Revitalizing Nationalism Through Commemoration Day of Historical Events

DOI

10.2991/iconeg-16.2017.61How to use a DOI?

Keywords

nationalism; commemoration day; collective awareness; identity

Abstract

This paper aims to examine the dynamics of citizenship and identity formation through historical, social, and ideological-based model of commemorations day. Implementation of various activities to commemorate historical events or national days is often seen as a symbolic and serves as public ceremonial purposes only. This paper wants to criticize those pessimistic views. First, this article would probe the meaning of the commemoration of the national holiday. Then, it would explain various efforts implemented by the Government of Bandung City to preserve the values contained in the commemoration of national days. Through survey research, the results show that the commemoration form of activities conducted through the formal ceremony are still relevant and effective to disseminate, internalize, and institutionalize values and historical significance of the historical event. However, the commemoration days need to be enriched by socializing the local cultural and historical values behind the historical events.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Rina Hermawati
AU  - Caroline Paskarina
PY  - 2016/12
DA  - 2016/12
TI  - Revitalizing Nationalism Through Commemoration Day of Historical Events
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Ethics in Governance (ICONEG 2016)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 270
EP  - 274
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/iconeg-16.2017.61
DO  - 10.2991/iconeg-16.2017.61
ID  - Hermawati2016/12
ER  -