Heritage

Ethnologies ◽

10.7202/1037610ar ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 36 (1-2) ◽

pp. 279-296

Author(s):

Antonio A. Arantes

Keyword(s):

Cultural Heritage ◽

Cultural Diversity ◽

Cultural Production ◽

Local Level ◽

Historical Context ◽

Creative Industries ◽

Social Consequences ◽

Current Debate ◽

Intangible Cultural Heritage ◽

Development Programs

The global turn of cultural production gave new significance to objects and ideas that convey senses of localization and/or cultural singularity, raising public interest and institutional concern with inventorying and protecting cultural diversity. The implications of this shift not only concern the so-called creative industries, as this issue was the object of the Convention for the Protection of the Diversity of Cultural Contents and Artistic Expressions approved by UNESCO in its 33rd General Conference (Paris, November 2005). Traditional know-how and forms of expression, as well as exotic landscapes, are used as effective cornerstones for the implementation and promotion of humanitarian as well as social and economic development programs in the poorer regions of the globe. From an intellectual perspective, this renewed awareness of all things local stimulates critical reflection about some epistemological and legal issues related to identification, documentation and promotion of cultural heritage. Among these, intellectual authority associated with the production of inventories, the social consequences of introducing new ingredients in local level politics and cultural production, as well as juridical matters concerning rights of collective intellectual property are some of the concerns of the current debate among scholars and heritage experts on those issues. The present paper aims at contributing to the debate on the questions outlined above, by focusing on the emergent policies of safeguarding intangible cultural heritage. Since cultural heritage is not mechanical and neutral transmission of information from one generation to another, but a social construction, the understanding of its meanings and consequences depends on taking into account its historical context. This being the case, in order to provide concrete background to this discussion, the author refers to the Brazilian case suggesting, however, that it has wider implications.

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EKSISTENSI DAN NILAI-NILAI KEARIFAN KOMUNITAS SAMIN DI KUDUS DAN PATI

HUMANIKA ◽

10.14710/humanika.21.1.63-74 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 21 (1) ◽

pp. 63

Author(s):

Alamsyah Alamsyah

Keyword(s):

Cultural Diversity ◽

Cultural Values ◽

19Th Century ◽

Historical Context ◽

Social Harmony ◽

Late 19Th Century ◽

Negative Stereotypes ◽

The Public ◽

Public Ignorance

Samin community in Sukolilo Pati and Undaan Kudus is a potrait of cultural diversity of our nation. Samin Community that still survive today, in the historical context of existence, has existed since the late 19th century. This community has a contribution in realizing Indonesian Independence by fighting against Dutch colonialist. Public ignorance towards history, culture and Samin’s thought makes people perceive that this comunity “Do as they own wishes” without heeding the public regulations and norms. Negative stereotypes appears about this community which leads to oddity, peculiarity or anything unnatural (nyleneh). Whereas this community has cultural values based on the local wisdom (local wisdom). Samin wisdom can be an example in building diversity, integration and social harmony.

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Timothy H. Lim et al. (eds), The Dead Sea Scrolls in Their Historical Context (Edinburgh: T. T. Clark, 2000), pp. x + 309. 24.95 (hb).

Scottish Journal of Theology ◽

10.1017/s0336930602260182 ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 55 (1) ◽

pp. 113-126

Author(s):

Simon Gathercole

Keyword(s):

Historical Context ◽

Dead Sea Scrolls ◽

Dead Sea ◽

The Dead

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Cultural Diversity: The Asian-Indian Contribution

Perspectives on Issues in Higher Education ◽

10.1044/ihe10.2.14 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 10 (2) ◽

pp. 14-17 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Yasmeen Faroqi-Shah

Keyword(s):

Cultural Diversity ◽

Asian Indian ◽

Indian Contribution

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Psychology as a Profession and a Science

European Psychologist ◽

10.1027/1016-9040/a000088 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 111-117 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Ype H. Poortinga ◽

Ingrid Lunt

Keyword(s):

European Association ◽

Historical Context ◽

Professional Psychologists

The European Association of Psychologists’ Associations (EFPA) was created in 1981 as the European Association of Professional Psychologists’ Associations (EFPPA). We show that Shakespeare’s dictum “What’s in a name?” does not apply here and that the loss of the “first P” (the adjectival “professional”) was resisted for almost two decades and experienced by many as a serious loss. We recount some of the deliberations preceding the change and place these in a broader historical context by drawing parallels with similar developments elsewhere. Much of the argument will refer to an underlying controversy between psychology as a science and the practice of psychology, a controversy that is stronger than in most other sciences, but nevertheless needs to be resolved.

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