Unesa.ac.id. SURABAYA—Efforts to preserve art through education and community culture were highlighted in a one-day webinar held by FBS State University of Surabaya and Apebskid (Teacher-Researcher Affiliate of Culture, Language, Literature, Communication, Art and Design) East Java (16/11). This webinar is a manifestation of the collaboration between Unesa and Apebskid Indonesia.
The webinar was officially opened by the Deputy Chancellor I for Education, Student Affairs and Alumni, Madlazim, who emphasized the importance of this collaboration. "I see that the collaboration between Unesa and Apebskid—in its implementation between FBS UNESA and Apebskid East Java—will become an academic and empowerment forum that is productive and conducive to scientific development and scientific-based activities," he said.
Professor The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences (FMIPA) added that the theme taken truly reflects the scope of science developed at FBS UNESA and the researchers or teachers who are under the umbrella of Apebskid. "Hopefully this webinar activity will be carried out in a sustainable manner - even enhanced with other activities," he hoped.
Chairman of Apebskid, Much Khoiri in his speech expressed his gratitude for holding this webinar as a first step in integrating arts and education , and society. "Providing a space for scientific dialogue for lecturers and members of Apebskid with the intellectual community inside and outside campus in the fields of culture, language, literature, communication, art and design," he said.
A similar thing was conveyed by the Chairman of Apebskid Indonesia, Hadirman, who also welcomed the East Java initiative. “APEBSKID Indonesia fully supports efforts to preserve this traditional art. We consider it important that Apebskid Indonesia's collaboration with UNESA is important, because Apebskid's scientific fields are all at Unesa. "We hope that UNESA-Apebskid collaborative activities will progress and develop over time," he stressed.
This webinar was attended by participants from academics, arts and culture teachers, and traditional arts practitioners.
This online webinar event was attended by More than 120 participants from academics, arts and culture teachers, to traditional arts practitioners took part in this webinar. The interactive discussion showed the high level of interest in collaboration between arts, education and technology.
The webinar presented three main speakers who shared views from an arts and culture education perspective, namely, Prof. Dr. Elindra Yetti, M.Pd. (Jakarta State University), Prof. Dr. Warih Handayaningrum, M.Pd. (Surabaya State University), and Prof. Dr. Anik Juwariyah, M.Si. (Surabaya State University).
Elindra Yetti discussed the importance of dance education in increasing aesthetic sensitivity and cultural awareness in children from an early age. According to him, dance as an educational medium is able to develop creativity, self-regulation and cultural tolerance through a multicultural approach.
Furthermore, Warih Handayaningrum, explained the role of art studios in preserving performing arts in East Java. He highlighted how art studios such as in Malang, Bangkalan and Ponorogo have become centers of cultural inheritance through the revitalization of traditions and digital adaptation.
Meanwhile, Anik Juwariyah raised traditions such as the tayub dance as a symbol of fertility and collective cultural strength agrarian. He emphasized the importance of public awareness of handarbeni (having a sense of ownership) of traditional arts as part of local identity.
This webinar marks a promising start for the development of arts and culture in East Java, as well as opening a space for discussion to strengthen the arts tradition as an inseparable part of education and life in Indonesian society.[*]
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Author and photo: Resdianto and Much. Khoiri
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