The Department of History at UGM’s Faculty of Cultural Sciences, in collaboration with the University of Amsterdam and Sound and Vision (Beeld en Geluid), is hosting a summer program titled Re:Sound (Restituting, Reconnecting, Reimagining Sound Heritage). The program will take place at the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, UGM, from July 6–10, 2026, and will be attended by students from Gadjah Mada University and the University of Amsterdam. The program’s opening ceremony will be held in Room 709 of the Soegondo Building on Monday, July 6, 2026.
The program was opened by Dr. Nur Saktiningrum, S.S., M.Hum., Vice Dean for Academic and Student Affairs, and Dr. Abdul Wahid, Head of the Department of History. They extended a warm welcome and congratulated the students and all participants involved in the program. Dr. Sri Margana, S.S., M.Hum., and Barbara Titus from Jaap Kunst Collection then took the floor to outline the introduction and objectives of the Re:Sound program, which serves as a collective platform for participants to critically examine the legacy of sound archives, their origins, ownership, and curatorial agency.
The opening of this program marks the start of a series of intensive activities combining in-class discussion sessions and site visits. The series of site visits took place at the Sonobudoyo Museum, the Ullen Sentalu Museum, and the Lokananta Museum. Through a combination of academic lectures in the classroom and visits to these cultural preservation institutions, the Re:Sound Summer Program is expected to spark new discourse among young people across nations regarding the importance of restitution, connectivity, and reimagining sound heritage. This international collaboration also reaffirms FIB UGM’s commitment to supporting academic internationalization and cultural preservation.
[Humas FIB, Maylafaizza Nafisha Zifa]
