Conservation and Promoting Indonesian Culture in the Era of Globalization

الملخص

The state of conservation of many old cultural objects is impacted not only by the environment’s aggressiveness, but also by domestic and industrial activities and the levels of cultural and environmental education of the people. This paper aims to suggest an approach to preserve and support Indonesian cultures in the era of globalization. Using literature reviews as the main data collection and analysis, the definition and importance of cultures and globalization and the existing Indonesian cultures are thoroughly studied. The literature study result shows that Indonesian cultures are embedded in the way of life of the people. They are a crystallization of Indonesian noble values which are deep and rich of authenticity. Yet, globalization has its own characteristics which have shown an influence to the alteration of Indonesian cultures. Based on the analysis, the possible approach to conserve the Indonesian cultures depends primarily on education to increase the awareness of the people and the sense of belonging to wisdom and local values. To promote the cultural knowledge and awareness, the use of media communication both online and offline is found beneficial. These are important not only to face the effect of globalization, but also to preserve Indonesian cultures.