Common Sense Outlook on Local Wisdom and Identity: A Contemporary Javanese Native’s Experience

This paper explores local wisdom and identity as experienced by the writer as a Javanese through his common sense. The writer is interested on this topic since he is seeing the fact of the ‘lost generation’ in the society he is living in: Yogyakarta. This fact is seen in many aspects of life: be it media, language, food, medicine, and many other cultural artifacts. Therefore, the writer finds it significant to identify and redefine our identity by employing our local wisdom to cope with the challenging global influence and to give contribution to the world. Key words: local wisdom, Javanese culture, identity, global culture

INCORPORATING LOCAL WISDOM INTO ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHING (ELT)

Since language (e.g.local languages)is an important part of a culture, it should be maintained and revitalized. When the language undergoes attrition because of global culture, many aspects in culture will also be extinct. As it is not possible to “fight against” the global culture, it would be wise to maintain the local languages by juxtaposing the local languages, Indonesian, and English. This paper is intended to offer an alternative of maintaining local languages or cultures by incorporating local wisdom into English Language Teaching(ELT)In practice, it can be a kind of multilingual teaching by juxtaposing local language(s)Indonesian, and English in school or college. The implication is the students, by being multilingual, will be able to develop multiculturalism, thus, developing also high tolerance among the existing ethnics. Local wisdom can be found in many aspects of culture, e.g. dress, food, architecture, narrative, traditional songs etc. In order to be interesting, the use of Information Technology is crucial; English teachers may collect and select authentic materials from internet, if available, and they can be presented in LCD in the classroom

Local Wisdom: Post-Growth Fashion

In order to bring about change, sustainability values and experiences have to be real to people. Yet we know very little about people’s everyday encounters of fashion and sus- tainability. In this paper I explore the interconnections between real, live experiences of sustainability in fashion and what they suggest about the shape and structure of the industry that creates the fashion and clothes that we wear. The experiences, recorded as part of the on-going Local Wisdom project, convey some of the ‘craft’ of using gar- ments of the British public. The project’s aim is to recognize and honour culturally em- bedded sustainability activities in fashion that exist at the level of the user and give them a platform to flourish and inspire. It involves gathering images and stories from the general public about the way clothes are used with the hope of developing fresh understanding about more resourceful and satisfying use of garments. Together, im- ages and tales of resourcefulness, thrift, emotional connection and social defiance ex- press ways in which to improve quality of fashion experience within the physical limits of the clothes we already have. They offer a human scale, intimate and tentative glimpse of a new prosperity in fashion that exists outside the predominant economic and business model of growth that is so closely associated with fashion today

Kearifan Lokal (Local Wisdom) dalam Praktik Bisnis di Indonesia

The phenomenon of globalization is increasing the importance of various studies on localwisdom. The lack of study of the local wisdom values in business practices in Indonesia encouragesauthors to identify those values. Method of data collection using literature study. The identificationresults find there are various indigenous values. that form the basis for a variety of business practices inIndonesia. These values. generally varied according to ethnicity given that Indonesia consist of variousethnics. Generally, in every ethnic or a communal in Indonesia, values. can be found, either on theJavanese, Sundanese, Bali, Lombok, Minang, Dayaks, Bugis, to Papua. Research on local wisdomespecially from an economic and business standpoint is important to be done. But more important ishow to socialize these values. to the younger generation so it does not disappear replaced by globalvalues

Analisis Straregi Mempertahankan Kearifan Lokal Tanaman Gambir di Desa Manggilangkecamatan Pangkalan Koto Baru Kabupaten Lima Puluh Kota

This research aimedtoidentifylocal wisdomis ever existed gambierplant(from past done butdid notdoit present), which isstillcarried outand thegambierfarmerswhowere past and the present do, and whichwere notpast donebutpresent do of gambier farmers. This research usessurveyandSnowball Samplingmethodin findingthe properrespondentto obtain the14respondents consistingof1) FarmersGambier, 2) NinikMamak, 3) Religious Leaders, 4) ApparatusVillage. Methodsinterviews were conductedtoobtaininformationaboutlocal wisdomgambierplants. Descriptive and qualitative analysisin preparingthis research. Criteriathatrespondentswhosoughtgambierfarmerswhohavelongexperienceand thecultivation oflocal wisdomto knowthe gambierplant.while for answer the purpose to three that is strategy for maintain the local wisdom analyzed by using SWOT analysis. The results showedthatlocal wisdom of gambierplant in the village Manggilang districts Pangkalan Koto Baru totaling 45 local wisdom from past done or present do of gambier farmers. 1). Local wisdom from past done butdid notdoit present totaling 5 local wisdom. 2). Local wisdom from past done and now present do totaling 40 local wisdom. 3). Strategy for maintain the local wisdom is attractiveness to traveler the need for role of government and use tools traditional relatively cheap and easy to get by farmers

NILAI-NILAI KEARIFAN LOKAL DALAM NOVEL PEREMPUAN YANG MENANGIS KEPADA BULAN HITAM KARYA DIAN PURNOMO

Local wisdom in a literary work often does not get much attention even though local wisdom is very synonymous with literature, for example about local wisdom, namely about language, one's vocation, and social status. Sometimes mistaken for local wisdom. The purpose of this study is to describe (1) the form of local wisdom in the novel Perempuan yang Menangis Kepada Bulan Hitam Karya Dian Purnomo, and (2) the function of local wisdom values contained in the novel Perempuan yang Menangis Kepada Bulan Hitam Karya Dian Purnomo. The approach used in this study is literary anthropology. This research uses the theory of local wisdom proposed by Ife &; Frank (2008). This research uses a qualitative type of research. The source of this research data was obtained from the novel entitled Perempuan Yang Crying Ke Bulan Hitam by Dian Purnomo. The data collection procedure uses a read and record procedure. Data analysis techniques use measures that subtract data, present data, and make conclusions. The results showed that the form of local wisdom in the novel Perempuan yang Menangis Kepada Bulan Hitam Karya Dian Purnomo consists of local knowledge, local values, local skills, local resources, local decision making, and local group solidarity. The function of local wisdom values contained in the novel Perempuan yang Menangis Kepada Bulan Hitam Karya Dian Purnomo includes religious values, aesthetic values, mutual aid values, moral values, and tolerance values

The Artistic Management of Wong Panggung from Komunitas Magut in Yogyakarta

The Magut community is a traditional artists community which is committed to preservation and development of traditional art and culture, especially Wayang Wong as local wisdom which grows in the shadow of the predicate of Yogyakarta as a cultural city. The implemented management in this community is a combination of state supported management through Taman Budaya Yogyakarta and commercial management. The depth of ancestral wisdom in the formal unity of esthetic forms and spirituality embodied in the performance needs to be preserved and developed according to the demand of the present era