Girilayu Batik Motifs and their Forms of Symbolic Contemplation

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ID19152307
AuthorsAgus Sachari (corresponding author), Arianti Ayu Puspita (0000-0002-1116-5113), Desy Nurcahyanti (0000-0002-8233-5386)
Year2020
Volume17
Issue2
Pages207-216
Publication date2020-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Philosophy and Culture (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0855-6660 • E-ISSN: 2065-5002
PublisherPeter Lang (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3726/cul022020.0016
OpenAlexW3118720992
LanguageEN
Citations received4

This article discusses the factors that confer a contemplative atmosphere to the village of Girilayu (Central Java Province, Indonesia) and stimulate local artisans to create batik motifs that contain symbolic philosophical meanings that confer ethical values to batik making while adapting to contemporary design and technological processes. Since 2016, Mbok Semok batik has struggled to preserve local traditions and patterns that stimulate contemplation in its designs. The paper is based an ethnographic approach involving data collection from Girilayu batik artisans; later analyzed using a phenomenological approach in order to describe the correlation between design and contemplative philosophical meaning in Mbok Semok . Thus, the paper functions as an example of the need to articulate local ethical practices with technological change in a way that grounds harmony in human relationships with the environment and the supernatural beyond

Aesthetics · Art · Contemplation · Epistemology · Ethnography · Sociology · The Symbolic · Visual arts · Anthropology · Crafts, Textile, and Design · Cultural and Artistic Studies · Environmental Engineering and Cultural Studies · Philosophy · Psychology

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