Indonesian Students Discuss Cultural Issues in Bali

Student Executive Board (BEM) Udayana University will hold a Conference on National Culture.
Conference at the end of 2012 is titled "Cultural Transformation towards Indonesia's Democratic Youths in Perspective". Activities that will be attended by students from all over Indonesia, took place on December 6 to 8, 2012 in Bali.

In addition to scheduled discussions to understand the challenges and opportunities during the process of cultural transformation that occurs following offer solutions from the perspective of youth, the event was interpreted by talk show culture. Speakers include Radhar Panca Dahana, Romo Mudji Sutrisno, Jean Couteau, I Dewa Gede Palguna and a number of other qualified humanists.

Participants will also be invited to visit the new Jatiluwih Subak confirmed as UNESCO world cultural heritage in 2012.

According to Committee Chairman, Ni Made Frischa Aswarini, this event opens a space for young people, especially students, to talk about the judging of the various aspects of culture. Its output in the form of policy recommendations for all stakeholders in areas such as education, law, politics, and economics.

KBN 2012 Indonesia was about to invite all students to color and escort cultural dynamics that exist in the archipelago. "This program may be a national meeting held in Indonesia and followed students to specifically discuss the issue of culture," said Frischa.

The participant registration is still open until 30 November 2012. More information can be accessed at konferensibudaya.wordpress.com, social networking twitter (@ KBUdayana) and facebook (National Cultural Conference 2012 University of Udayana).

Overview of KBN 2012
Indonesia's national culture is a process that continues to be and ever-changing as the times. National culture consisting of various culture areas basically have certain similarities, met with modern cultural values ​​such as multiculturalism and democracy that shift, dynamics, and also tension.

Accordingly, no doubt occurs cultural transformation of traditional society into a society with a culture that reflects contemporary. Cultural transformation is a necessity for the people of Indonesia are plural and are working to achieve democratization in all lines. The process was inevitable in light of the globalization that brought outside influences are not rejected.

However, the transformation of culture in Indonesia has been a tendency to run without any control or supervision of targeted and measurable. As a result, the process has had umpteen obstacles and stresses that trigger paradoxical and cultural alienation in humans in Indonesia.

Looking at this reality, what contribution can be made by the youth to guard the cultural transformation that already happening? Commitment culture and what kind of strategic steps to run the younger generation to be able to support democratization efforts so as to foster national unity and compete in the global sphere? This is the backdrop as well as topics that will be deepened in the National Cultural Conference 2012 will be.