READING THE MUSEUM ANGKUT: CULTURAL SPACE PRODUCTION AND EXHIBITION NARRATIVE

This article is a museum study from an anthropological perspective. Generally, the museum is an institution that stores and preserves particular material cultures. On the other side, a museum can also be critically seen as a space for the production of cultural discourse that narrates a particular ideology through exhibition strategies and display systems. This study wants to explore the discourse of cultural ideology that is represented by the museum through the design and exhibition. The museum is no longer only monopolized by the state but also developed by the private sector which offers a fusion model between the museum, edutainment, and amusement park. Thus, this article proposes a case study of the Museum Angkut in Batu, East Java, one of the most popular private museums in Indonesia that exhibits transportation system and world civilization themes assembled by implementing amusement park concepts.  This article would like to address the issue of the production of cultural discourse. The research questions are what kind of cultural discourse production is narrated in the Museum Angkut, and how has it been materialized through the display strategy? Additionally, this article explores the relationship of the visitor with material objects in the museum. This paper uses a hermeneutic approach, and Michael Foucault’s heterotopia to examine how cultural imagination with its ideology is represented in museum bodies. As a result, we argue that the Museum Angkut can reflect the character of society, as a post-colonial nation in the sense of seeing self and other cultures

�WHEN WATER NOT DROP TO THE POOR�: STUDY OF WATER RESOURCE ACCESSIBILITY IN GUNUNGKIDUL KARSTIC HILL

K The common perception of people is that Gunung idul is a marginal area, rocky and drought. Thus, the issue of drought that caused the local people unable to gain access to water for their domestic needs is getting more and more familiar in public opinion. On other words, nature has always been judged of the scarcity of the water. geo This research answers the issue of the water scarcity from a different perspective. Through a spatial approach the author found that the fact Gunung Kidul is not a water scarce area, in fact that this area has an abundant water reservoir. Since 2005, PDAM has been selling the water to the public. But not all of the people can afford to pay for the water. In this case, economic factor is the cause of the water scarcity. In the context of agrarian society of Gunung sewu, the gap of the water accessibility is influenced by the factor of social-economic differentiation of the people. By that, the accessibility can be conceptualized as the capability to interact with the source of economic- subsistence. social The concept of -economic differentiation refers to the agrarian society stratification based on the ownership of the land and capital that caused the gap in the distribution of production, income and subsistence. Based on the field study and spatial analysis in Dukuh Klepu, Desa Karangasem, Kecamatan Ponjong, Kabupaten Gunung Kidul, the auhor found that the poor farmers are the group who are unable to gain access to the paid-water. Based on observation participation, combined with Geographical Information System (GIS), the author tries to describe the influence of geospatial element that affects the social-economic differentiation, and how the social-economic differentiation of the people of Gunung Kidul-Karst Gunungsewu affects the accessibility of PDAM water

EKSPLORASI POTENSI SITUS-SITUS PARIWISATA DI GUNUNGSARI: SEBUAH KAJIAN AWAL RISET AKSI PARTISIPATIF TENTANG PARIWISATA BERBASIS MASYARAKAT

The aim of this preliminary participatory action research (PAR) is to explore potential tourism sites in Gunungsari Village, Batu City, East Java. As a PAR, it implements the ecotourism concept, which is called community-based tourism (CBT) by projecting the participatory mapping (PM). As a result, this PM activity reveals the diversification of potential tourism sites which can be classified into five categories: (1) religious and cultural tourism (RCT), (2) special interest tourism (SIT), (3) agro-tourism (AT), (4) home industry tourism (HIT), and (5) educational tourism (ET). Moreover, this diversification can give significant contributions in developing tourism planning programs based on the CBT perspective aiming to empower local communities.Tujuan dari riset aksi partisipatif awal ini adalah untuk mengeksplorasi potensi situs-situs pariwisata di Desa Gunungsari, Kota Batu, Jawa Timur. Riset aksi ini mengimplementasikan konsep ekoturisme khususnya pariwisata berbasis masyarakat lokal dengan mempratikkan pemetaan partisipatif. Sebagai hasilnya, pemetaan partisipatif dalam riset ini mengungkapkan keanekaragaman potensi situs pariwisata yang dapat diklasifikasi menjadi lima kategori: (1) pariwisata religi dan budaya, (2) pariwisata minat khusus, (3) agrowisata, (4) pariwisata kerajinan rumah tangga, dan (5) pariwisata edukasi. Lebih lanjut, hasil temuan ini dapat berkontribusi dalam rencana pengembangan pariwisata berbasis masyarakat yang bertujuan untuk memberdayakan masyarakat lokal. &nbsp