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their inherent riskiness, production delays, and in other relevant factors, Masihulan provides a natural experiment in which to explore what drives subsistence
decisions in a traditional setting by identifying how and why households allocate labor among viable subsistence alternatives in the way they do. I will collect
three sets of data during the course of the study: 1 household level data on the amount of labor dedicated to alternative subsistence activities through time;
2 household level data on the production of alternative subsistence activities through time food calories for subsistence activities and monetary income for
cash cropping; and 3 GIS and remote sensing data on household and resource locations, including imagery collected using an miniature unmanned air vehicle
UAV owned and operated by colleagues at the Bandung Institute of Technology.
15.1 Mr. Michael Holton Price
Warga Negara : Amerika Serikat
Jabatan : Ph.D. Candidate
Institusi : Stanford University
No. SIP : 175SIPFRPSMV2013
16. The Sam Poo Kong Temple in Semarang: A Cosmopolitan Figuration
Tujuan Penelitian : Meneliti aspek-aspek arkeologis dan nilai sejarah
bangunan Sam Poo Kong Bidang Penelitian
: Antropologi Budaya Daerah Penelitian
: Jateng Semarang; Jatim Surabaya; DKI Jakarta; Sumsel Palembang
Lama Penelitian : 12 dua belas bulan mulai 23 Juli 2013
No. SIP : Fakultas Budaya – UI Prof. Dr Melani Budianta
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Abstrak
In 2005, the Sam Poo Kong Temple in Semarang celebrated the 600th anniversary of Admiral Cheng Ho’s alleged short visit to the northern coast of Java. The Temple
is dedicated to Sam Poo Kong, a deity embodying the Ming Dynasty Admiral Cheng Ho. In recent years the complex has undergone architectural restoration
and has become one of the landmarks of Semarang, attracting a growing number of visitors from Indonesia and beyond. While the thesis will contain a research on
Cheng Ho-related historiography and mythography, this research will foremost focus on the archaeology of the Sam Poo Kong Temple and its cosmopolitan
visual identity and theology.
The analysis of the architectural and ornamental styles of the shrines within the complex of the Sam Poo Kong Temple, including both Javanese and Chinese
elements, will provide an insight into materialisation of diversity within the Temple, known to welcome Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist worshippers. An
interpretation of Cheng Ho’s voyage and diplomatic mission to Southeast Asia and, possibly, northern Java will provide a wider framework for the exploration of
cultural dynamics, religious diversity, and cosmopolitan iguration of the Sam Poo Kong Temple.
Historical records of Cheng Ho short-term visit to Java are not unanimously supporting the legend of his visit, and local mythographies also vary on relating
the tale of Cheng Ho in Java. What they all share is little attention the topic received in historical and cultural studies of Java and Indonesia, which is in sharp
contrast with the local and wider national importance of the site, as well as its size and lavish architecture.
Hence, this research will make an important contribution to historical and cultural scholarship in relation to the cosmopolitan nature of the site using the
anthropological exploration of Cheng Ho-related myths, as well as archaeological investigation of the compound. By providing an interpretation of the ways in
which cultural dynamics and exchange were established in the region of Southeast Asia, as well as how they are maintained in this Javanese temple today, this
thesis will move beyond the formal analysis to the study of culture and religious diversity. Hence, this research will contribute to art historical and archaeological
knowledge, wider cultural theory, knowledge of religious diversity and studies of cosmopolitanism, as well as historical studies of Cheng Ho’s voyages.
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16.1 Ms. Ivana Prazic
