The Role of Art in Disseminating Nature Conservation Awareness: Case Study of Tanen Art in Central Java, Indonesia

Abstract

Dance as a symbol system could be understood as a marking system. This meant that the presence of dance this research seeked was to find the position of Tanen art in growing awareness of nature conservation for the people of Grintingan, Lencoh Village, Selo District, Boyolali Regency, Central Java, Indonesia, and how it played a role in the idea of Indonesian cultural development. The research was conducted using qualitative data obtained through the participant observation method, which was a method that anthropological study enthusiasts commonly carried out. Through this method, researchers lived together in the socio-cultural environment of the community studied and were involved in various life activities of residents. This kind of cultural development could later answer the nation's problems. Strengthening identity by preserving, utilizing, and developing local cultural wealth while still considering the phenomenon of other cultural products, namely general culture (mass, commercial), alternative culture (art, invention), and classical culture containing historical dimensions, would encourage the discovery of a true and adaptive national identity to the pace of the times.

Keywords: Dance, local knowledge, local wisdom, environmental sustainability

DOI: 10.7176/ADS/103-4

Publication date: January 31^st 2023