International Seminar of Nusantara Heritage 2015 is a series of seminars which were held in three Southeast Asian Universities; The University of Sabah, Malaysia, The State University of Semarang, Indonesia, and The Institute of Technology Bandung, Indonesia. For this year, Sultan Idris Education University, Tanjong Malim Perak Malaysia will be the host of the fourth seminar.
Nusantara Heritage
“Regional Culture: Diversity and Equality”
Nusantara is the terminology that has a history of geographical and cultural background (Archipelogo Heritage) which has provided the identity and multicultural perspective in the historical development of nations, states, and cultural diplomacies in the region that is now called Southeast Asia.
Nusantara culture and geohistory of region under the concept of heritage and cultural diversity has provided ever-growing similarities and dynamic differences that generate variety of understanding and cultural products as the result of its interaction.
Nusantara heritage within this contemporary culture continues to dealing with a more open and rapid migration in cultural transactions in locally, regionally, and even globally that generate cross-section meeting point which producing diverse contemporary culture phenomena in art practices, designs, craft, and also its extension in term of visual culture in dealing with Nusantara identity with various other cultural phenomena’s. This seminar will review the scope in topic related to:
a) Identity h) Cross-Culture
b) Urban Culture i) Fashion and Textile
c) Cultural Heritage j) Interdisiplinary
d) Local Knowledge
e) Post Modernism
f) Visual and Narrative
g) New Media