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Indonesian Spice Route as Global Civilization Network at Symposium of America European Regions 2021
The richness of Batik philosophical values aren’t only related to the way of life, yet it contains the historical records of the place of origin. On 5-6 June 2021, Indonesian Student Association Alliances in America and Europe held the Symposium of America and Europe IBERIA with the theme of “Indonesian Spice Route as Global Civilization Network”.
The Agenda was arranged as follows:
First session : (In Indonesian)
“VISION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF INDONESIAN CULTURE”
Second session: (In English)
“BUILDING SUSTAINABLE TOURISM AS GLOBAL CIVILIZATION NETWORK
Third Session: (In Indonesian)
“VISION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF INDONESIAN RESEARCH AND HISTORICAL ARCHIVAL”
The webinar was streamed to the YouTube channel on this link
The Symposium has generated a policy brief, which has been handed over to the Indonesian Government as policymakers, which can be downloaded at this link
iWareBatik supports this intellectual event as the hallmark contribution delivered by Indonesian students in 28 countries across America and European Regions. Through the digital initiative, iWareBatik deeply concerns about protecting the cultural identity of Indonesian Batik motifs, especially those origin from the spice route regions.
Several motif examples can be seen from “Daun Lada Hitam” or black pepper from Bangka Belitung Province and “Pala Salawaku” or Nutmeg from Maluku Province.
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Batik is a textile-making tradition in Indonesia that was inscribed by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2009.
iWareBatik is a digital platform that is designed to showcase and communicate the exceptional cultural values of Batik tradition that is protected by UNESCO as the legacy of humanity.
The online platform serves to help international and Indonesian Batik stakeholders to identify the variety of Batik textiles, philosophical values behind the motif, its place of origin, and useful information about local producers. Since Batik characterises the culture of each region in Indonesia, iWareBatik platform also features information about Indonesian tourism overview related to Batik in 34 provinces across Indonesia.
The Artificial Intelligence machine learning provides a new learning experience to reveal the hidden past of the Batik motifs using the Batik Recognition Tool in the mobile app.
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The richness of Batik philosophical values aren’t only related to the way of life, yet it contains the historical records of the place of origin. On 5-6 June 2021, Indonesian Student Association Alliances in America and Europe held the Symposium of America and Europe Iberia with the theme of “Indonesian Spice Route as Global Civilization Network”.
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