ADVOCACY OF RECORDS AND ARCHIVES FOR TOPENG BLANTEK AS INTAGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE

ADVOCACY OF RECORDS AND ARCHIVES FOR TOPENG BLANTEK AS INTAGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE 

Hikmah Irfaniah* and Ike Iswary Lawanda* 

sociocultural value such as historical value, cultural/ symbolic value, social value, spiritual/ religious value, and aesthetic value. 

• Economic value includes use value and non use value. Use value refers to a product and service that tradable and affordable in the market, whereas non value refers to value that untradeable or captured by market since individuals are willing to allocate resources (spend money) to get it and / or protect it. 

• Historical value of intangible cultural heritage has capacity to deliver, establish, or influence connection or reaction to the past. Historical value includes education value and artistic value. 

• Cultural/symbolic value refers to common meaning related to cultural heritage that not explicitly related to chrological aspect and meaning of the cultural heritage. 

• Social value refers to embbed social cohesion, community identity, or other sense of affiliation that community has. • Spiritual/ religious value is resulted from organized beliefs and religion. Spiritual value includes experience of wonder, amazed, etc, provoked by spiritual value such as experience in visiting, watching, and practicing the cultural heritage. 

• Aesthetic value refers to visual quality of Cultural heritage. Aesthetic category includes smell, sound, feeling, scene. Therefore, aesthetic value offering the valuable sensory experience. 

3. RESEARCH METHOD 

This study is using qualitative approach with a case study method. Data collected by using interview and document analysis. Interview are conducted to 11 informants, they are 3 topeng blantek artists, 1 staff of Tourism and Culture Department of DKI Jakarta, 3 staffs of Preservation and Cultural Value Hall of West Java, 2 staffs of Ministry of Education and Culture and 2 Examiners of the stipulation program. The purpose of interview is to know the process of stipulation program and their values toward Topeng Blantek and Records and Archives of Topeng Blantek. 

Documentation analysis is conducted to gain information about the values of Topeng Blantek stated in records and archives of Topeng Blantek and to know the process of advocacy in the stipulation program of Intangible Cultural Heritage. Documentation includes Topeng Blantek records and archives created, received, and repurposed in supporting Topeng Blantek during the process of the stipulation program.