The sound heritage of Kotagede: the evolving soundscape of a living museum

Mediastika, Christina E. and Sudarsono, Anugrah S. and Utami, Sentagi S. and Setiawan, Teguh and Mansell, James G. and Santosa, Revianto B. and Wiratama, Army and Yanti, Ressy J. and Cliffe, Laurence (2024) The sound heritage of Kotagede: the evolving soundscape of a living museum. Built Heritage, 8 (1): 38. ISSN 20963041

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Abstract

Kotagede, the capital of the ancient Mataram Kingdom and currently an area in the Yogyakarta Province of Indonesia, is known as a ‘real living museum’. It was previously a residential area with many vital premises and heritage buildings that became a tourist area. Its locally established activities enrich the visual and sound environment of the vicinity. However, it has gradually lost its distinguishing sounds. A series of studies aims to improve the possibility of restoring past soundmarks to preserve the intangible heritage and make living museums as rich as possible. This paper reports the initial stage of the series, which focuses on capturing the rich historical sounds of Kotagede. The study was carefully designed to collect comprehensive data on heritage sounds using qualitative methods consisting of an initial focus group discussion (FGD), in-depth interviews, and a final FGD. These methods resulted in a large amount of data that were processed and classified using the descriptive phenomenology approach with the Colaizzi protocol. The study found that Kotagede has various soundmarks grouped into local and outside sounds. The locally rooted sounds can be grouped into eight categories, some of which can be extended as past and present sounds and a few that have persisted from the past to the present. In the subsequent stage, this classification and local leaders' concerns helped the researchers select and prioritise sounds for preservation and tourism purposes. The study emphasises the importance of choosing suitable participants to provide detailed and comprehensive information. © The Author(s) 2024.

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Cited by: 0; All Open Access, Gold Open Access
Uncontrolled Keywords: Sound, Heritage, Living museum, Tourist, Soundmark, Soundscape
Subjects: T Technology > T Technology (General)
Divisions: Faculty of Engineering > Nuclear and Physics Engineering Department
Depositing User: Yulistiarini Kumaraningrum KUMARANINGRUM
Date Deposited: 29 Oct 2024 05:18
Last Modified: 29 Oct 2024 05:18
URI: https://ir.lib.ugm.ac.id/id/eprint/9836

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