Change and Continuity in Event Tourism Development in Nigeria: Examples from Ekpe Cultural Festival in Abia State

Events are not only one of the most important parts of tourism, but also an inseparable part of human society. In recent times, events have gained global significance through the tourism industry. As festivals are essentially special events, their special appeal stems in part from their limited duration or concentration of activities over a set period and innate uniqueness of each event or there may be a particular theme. This article critically examines the change and continuity processes of a community festival—Ekpe Cultural Festival in Umunkpeyi and Isingwu in Abia State, Nigeria—for a deeper understanding of the effects in the development of event tourism and its sustainability. Data were collected through ethnographic fieldwork conducted with key informants directly involved in the festival, including the community leaders, chiefs, and staff of the Department of Tourism (DoT), the Abia State Tourism Board (ASTB), and the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MoTAC). Data were analyzed using content analysis to identify themes that reflect informants’ perception of the changes and continuity that affect the festival in the study area. Findings revealed notable changes in the practices associated with the festival such as indifference to attire for the festival, drastic reduction in masking, attitude to funding during the festival, while male dominance continues to be paramount. This article concludes that event tourism development requires government support, collaboration, and sensitization to harness and retain some practices of the festival amid obvious changes.

Decolonialidade versus algoritmo: formação e ampliação do repertório imagético dos arte/educadores

Ao refletir sobre a formação e ampliação do repertório imagético dos arte/educadores, este texto analisa o enfrentamento que as discussões em torno dos estudos decoloniais encontram na lógica dos algoritmos que operacionalizam os mecanismos de busca online. O aplicativo Google Arts and Culture é analisado como possibilidade de pesquisa, demonstrando potencialidades da ferramenta na formação continuada dos educadores. Em contrapartida, a restrição dos algoritmos e a limitação do banco de imagens construído a partir das coleções de museus de arte impedem a construção de um olhar que amplie a abrangência de artistas que estejam fora do eixo dominante instituído pela história da arte.

THE DYNAMICS OF WAYANG GOLEK IN PANDEMIC AND GLOBALIZATION: TRADITIONAL ART SUSTAINABILITY

This research aims to explore the dynamics of wayang golek art and to highlight its sustainability in the future. Modernity, the acceleration of technological devices and globalization wave in the last two decades, transfers great pressure on traditional arts and culture. Wayang Golek, a performing art originally from West Java, has recently received a fairly strong wave of resistance due to changes in the social culture which is mainly leading to modernity. By using a qualitative approach, data collection techniques were carried out by interviewing two main players as the puppeteers of Wayang Golek. The data analysis uses the theory of Miles and Hubberman, and the theoretical study of Islamic studies. The results of the study show that 1) Wayang Golek has unique characteristics, where the talent needed tends to go through the "inheritance" tradition, 2) Wayang Golek can be a bridge for internalizing religious and humanist values for the community through unique stories based on custom, 3) the restriction of Wayang Golek performance due to the Covid-19 pandemic leads the puppeteers to be more creative to survive, such as creating videos and uploading them in YouTube and other social media, and 4) the preservation of this art depends on the serious attention of all parties, from the government, regional officials, and the community.Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengeskplorasi dinamika kesenian wayang golek, serta menyoroti keberlangsungan ‘hidup’ seni tradisional wayang golek dimasa yang akan datang. Era modernitas, akselerasi perangkat teknologi dan gelombang arus globalisasi dalam dua dekade terakhir, memberikan tekanan hebat pada wilayah seni dan budaya tradisional. Wayang Golek sebuah seni pertunjukkan yang berasal dari Jawa Barat akhir-akhir ini mengalami gelombang resistensi cukup kuat imbas dari perubahan kultur sosial masyarakat yang bergerak kearah modernitas. Dengan menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif, teknik pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan wawancara terhadap dua pemain utama sebagai “Dalang” Wayang Golek, observasi dan dokumentasi. Adapun analisis data menggunakan teori Miles dan Hubberman, dan kajian teoritis Islamic studies. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa 1) Seni Wayang Golek memiliki karakteristik unik, dimana bakat yang dibutuhkan cenderung melalui tradisi “warisan”, 2) Wayang Golek dapat menjadi jembatan internalisasi nilai-nilai religius dan humanis bagi masyarakat melalui cerita-cerita unik berbasis adat, 3) dilarangnya pagelaran Wayang Golek akibat pandemi Covid-19 membuat para dalang lebih kreatif untuk bertahan, seperti membuat video dan menunggahnya ke YouTube dan media sosial yang lain, dan 4) Kelestarian kesenian ini bergantung terhadap perhatian serius semua pihak baik dari pemerintah, pejabat daerah, maupun masyarakat.

