EKSHIBISI, KEKUASAAN, DAN IDENTITAS: TAFSIR ATAS POLITIK REPRESENTASI TIGA MUSEUM DI YOGYAKARTA
ABSTRACT: This article will
clarify political representation of exhibition at Ullèn Sentalu Museum, Monumen
Jogja Kembali, and Affandi Museum. These three museums are considered as
proponent of Yogyakarta’s identity as the central of Javanese culture, struggle
city, and the barometer of Indonesian fine art. The issue then, is it true that
in the exhibitions’ at the three museums are appropriate with the identity of
Yogyakarta, or in the contrary, the exhibitions have no correlation with this
city’s identity discourse. There is a possibility that museum precisely
bringing self-interest for specific purposes. Therefore, this paper needs to
observe how the exhibitions at these museums were implemented. Through
interpretive approach, the exhibition at the museum may be analogous similar
with language phenomenon, and hence museum is considered as text that can be
read and interpreted. Exhibition at the museum was developed within framework
of thoughts (ideology), motives, and specific discourses, which all of these
are articulated through a set of symbols (collection), that arranged with
special layout procedure (display procedure). Thus, museum becomes ‘political’
since, in this perspective, museum has power over the formation of discourse
through their exhibition.
Keywords: museum critics,
museum politics, political representation, hermeneutic anthropology, display
interpretation
Penulis: Khidir Marsanto
Kode Jurnal: jpantropologidd120011
