英文摘要 |
In this paper on heritage and cultivating local arts resources, village-based performing arts troupes called sekaa sebunan desa are discussed on the Indonesian island of Bali. In 2014, a group called Saptana Jagaraga from the village of Singapadu in Bali, Indonesia revived the village-based troupe to represent their district in a local arts festival. Unlike the private troupes who outsourced musicians and dancers from throughout the island, Saptana Jagaraga intentionally drew from their immediate village for arts resources. What is significant to the heritage discussion is that the formation of this village-based group was in response to member's discontentment with privately run sanggar. For many, privatization, commercialization and tourism pressures strained social bonds at the village level. What were the aesthetic, logistical and economic reasons for rejecting privately run sanggar in favor of village-based heritage management? Are village-based troupes sustainable in Bali's increasingly commercialized and privatized market-driven arts economy? Addressing these questions, I examine discourses surrounding heritage revivals and sustainability to consider the implications for recultivating local forms against the backdrop of global cultural flows. I am particularly interested in how Saptana Jagaraga's heritage revival is less concerned with preservation and maintenance and more geared towards creating and innovating through strengthening shared social bonds. |