Dissent, its Persecutors, and the New Russia

The post-Soviet decades have brought about significant changes of the Russian social landscape. A countless number of civic initiatives engaged in charitable operation, legal assistance, education, environment, arts and culture, etc. have emerged across Russia. Self-help communities and effective crowd-funding for all kinds of purposes are evidence of public solidarity inconceivable in the Soviet state. The second half of the 2010s were marked by a rise in investigative reporting based on state-of-the-art data journalism and the rapid progress in social media. Apparently, the impressive rise in civil society has become a matter of growing concern for the Russian government, and in the past year, the Kremlin has stepped up persecutions of political activists and investigative media. This repressive surge is reminiscent of the events some four decades ago when the Soviet government undertook to radically eliminate the dissident movement. The activists of today may be different from the Soviet dissidents, but for now, they are just as defenseless vis-à-vis the state as the dissidents were.

Pebbles on the Beach of the “Great Transformation”: Lesser Memories of Coal in the Ruhr Metropolis

Six decades ago, Germany’s Ruhr region began its slow transition out of coalmining and the coal-powered iron and steel industry. Over the last twenty years a blue economy has developed in their stead pivoting on the lead market ‘resource efficiency’, while the Ruhr Metropolis has gained recognition for the rehabilitation of its heavily polluted environment. This managed transition has seen the rise of eco-industries – sustainable energy production, research and development in universities, environmental technology companies, industrial heritage and nature tourism, as well as consumptive industries seen as eco-adjacent, foremost sports, leisure, arts and culture. These are central to an overarching strategy for the establishment of a sustainable, climate-resilient and future-proof Ruhr region and a globally significant investment site in the heart of Europe.

Internalization Of Islamic Education Through The Activities Of Pentas PAI

This article presents the results of research on the development of religious education in elementary schools in order to internalize religious values ​​in students at SDN 1 Pengadilan Tasikmalaya City. This research is motivated by the opinion that learning PAI is only focused on aspects of knowledge or cognitive. While the affective and psychomotor aspects are ignored. Teachers are only focused on achieving school curriculum content. This research is a descriptive qualitative research. Data were collected by interview, observation and documentation study. The results of this study produce several conclusions as follows: First through the activities of the PAI stage as a religious activity the process of interalisation of religious values ​​is easy to apply. Second, through learning outside the classroom through the PAI stage will make PAI learning more enjoyable. Third, PAI learning by combining learning activities in class with extracurricular activities will produce a more varied learning model. Fourth, the stage of PAI as a religious activity in the form of Islamic arts and culture becomes an alternative planting of religious values ​​that is more easily accepted by students because it is more pleasing.

