Preserving cultural heritage Sangiran through the empowerment of female batik artisans

Batik Sangiran which has become a cultural heritage and needs to be preserved was exhibited at the 2022 OzAsia in Adelaide. Sangiran area itself has been recognized as a protected World Heritage Site.

Batik motifs from Sangiran have local appeal that hard or cannot be imitated (visitjawatengah.jatengprov.go.id).

Sih Natalia Sukmi is a lecturer in Communication Studies at Satya Wacana Catholic University who is currently undertaking PhD studies at Sorbone University, France. Sih Natalia Sukmi explained to Sri Dean the background of her research and the ideas behind her video installation works which were exhibited at OzAsia 2022 in Adelaide - about the empowerment of female Sangiran batik artisans, to preserve their cultural heritage.

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