TY - JOUR
KW - Batik
KW - High context culture
KW - Java
KW - Semiotics
AU - Ulani Yunus
AU - Dominiq Tulasi
AB - Batik industry, Indonesia s traditional practice of dying cloth through wax resist methods, is considered an important source of intangible cultural heritage and protected under UNESCO. The industry is very diverse and many different colors and motives are used. Research in this article focuses on Batik in Yogyakarta, Surakarta, Lasem, Tuban and Garut regions. This paper studies the connotative implications of Batik s cultural significations that pass on from older to younger generations revealing the importance of visuality and touch in constructing meaning within certain cultures.
BT - Cultura. International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology
DO - 10.5840/cultura20129210
LA - English
M1 - 2
N1 - Publisher: Philosophy Documentation Center
N2 - Batik industry, Indonesia s traditional practice of dying cloth through wax resist methods, is considered an important source of intangible cultural heritage and protected under UNESCO. The industry is very diverse and many different colors and motives are used. Research in this article focuses on Batik in Yogyakarta, Surakarta, Lasem, Tuban and Garut regions. This paper studies the connotative implications of Batik s cultural significations that pass on from older to younger generations revealing the importance of visuality and touch in constructing meaning within certain cultures.
PY - 2012
SP - 143
EP - 150
T2 - Cultura. International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology
TI - Batik Semiotics as a Media of Communication in Java
VL - 9
SN - 15841057 (ISSN)
ER -