Welcome to the InfoSci Platform
An Isolated and Behind-the-Scenes Work Called Conservation: Developing Collaboration and Community Engagement of Conservation Practice in Indonesia

An Isolated and Behind-the-Scenes Work Called Conservation: Developing Collaboration and Community Engagement of Conservation Practice in Indonesia

Widiatmoko Adi Putranto, Indah Novita Sari, Regina Dwi Shalsa Mayzana
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 15
ISBN13: 9781799883630|ISBN10: 1799883639|EISBN13: 9781799883654
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-8363-0.ch001
Cite Chapter Cite Chapter

MLA

Putranto, Widiatmoko Adi, et al. "An Isolated and Behind-the-Scenes Work Called Conservation: Developing Collaboration and Community Engagement of Conservation Practice in Indonesia." Handbook of Research on the Role of Libraries, Archives, and Museums in Achieving Civic Engagement and Social Justice in Smart Cities, edited by Mohamed Taher, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8363-0.ch001

APA

Putranto, W. A., Sari, I. N., & Mayzana, R. D. (2022). An Isolated and Behind-the-Scenes Work Called Conservation: Developing Collaboration and Community Engagement of Conservation Practice in Indonesia. In M. Taher (Ed.), Handbook of Research on the Role of Libraries, Archives, and Museums in Achieving Civic Engagement and Social Justice in Smart Cities (pp. 1-15). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8363-0.ch001

Chicago

Putranto, Widiatmoko Adi, Indah Novita Sari, and Regina Dwi Shalsa Mayzana. "An Isolated and Behind-the-Scenes Work Called Conservation: Developing Collaboration and Community Engagement of Conservation Practice in Indonesia." In Handbook of Research on the Role of Libraries, Archives, and Museums in Achieving Civic Engagement and Social Justice in Smart Cities, edited by Mohamed Taher, 1-15. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-8363-0.ch001

Export Reference

Mendeley
Favorite

Abstract

Conservation is a type of work which requires specific skills, a lengthy experience, particular infrastructures, and arguably extensive time and money. In fact, preserving collections by managing all the aspects required is an important and mandatory task. However, as a developing country in tropical climate, Indonesia is still in a phase where financial aid, skillful experts, and moral support for preserving the cultural heritage are much less than needed. As a result of complex organizational dynamics, building a formal partnership for frequent collaborative conservation work between archives, libraries, and museums nevertheless is far from simple. On the other hand, engaging the community to participate in the practice is particularly challenging due to the nature of conservation work as an isolated activity within an exclusive ecosystem. This chapter aims to discuss whether developing community engagement and collaboration between LAM can serve as an alternative support to constructively improve current conditions and cope with the aforementioned issues.

Request Access

You do not own this content. Please login to recommend this title to your institution's librarian or purchase it from the IGI Global bookstore.