For two days from October 8-9, 2014, IKADBUDI (Ikatan Dosen Budaya Daerah Indonesia) in collaboration with the Universitas Jember which was supported by the Faculty of Literature, Universitas Jember held the International Conference on Regional Culture with the theme “the challenger of culture revitalization in the 2015 ASEAN economic community era”. This activity is a series of annual activities from IKADBUDI which held the 4th national meeting and coincided with the implementation of the Tegal Boto Festival in the context of 50 years of the Universitas Jember. In the meeting, Drs. Suharto Mangkusudarmo, M.Hum., as a representative from the Java Study Program, Department of Archipelago Literature, FIB UGM.
The event began with remarks by the Chairman of the International Conference Committee, Dr. R. Novi Anoegrajekti, M. Hum. In his remarks, R. Novi Anoegrajekti stated that the era of the 2015 ASEAN Community was a forum for cooperation, not a forum for competition that cornered each other. Cooperation between allied countries must be mutually beneficial. Therefore, it is deemed necessary to revitalize culture to explore, grow, and develop community wisdom as the basis for the development of a people’s economy that is prosperous and self-sufficient. Meanwhile, Prof. Dr. Sutrisno Wibowo, M.Pd. as Chair of IKADBUDI delivered a speech entitled “Care for Language, Literature and Regional Culture” with the emphasis that revitalizing culture in the 2015 ASEAN community era, we must look at the existence of Indonesian language, literature and regional culture which are rich in local wisdom and then must try to revitalize it. Local wisdom which is the hallmark of the Indonesian language, literature, and regional culture must be made a subject to develop in the future.
Present as keynote speakers Prof. Dr. Koh Young Hun (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Seoul, South Korea), Dr. Stefan Danerek (University of Sweden), Prof. Dr. Pudentia, MPSS (Universitas Indonesia, Jakarta), Prof. Dr. Heddy Shri Ahimsa Putra (Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta), Prof. Dr. P.M. Laksono, M.A. (Universitas Gadjah Mada), Prof. Dr. I Nengah Duija, M.Hum. (State Institute of Hindu Dharma, Bali), and Prof. Dr. Ayu Sutarto (Universitas Jember). Present as participants were 300 people with accompanying speakers as many as 127 people.
The international conference on the first day was held at the Soetardjo Building, Universitas Jember. On this occasion, Prof. Dr. P.M. Laksono, M.A. presented his paper entitled “Indonesian Culture: Inter-Text Reflection for Common Prosperity”. The UGM professor stated that as an effect of the acculturation crisis that occurred, Indonesian culture would become more successful when accessed through productive inter-text reflection. As an example of his research, he uses the text of Bimosoetji which he finds shows the productivity of creative processes to produce history.
The second day of the international conference was held at the Faculty of Literature, Universitas Jember. The keynote speaker present was Prof. Dr. I Nengah Duija, M.Hum. (STHDN Denpasar Bali) who presented a paper entitled “Cultural Excellence in the Context of Regional Integration and Shared Prosperity (Analysis of the Texts of Tantu Panggelaran and Usana Bali)”. I Nengah Duija stated that old texts, both written and spoken, are a cultural heritage (material) capable of providing added value to the hustle and bustle of today’s modern human life.
The program was continued with presentations in parallel trial sessions 2 to 5 for the full day until the afternoon. In closing the event, the IKADBUDI IV National Conference Results Report was read which re-elected Prof. Dr. Sutrisno Wibowo, M.Pd. as Chair of IKADBUDI and holding the IKADBUDI V National Conference will be held in Bandung. At the closing ceremony of the international conference, the report of the IKADBUDI IV conference drafting team was also presented by Prof. Dr. Bambang Wibisono, M.Pd. The implementation of the international conference was closed by the Dean of the Faculty of Letters, University of Jember, Dr. Hairus Salikin, M.Ed. as well as representing the Chancellor of the Universitas Jember. In the evening, the international conference participants left for Bromo (BAK).
