Yogyakarta, August 13, 2024 – The Faculty of Humanities of Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) successfully held the inaugural lecture for new undergraduate students of the Class of 2024 with the theme “The Role of Humanities in the 21st Century”. The event was held on Tuesday, August 13, 2024, from 08.00 WIB to 11.00 WIB at Soegondo Building, UGM. Facing the number of participants reaching 700 people, this inaugural lecture was held offline at Soegondo Auditorium and online in various classes that had been determined. The division of rooms for this event was as follows:

– Soegondo Auditorium: Students of the Cultural Anthropology, Indonesian Language and Literature, and Tourism Study Programs.

– Soegondo Room 707: Students of the Javanese Language, Literature, and Culture, French Language and Literature, and History programs.

– Soegondo Room 625+627: Students of Korean Language and Culture Study Program.

– Soegondo Room 521+522: Students of the English Literature Study Program.

– Soegondo Room 407+409: Students of the Arabic Literature Study Program.

– Soegondo Room 310: Students of Japanese Language and Culture Study Program.

– Soegondo Room 226+227: Students of the Archaeology Study Program.

The event was attended by Heads of Departments and Heads of Undergraduate Study Programs (S1) and guided by the moderator, Dr. Wulan Tri Astuti, S.S., M.A.. This event certainly presents excellent speakers: Prof. Dr. Fadlil Munawaar Manshur, M.S., Prof. Dr. Bambang Hudayana, M.A., Prof. Dr. Sangidu, M.Hum., and Prof. Dr. Hendrokumoro, M.Hum. The speakers gave in-depth presentations on the contribution and relevance of the humanities in the context of the 21st century, providing valuable insights for the new students to start their academic journey. With high enthusiasm and spirit, new students are expected to absorb knowledge and inspiration from this inaugural lecture to build useful knowledge in the field of humanities.

The competition that the Tourism & BSO Sastra Oebah Team participated in on May 15-17, 2024 was called the Indonesian Tourism Competition. The competition was held at Bandung State Polytechnic. For the competition itself, as the title suggests, it is related to tourism. However, there are several general branches of competition, one of which is creative dance. The participants were spread throughout Indonesia, although not all of them participated. At that time, the team of students from the Faculty of Humanities, Gadjah Mada University won 3rd place out of 12 participants. Creative Dance Competition is a talent test that focuses on the creativity of contemporary dance movements including harmonization between wiraga, wirasa, wirama, weitra, accompanied by traditional music and modern Indonesian music. With the theme “Revive The Culture of The Land a Thousand Islands”, this competition aims to create a creative dance where participants can perform extinct traditional Indonesian dance performances with modern vibes.

Sastra Oebah is a semi-autonomous body of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, which is engaged in dance (traditional classical and contemporary creations). In 2023, Sastra Oebah was formed to become the new identity and face of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences. The beginning of the naming of Sastra Oebah itself is because it is in the Faculty of Letters (Faculty of Cultural Sciences) and Oebah means “moving” which is then elaborated as a symbol that BSO Sastra Oebah is a BSO engaged in dance. The establishment of Sastra Oebah was seen by several students who have potential in the field of dance. In this case, Sastra Oebah is able to realize several implied questions related to the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, which is identical to the variety of cultures in it, but does not have an institution/community engaged in this field (traditional classical dance and contemporary creations in particular). The mission of Sastra Oebah itself was formed by not being closed, which means that it is only open to students of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences. However, Sastra Oebah opens as many opportunities as possible for non-faculty students if they have an interest in joining Sastra Oebah. interested in joining as part of Sastra Oebah.

Yogyakarta, Thursday, June 6, 2024 – The Arabic Literature Study Program of Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) held an offline Tourism Arabic Lecture at the Faculty of Cultural Sciences, UGM. The lecture presented a practitioner from UGM Faculty of Cultural Sciences Alumni, Ghifari Yuristiadhi Masyhari Makhasi, S.S., M.A., M.M., C.H.E. who currently works as a Tourism Lecturer at UGM Vocational School. In this activity, Ghifari shared experiences and practical knowledge on how to become a proficient Arabic tour guide.

The students were very enthusiastic about the lecture, especially because they could directly interact with practitioners and get first-hand insight into the challenges and opportunities in the tourism industry using Arabic. Ghifari also provided a tour guide simulation, where students were invited to play the role of tour guides and tourists. With this lecture, students are expected to be better prepared for the world of work and have additional skills that can increase their competitiveness in the global market.

