Theme: 4. Seeing from the Neighbourhood: States, Communities and Human Mobility

Sustaining Community in Rural Java

Panel Convenor(s)

• ET

  Eric Thompson

  National University of Singapore, Singapore

Presenter(s)

• ET

  Eric Thompson

  National University of Singapore, Singapore
• MW

  M Indra Hadi Wijaya

  University of Diponegoro, Indonesia

Co-Presenter(s)

• AA

  Alif Asniati

  University of Diponegoro, Indonesia

Presenter(s)

• KN

  Kanindya Nooringsih

  University of Diponegoro, Indonesia

Co-Presenter(s)

• NA

  Nisa Sabira Al Hakim

  University of Diponegoro, Indonesia

Presenter(s)

• ZN

  Zukruf Novandaya

  University of Diponegoro, Indonesia
• HW

  Holi Bina Wijaya

  University of Diponegoro, Indonesia

The island of Java has long been among the most densely populated regions of Southeast Asia. Over the past century, like the rest of the world it has become increasingly urban and shifted toward a more industrial and market-oriented economy. Much of the population continues to live in rural areas or in peri-urban “desakota” regions with mixed rural and urban features. The papers in this panel examine the social-cultural conditions of agrarian and rural transitions, particularly in Central Java. They are the work of mainly local Indonesian scholars associated with the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Diponegoro (Semarang, Indonesia). The aim of the panel is to share this local research with the International Convention of Asian Scholars, to provide insights in to contemporary social conditions in Indonesia, as well as to gain feedback and dialogue with attendees of the Convention. Papers by MIH Wijaya and A Asniati and by HB Wijaya and I Rudiarto provide a general context to issues of economic security in under agrarian transformation and conditions of “in-situ” urbanization, in which relatively “remote” rural areas are evolving into urban centres. Other papers focus on more specific dimensions of social-cultural change and sustainability in contemporary rural Java. Kandindya N. and N. Sabira AH examine the intersection of development and religious values in relationship to livelihoods and a burgeoning tourist sector in coastal Central Java. EC Thompson similarly examines the sustainability of communal religious practices under conditions of rural transformation. Finally, Hafzhi NA and Zukruf N argue for the comparative advantages of rural villages as a site for the development of creative industries in Java.
Institutional panel by: Department of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Diponegoro (Semarang, Indonesia)

Presentations:

• 09:00 – 10:45 (GMT+7)

  In Search of Respectability: Communal Religious Practice in Rural Java
  

  Presenter: Eric C. Thompson – National University of Singapore
• 09:00 – 10:45 (GMT+7)

  Agriculture Transformation and Rural Economic Security in Central Java, Indonesia
  

  Presenter: M Indra Hadi Wijaya – University of Diponegoro

  Co-Presenter: Alif Asniati – University of Diponegoro
• 09:00 – 10:45 (GMT+7)

  Rural Transformation and Local Values in Coastal Central Java
  

  Presenter: Kanindya Nooringsih – University of Diponegoro

  Co-Presenter: Nisa Sabira Al Hakim – University of Diponegoro
• 09:00 – 10:45 (GMT+7)

  Location Advantages of Rural Villages in Developing the Creative Economy
  

  Presenter: Zukruf Novandaya – University of Diponegoro
• 09:00 – 10:45 (GMT+7)

  Rural Transformation and In-Situ Urbanization in Java, Indonesia
  

  Presenter: Holi Bina Wijaya – University of Diponegoro