TIME.CO, Jakarta – Wednesday 23 August 2023 the National Agency for Research and Innovation (BRIN) awarded the Sarwono Prize to the literature scholar and lecturer of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences (FIB) of the University of Indonesia (UI), Melani Budianto.
In addition to conferring awards to advance the field of literature and culture, the head of BRIN, Laksana Tri Handoko, announced specific programs in the fields of archaeology, manuscripts and oral traditions to be completed this year.
“We have planned and most likely this year will start. For archeology, we’ll do it based excavation sitewhich, according to the recommendations of friends, will focus on the Bumiayu and Bongal watersheds, Sumatra,” Handoko explained in front of the guests of the 2023 Sarwono Award at the BJ Habibie Building, Jakarta.
This excavation program can last five to seven years and is said to be a platform for developing human resource talent in the field of archeology.
“There we will enter the program visiting chair from abroad, for example, including the program graduation through research for S2 and S3 levels from within the state, until this happens fusion point for national archaeological development,” he added.
Also, Handoko said working collectionit will be located in Cibinong, West Java, which means that the center of all the collections gathered by the process will be there excavation or excavation.
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The hope, Handoko said, is that the field of archeology in Indonesia is no less than that of National Geographic. With this program, BRIN hopes to train reliable young archaeologists in the future.
“We will do the same for manuscripts and oral traditions. Because we have so many collections, even in digital format, that have not been studied at all,” he added.
Especially with regard to manuscripts and oral traditions, it is likely that its center will perhaps be in Pasar Minggu, Jakarta, to be precise at the former headquarters of the National Archaeological Research Center (Arkenas).
Handoko assures that this program will be open to everyone fresh graduate or recent graduates, like all BRIN programmes. “So there are no more stories about entering the FIB, let alone archeology, the future is unclear. The hope is that there are not only six archaeological departments across the archipelago, but that they could increase to 12, 16 and so on,” he said.
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