This lecture is part of the UGM Arabic Literature Study Program’s efforts to improve the quality of education and curriculum relevance to industry needs.

This activity was carried out as an effort to help tourism actors to design sustainable tourism in Dewi Pandang tourist destination. The various activities carried out are also an effort to implement Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) No. 1: No Poverty, No. 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities, and No. 17: Partnership for the Goals in tourism practices. This activity is part of the implementation of tridarma, namely community service carried out by lecturers of the UGM Tourism Study Program, Runavia Mulyasari, S.Ant., M.A., together with M. Jhony Fonsen (student), and Fatimah Azzahrah, S.Par., alumni of the UGM Faculty of Arts Tourism Study Program.

The Indonesian government through Law Number 10 Year 2009 made tourism as a form of economic development in rural areas. Rural areas are considered to have great potential in the form of natural wealth and cultural values of the community. Integration of rural communities with tourism is done through the development of tourism villages in various regions including in tourist destinations that have developed. However, the planning process of developing tourist destinations into tourist villages often does not receive attention and support from the government. This of course implies that the planning process often does not run smoothly.

However, problems often arise in the process of planning and developing tourist villages. One of them is that the planning of tourism village development is entirely left to the community without intensive assistance from the authorities in developing a sustainable tourism village.

Tourism is a variety of tourist activities supported by various facilities and services provided by various stakeholders involved in tourism activities. According to Law No.1/2009 on Tourism, there are four elements in tourism, namely industry, destination, marketing, and institutions. These four elements are filled by various actors with their respective roles and duties.

In an effort to organize sustainable tourism in rural areas, the government designed the concept of a tourist village that has the principles of economically feasible, environmentally feasible, socially acceptable, and technologically appropriate. To turn an area into a tourist village, it is necessary to pay attention to several criteria, namely seeing the tourism potential in the area, the presence of people who are willing to get involved, having formal institutions, being able to respond to opportunities by providing support in the form of tourist facilities, and having the ability to develop a tourist market.

In the planning process, the community around Dewi Pandang destination needs to identify the existing conditions of various tourism potentials (fisheries, culture, agriculture and MSMEs). This identification process is then derived through a mature tourism development plan as an effort to improve community welfare, preserve nature, and community culture. Strengthening through meeting the potential of the local community can help the implementation of sustainable tourism activities.

The output results in the form of Dewi Pandang planning videos can be accessed through the following link:

An Nuur Khairune Nisa, Delfyan Intan Nurmala Fadin, and Putrisari Oktaviani Gustiarti have written a journal entitled “Experiencing Museum: Eksplorasi Digital Free Tourism di Museum Ullen Sentalu, Yogyakarta,” which explores the concept of Digital Free Tourism (DFT) in the context of experiencing a museum at Ullen Sentalu. The study aims to analyze the implementation of the DFT concept at the Ullen Sentalu Museum in Yogyakarta and its implications for the museum tourism experience. This research employs a qualitative method with an exploratory study approach conducted through data collection methods, including observation, in-depth interviews, and literature review gathered from journals, books, articles, and the Ullen Sentalu Museum’s website.

The findings of this research reveal that the Ullen Sentalu Museum has successfully applied the DFT concept by controlling the on-site technology used during museum tours to protect the collection’s security and create a more profound museum experience, enhancing visitors’ curiosity and well-being. Ullen Sentalu also does not reject digital utilization, instead, they create an innovation by optimizing digital content during pre-site and post-site stages to reflect their commitment to staying relevant in the digital era while preserving traditional values in DFT.

This journal originated from the final assignment of the Tourism Article Writing course conducted at the end of 2023. At the beginning of the semester, the authors sought an interesting issue amid the current development of digital technology. Besides its positive impacts, the massive development of digital technology can also have negative impacts on the tourism sector, giving rise to a new theory known as Digital Free Tourism. Interestingly, this concept has already been implemented around us, as exemplified by the Ullen Sentalu Museum. Due to the limited studies on DFT in Indonesia, especially in the context of museums, they decided to explore DFT at the Ullen Sentalu Museum and its connection to “experiencing museum”. They found that DFT is closely related to the tourist experience and enhances curiosity and well-being. Last, An Nuur stated that this topic is undoubtedly intriguing to delve deeper into, as tourism without digital elements actually adds meaning to tourism itself.

The journal can be accessed through: jurnal.ugm.ac.id/tourism_pariwisata/article/download/92457/3818