ADVOCACY OF RECORDS AND ARCHIVES FOR TOPENG
BLANTEK AS INTAGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE
Hikmah Irfaniah*
and Ike Iswary Lawanda*
Indonesia faced ownership claim for 7 times over Indonesian cultural product from 2007 to 2012.
Therefore, since 2013 the Government of Indonesia has been running a program named The
Stipulation of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Indonesia as an attempt in protecting and preserving
the intangible cultural heritage originated from every province in Indonesia. Topeng Blantek is
one of cultural products from DKI Jakarta Province. It has stipulated as Intangible Cultural Heritage
of Indonesia by using the records and archives belong to the Topeng Blantek supporters. This
study is intended to describe how the supporters’ records and archives are able to advocate Topeng
Blantek to be an Intagible Cultural Heritage of Indonesia. This study is using qualitative approach
and a case study method. Data are collected by interviews and documents analysis. Finding shows
that Topeng Blantek records and archives that belong to Topeng Blantek community, local
government and central government as supporters are able to speak on behalf of themselves to
support the protection and preservation. The support is a representatation of the suporters’ values
toward Topeng Blantek and records and archives of Topeng Blantek. Records and archives are
able to voice the supporting evidences of Topeng Blantek to be the Intagible Cultural Heritage of
Indonesia. This study underlines the vital role of active records, inactive records, and archives in
proofing the support and ownership over Intagible cultural product of Indonesia.
Keywords: record advocacy, archive advocacy, intangible cultural heritage, Topeng Blantek,
intangible cultural product.
1. INTRODUCTION
Indonesia has faced ownership claim over Indonesian intangible cultural product
for 7 times, they are Reog Ponorogo in 2007, folk song Rasa Sayange in 2008,
Pendet dance and Batik in 2009, Angklung in 2010, Tor-tor dance and Gordang
Sambilan in 2012 (Prihandoko & Syailendra, 2012). Since those claims attemped
by other country, the intangible cultural product of Indonesia has to be legitimately
protected by law. The intangible cultural products of Indonesia can be protected
by legal provision of the ownership right of cultural product. In national scale, the
stipulation program is one of many attempts in protecting and preserving intangible
cultural products of Indonesia. It is based on the Regulation of Ministry of Education
and Culture Republic of Indonesia Number 106 year 2013 about the Intangible
Cultural Heritage. The stipulation of Intagible Cultural Heritage of Indonesia is a
status for intangible cultural product to be Intagible Cultural Heritage of Indonesia
that granted by the Minister of education and Culture based on the recommendation
given by the Expert Team of intangible cultural heritage. The proposed cultural
product has to contain cultural values and multiplier effects for the society where
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