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

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

of Indonesia. This study also provides an understanding of what Topeng Blantek records and archives are and how the supporters of Topeng Blantek represent their values toward Topeng Blantek and its records and archives. 

2. LITERATURE REVIEW 

2.1. Records and Archives 

Based on Act Number 43 about Archival Activity, archive describes as: 

Recorded activity or events in various forms and media in accordance with the development of information and communication technology created and accepted by state institutions, local government, educational institutions, enterprises, political organizations, public organizations and individuals in the implementation of social life, nation and state. 

The term”archive” used in the definition above is a general description for record and archive. Record defined by Schellenberg (in Duranti, 1994) as: 

All of books, papers, maps, photographs, or other documentary materials, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received by any public or private institution in pursuance of its legal obligations or in connection with the transaction of its proper business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by that institution or its legitimate successor as evidence of its functions, policies, decisions, procedures, operations, or other activities or because of the informational value of the data contained therein. 

Records, based on the frequency of use, are divided into active and inactive records. Active records is records with a high frequency of use or still used frequently, while inactive records is records with low frequency of use. Record that is no longer used in activity but still has value for organization will be retained as archive. As stated by Sheperd and Yeo (2003) archives include records that are kept as part of the corporate memory of the organization or for research or other cultural purposes. 

2.2. Advocacy of Record and Archive 

According to Sharma (2004) advocacy is speaking on behalf, attracting people attention about some issue, and directing decision maker to solve problems. Advocacy as well as outreach is a public service provided by Archive. Archives are used in advocacy and outreach to achieve some goal. The difference between advocacy from outreach is the process. Cox (2009) stated that “archival outreach is a public relations process, whereas archival advocacy is a political process”. Advocacy for Topeng Blantek is political process because it influences and directs the government as decision maker to stipulate the status of Topeng Blantek. Advocacy is not only conducted by Archive. Archives, whether belong to society or government, are able to be used in advocacy to achieve their goals. Archives contained valuable and useful information. According to Roe (2010) archives change lives, influence decision-making, change the fabric and nature of a life, a