TY - JOUR
T1 - Muntok as a cultural landscape
AU - Kurniawan, K. R.
AU - Soedjalmo, D.
AU - Nuraeny, E.
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The authors wish to acknowledge the respondents who shared their memories of Muntok: Mr. Sopyan, Mrs. Sopi, Mr. Saudi, and Mrs. Yana from Kampung Ulu; Koh Suwito, Mr. Suseno, Mr. Fakhrizal, Mr. Robert, Mrs. Tina, Mr. Ridwan, Mr. Suharli, Bang Awi, Mr. Syarifudin, fishermen at Tanjung Ular Beach; Mr. Amaw and Mr. Dakduk from Kebun Jati; a pepper farmer from Desa Air Putih; and street vendors in the town center. The authors also wish to thank DRPM UI (contract NKB-0063/UN2.R3.1/HKP.05.00/2019) for funding this research and Intan Findanavy for her help during the research process.
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PY - 2020/3/3
Y1 - 2020/3/3
N2 - The abundance of natural resources has influenced the cultural landscape of Muntok. It is blessed with hills, forests, rivers, and beaches that attracted people of various cultural backgrounds to settle. Besides its unique landscape, Muntok was famous for its commodities such as tin and pepper in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Malay, Chinese, European, and Arab clusters are the legacy of the commodities trade in Muntok. However, nowadays, the landscape is polluted by illegal tin mining. If this practice continues, it will further destroy the environment and Muntok's cultural heritage. This paper investigates Muntok's tangible and intangible values as a cultural landscape after the golden era of tin mining using a qualitative research methodology. This paper maps Muntok's natural landscape from the hills to the shore, especially focusing on water-related aspects of the landscape. A series of in-depth interviews with locals forms the basis for a discussion of lost intangible values due to the destruction of the natural landscape. As a preliminary study, this paper proposes policy recommendations on conservation and development planning in Muntok. The paper also highlights Muntok's potential to be recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site in the future.
AB - The abundance of natural resources has influenced the cultural landscape of Muntok. It is blessed with hills, forests, rivers, and beaches that attracted people of various cultural backgrounds to settle. Besides its unique landscape, Muntok was famous for its commodities such as tin and pepper in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Malay, Chinese, European, and Arab clusters are the legacy of the commodities trade in Muntok. However, nowadays, the landscape is polluted by illegal tin mining. If this practice continues, it will further destroy the environment and Muntok's cultural heritage. This paper investigates Muntok's tangible and intangible values as a cultural landscape after the golden era of tin mining using a qualitative research methodology. This paper maps Muntok's natural landscape from the hills to the shore, especially focusing on water-related aspects of the landscape. A series of in-depth interviews with locals forms the basis for a discussion of lost intangible values due to the destruction of the natural landscape. As a preliminary study, this paper proposes policy recommendations on conservation and development planning in Muntok. The paper also highlights Muntok's potential to be recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage site in the future.
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U2 - 10.1088/1755-1315/447/1/012044
DO - 10.1088/1755-1315/447/1/012044
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:85082630510
VL - 447
JO - IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
JF - IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
SN - 1755-1307
IS - 1
M1 - 012044
T2 - 1st International Conference on Planning towards Sustainability, ICoPS 2019
Y2 - 6 November 2019 through 7 November 2019
ER -