Traditional Songket Motifs of Sasak Ethnic Group in Lombok Indonesia Amidst the Society as Examined Through the Concept of Hyperreality
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.210602.021How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Songket, Existence, Cultural Studies, Hyperreality
- Abstract
This research examines the existence of the traditional songket of the Sasak ethnic group in the context of hyperreality. The traditional songket motifs of the Sasak ethnic group have started to fade and are losing out to the new songket motifs with more popular patterns. Apart from the market effect, the major reason that has caused traditional songket to be rarely made by craftsmen is that the making technique is more difficult than the other types of songket with newer motifs. In this paper the authors employ cultural studies by using Jean Baudrillard’s hyperreality theory. This method helps to adjust the objectives and outcomes of the research. As a result, the traditional songket of the Sasak ethnic group is outdone by new, more hyper-realistic motifs. This is also caused by the behavior of the popular masses who are more concerned with current trends than the value of their cultural heritage. Finally, many weavers deconstruct traditional songket motifs into new motifs but still use the names of traditional songket to keep up with the trends and their products sale is ensured.
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- © 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Tomy Taufik Rafiqul Hadi AU - Trie Hartiti Retnowati AU - M Savitri Wukirasih PY - 2021 DA - 2021/06/04 TI - Traditional Songket Motifs of Sasak Ethnic Group in Lombok Indonesia Amidst the Society as Examined Through the Concept of Hyperreality BT - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Arts and Arts Education (ICAAE 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 109 EP - 114 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210602.021 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.210602.021 ID - Hadi2021 ER -