A total of six students of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences underwent a Certified Cultural Internship program placed at the Balai Pelestarian Kebudayaan region X (Yogyakarta – Central Java), this internship is part of the Certified Internship and Independent Study activities. They came from several study programs namely Cultural Anthropology (Amandha Eva, Gemma Padira, Via Vitarina, and Widya Pandega), History (Duhita Prananing Tyasayu), and Arabic Literature (Salma Shidqiyah). The six students were divided into two fields, namely Assistant Cultural Heritage Recorder and Assistant Recorder of Cultural Promotion Objects. For four months from September to December 2024, they had the opportunity to expand their knowledge related to cultural heritage preservation, starting from multi tagging analysis, documentation, the process of determining cultural heritage and intangible cultural heritage, data collection, to interviews.

Documentation of internship students while exploring Ijo Temple

Not limited to data collection, interns also have the opportunity to participate in the process of the Cultural Heritage Expert Team hearing and play a direct role in the formation of Regional Cultural Thoughts (PPKD). Before collecting data directly in the field, they were introduced to the Directorate General of Culture and its duties and functions, they also received briefings related to the types and legal protection of Cultural Heritage and Cultural Promotion Objects,

As a final project, they translated the cultural heritage into a magazine entitled Tracing the Charm of Ijo Temple: Civilization Above the Clouds, a “Cultify” podcast inviting KI Gondo Suharno, and flashcards containing several Objects of Cultural Advancement as learning media for students in kindergarten. In addition, they also worked on individual assignments in the form of scientific papers on critical reviews of various aspects of cultural heritage.

[Public Relation of Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Sandya Kirani]

Tuesday, May 28, 2024 – Students from the Faculty of Humanities currently on a Student Internship program at Buku Mojok publishing paid a visit to the Offset printing factory. The factory is one of the printing houses used by Buku Mojok to print its books. During the visit, they were introduced to the machines used to print books and the stages it is used in printing. This visit is in line with SDGs number 9, namely Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure.

The visit began at 2:30 pm with an explanation of printing using plates inside of the machine. Then, interns were invited to see the machines used such as paper folding machines, cutting machines, and binding machines for paper sheets to become books. In addition, interns also received explanations related to the machines used, for example the difference between color printing machines and one-color printing machines.

Sunday, 10th March 2024 – Students of the Faculty of Cultural Science, currently in an internship program at Buku Mojok publishing company, became the moderator for Festival Penulis Perempuan to celebrate International Women’s day. The event, initiated by Buku Mojok, was held in three days on the 8th, 9th, and 10th of March at Akademi Bahagia. On the lasy day of the event, Buku Mojok invited Ranting Mangga to lead the journaling workshop and Isnaniar to lead the meditation workshop. This event is in line with the 5th SDGs, gender equality.

The event started at 1PM with the journaling workshop by Ranting Mangga. The participants was encouraged to write and paste scraps paper pieces in their journal as they like. After that, the event was followed with the meditation workshop. Isnaniar invited the participants to meditate by walking on the grass around their meeting area. On this event, student interns also participated in the workshop and helped the staff from Buku Mojok to prepare the event.

[Humas FIB UGM, Author: Catharina Maida Muhamartha, Editor: Rifal Fadlurrahman]

ARTraduction, with its logo interpreted from AR or the initials of Andina Rorimpandey, a nationally certified French translator recognized by the French Embassy. ARTraduction not only focuses on French-Indonesian-English translation, but also strives to enrich the Indonesian public’s knowledge of French culture through social media, such as Instagram and Blog where ARTraduction shares information on culture, language, tourist attractions, culinary, education system in France and other francophone countries and other interesting information.

As a translation agency, ARTraduction provides translation services for legal and general documents, including books. In addition, the agency also offers editing, proofreading, consecutive interpreting, legalization at the French Embassy, and third-party partnerships for Schengen and other countries’ visas, as well as apostille at the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights.

ARTraduction’s commitment to education and networking is also evident in its collaboration with several public universities as guest lecturers. ARTraduction is also part of the Ministry of Education’s Teaching Practitioner program, becoming a French-Indonesian translation practitioner. This is concretely done with Gadjah Mada University to strengthen ARTraduction’s commitment in supporting education, by accepting student interns since the even semester of the 2022-2023 academic year.

That way, it is certain that the experience experienced by students as interns at this institution can bring useful knowledge and benefit themselves and the world. Being a translator is not an easy or even trivial thing, but a profession that requires a lot of experience and perseverance. So that in the future, students as ARTraduction interns and also part of UGM can take part in the design of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for Quality Education and Partnership points.

Author: Angela Amalia Kellen
Editor: Rifal Fadlurrahman
Translator: Sandya Kirani