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
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