PENGGUNAAN SOFTWARE ENCORE DALAM MENULIS ARANSEMEN LAGU BAGI GURU SENI BUDAYA SMP DI KABUPATEN SERANG

One of the obstacles faced by art and culture teachers who do not have a background in music art is in teaching arrangement material, especially in terms of writing block notation, as well as in sounding the results of the arrangement. The purpose of this study is to introduce the existence of various music software which is expected to help art and culture teachers in writing and reading notation as well as being able to listen to the results of their arrangements. The research method in this study uses Class Action Research or classroom action research with a qualitative approach, so that teachers get an overview of implementing it in their respective classes step by step. Utilization of this Encore software can solve the problems faced by middle school arts and culture teachers, especially in Serang Regency in teaching the art of music, especially in arrangement material. ABSTRAKSalah satu kendala yang dihadapi oleh guru seni budaya yang bukan berlatarbelakang seni musik adalah dalam mengajarkan materi aransemen terutama dalam hal penulisan notasi balok, sekaligus dalam hal membunyikan hasil aransemennya. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah memperkenalkan keberadaan berbagai software musik yang diharapkan dapat membantu para guru seni budaya dalam menulis dan membaca notasi sekaligus dapat mendengarkan hasil aransemennya. Metode penelitian pada penelitian ini menggunakan Class Action Research atau penelitian tindakan kelas dengan pendekatan kualitatif, agar para guru memperoleh gambaran dalam menerapkan di kelas masing-masing secara tahap demi tahap. Pemanfaatan software Encore ini dapat memecahkan masalah yang dihadapi para guru seni budaya SMP khususnya di Kabupaten Serang dalam mengajar seni musik terutama dalam materi aransemen..

KONSEP PENCAHAYAAN ALAMI PADA DESAIN RUANG GALERI MENGGUNAKAN DIALUX EVO 9.2 (Studi Kasus: Desain Perancangan Gedung Pusat Pertunjukan Seni Dan Budaya di Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta Timur)

The Gallery in the design of the Center for the Performing Arts and Culture has a function as an art exhibition using natural or artificial lighting by having standard of light intensity based on the Indonesian National Standard 03-6575-2001 Light Strength in the Gallery is 500 Lux and Greenship Rating Tools from Green Building Council Indonesia (GBCI), the minimum standard for natural lighting areas is 30% of the total area. The purpose of this research was to determine the design of the gallery according to the standards based on the simulation results using these standards as a reference for assessment identification. Writing with quantitative methods using DIALux Evo 9.2 software for building simulation by adjusting the coordinates of the building location, 3D building, and the effective hours from the sun source in the morning (06.00 WIB & 08.00 WIB), afternoon (12.00 WIB & 14.00 WIB), and evening (16.00 WIB). The simulation results contains lux calculations, lighting contours, and lighting distribution. Based on the analysis, the gallery has complied the standard of natural lighting needs around 08.00 WIB to 16.00 WIB and the distribution of lighting is 42-76% based on factors in the form of size, shape, dimensions of light openings, and building orientation. The results are used as the basis for the layout of the exhibition and artificial lighting points.Keyword: Gallery, Natural Lighting, DIALux Evo 9.2 Abstrak: Ruang Galeri pada desain Gedung Pusat Pertunjukan Seni dan Budaya memiliki fungsi sebagai ruang pameran karya seni dengan memanfaatkan pencahayaan alami ataupun buatan dengan standar kuat intensitas cahaya berdasarkan Standar Nasional Indonesia 03-6575-2001 Kuat Cahaya dalam Ruang Galeri yaitu 500 Lux dan Greenship Rating Tools dari Green Building Council Indonesia (GBCI) yaitu standar minimal untuk area pencahayaan alami adalah 30% dari total area. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui desain ruang galeri sesuai standar berdasarkan hasil simulasi menggunakan standar tersebut sebagai acuan identifikasi penilaian. Penulisan dengan metode kuantitatif menggunakan perangkat lunak untuk simulasi bangunan yaitu DIALux Evo 9.2 dengan mengatur koordinat lokasi bangunan, 3D bangunan, dan jam efektif pencahayaan dari sumber matahari yaitu pagi hari (06.00 WIB & 08.00 WIB), siang hari (12.00 WIB & 14.00 WIB), dan sore hari (16.00 WIB). Data hasil simulasi berupa perhitungan lux, kontur penerangan, dan distribusi pencahayaan. Berdasarkan hasil analisis perangkat lunak, ruang galeri sudah memenuhi standar yaitu sekitar pukul 08.00 WIB hingga 16.00 WIB dan pesebaran pencahayaan 42-76% berdasarkan faktor ukuran, bentuk, dimensi bukaan cahaya pada ruangan, dan orientasi bangunan. Hasil analisis digunakan sebagai dasar tata letak pameran dan titik pencahayaan buatan.Kata Kunci: Ruang Galeri, Pencahayaan Alami, DIALux Evo 9.2