September 5, 2022
DREAMSEA, Garut – DREAMSEA has preserved two collections of manuscripts from Garut regency, West Java, Indonesia. This activity has been carried out on July 26-28, 2022. The manuscripts that have been successfully digitized include Islamic texts of Sufism, genealogy, and local history. The digitization team this time was led by Aditia Gunawan as an academic expert, Salfia Rahmawati as an assistant academic expert, Benedictus Satrio as a photographer, and Evi Fuji as an assistant photographer. In this mission, the Dreamsea team successfully carried out the digital preservation of two manuscript collections. The first collection belongs to Ani Suhartini who is […]
May 25, 2022
A number of ancient manuscripts at Pesantren Tebuireng in Jombang, East Java have been preserved through digitization. The knowledge and Islamic thought within the manuscripts can serve as a reference for contemporary knowledge. The digitalization process was carried out by the Digital Repository of Endangered and Affected Manuscripts in Southeast Asia (DREAMSEA) program, which is a collaboration between the Center for the Study of Islam and Society (PPIM) at Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN) in Jakarta and Pesantren Tebuireng. The pesantren was founded by KH Hasyim Asy’ari, the founder of the Nahdlatul Ulama organization. According to Oman Fathurahman, a […]
April 25, 2022
DREAMSEA, Gianyar – The DREAMSEA digitisation team managed to save 68 palm-leaf manuscript bundles with a total of more than 2,000 digital images obtained. This collection of manuscripts is owned by I Wayan Wandra who is one of the traditional leaders in the village of Sukawati. This digitisation was carried out on April 14-20 2002 led by I Gede Gita Purnama A.P. (Academic Expert) with team members namely Ida Bagus Ari Wijaya (Assistant of Academic Expert), Tedi Permadi (Photographer), and Dewa Ayu Carma Citrawati (Assistant Photographer). The condition of the manuscript is poorly maintained and stored in a wooden crate […]
April 1, 2022
DREAMSEA, Padang – On this manuscript preservation mission in West Sumatra, Indonesia, DREAMSEA visited three regions that have hundreds of ancient manuscripts. The three regions are Padang, Pesisir Selatan and Tarusan. The mission was carried out from 11 February-17 March 2022 in collaboration with the Manassa of Padang led by Dr. Pramono. 351 bundles of the manuscript were preserved from three different collections, namely the Chairul collection (102 manuscripts), Rakena collection (18 manuscripts), and Achmad Kosasih collection (231 manuscripts). The total digital images produced are more than 27,000 pages. Most of the manuscripts are written on paper in Arabic, Malay, […]
March 24, 2022
DREMSEA, Lampung – Manuscripts from the Lampung area have not been widely exposed in philological studies. DREAMSEA is very fortunate to have the opportunity to save 1,709 ancient Lampung manuscript pages from four different collections. This mission was carried out on March 18-24, 2022 in the areas of East Lampung and Bandar Lampung of the Lampung Province of Indonesia. 87 manuscripts were successfully digitised from the collections of four different owners, namely Mohamad Zakwan, Ahmad Amin, Arief Sofyan, and Buya. The mission was led by Titik Pudjiastuti (Academic Expert), Lisa Misliani (Assistant of Academic Expert), Benedictus Satrio (Photographer), and Arman […]
March 15, 2022
DREAMSEA, Praya – The DREAMSEA manuscript digitisation program has succeeded in preserving 18 manuscripts and producing 1,859 digital images of manuscript pages in the city of Praya, Central Lombok, West Nusatenggara Province, Indonesia. This mission has been carried out from March 4 -11, 2022. The manuscript comes from a collection owned by H. Najamudin. The mission was led by Jamaluddin as the academic expert, with team members Lalu Nafisah as an assistant academic expert, Alfan as the photographer, and Rahmatia Ayu as the assistant photographer. The manuscripts in the collection that were digitised this time are still used in a […]
December 15, 2021
Secara historis Nusantara memiliki banyak kerajaan dengan berbagai khazanah kebudayaannya. Beberapa di antaranya masih bertahan hingga kini. Selain sebagai lembaga adat dan budaya, kerajaan di Nusantara itu menyimpan warisan tak ternilai berupa manuskrip-manuskrip kuno secara turun temurun. Manuskrip dalam beberapa koleksi kerajaan Nusantara itu kini dapat diakses melalui berbagai repositori online, salah satunya melalui program DREAMSEA. Lalu apa saja khazanah koleksi manuskrip kerajaan di Nusantara yang sudah didigitalisasi? Bagaimana keadaannya saat ini? Bagaimana kisah pewarisannya? dan apa saja isi teksnya? Untuk menjawab pertanyaan-pertanyaan tersebut, program Digital Repository of Endangered Manuscripts in Southeast Asia (DREAMSEA) bekerja sama dengan Masyarakat Pernaskahan Nusantara […]
November 19, 2021
DREAMSEA, Kuningan – From 15 October until 13 November 2021, more manuscripts of the collection of Pangeran Madrais in Paseban Tri Panca Tunggal in Kuningan, West Java, Indonesia were digitised by DREAMSEA. This was the second stage in the preservation efforts to safe the manuscripts in Paseban as they are threatened of becoming damaged. Dr Tedi Permadi from the Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia acted as Academic Expert and team leader during this mission. He was assisted by Emmy Ratna Gumilang Damiasih from Paseban Tri Panca Tunggal Tim as Assistant Academic Expert, and by Surya who acted as photographer and Kurniawan as […]
October 28, 2021
Jakarta, DREAMSEA — After having assisted local society to digitize manuscripts in Southeast Asia for four years, DREAMSEA has launched its repository database on Friday, 1 October 2021. The launching was done via YouTube under the title “DREAMSEA Launch Southeast Asian Manuscripts Database”. From 2018 until 2021, DREAMSEA has executed 29 digitizing missions in various places in Southeast Asia. During these missions 4.274 manuscripts were digitized resulting in no less than 248.291 manuscript images. The database is very useful for society at large and especially for academics, religious persons, librarians, and people active in the arts and creative industry who […]
October 28, 2021
Karawang. DREAMSEA. The Digital Repository of Endangered and Affected Manuscripts in Southeast Asia (DREAMSEA) has returned to safe manuscripts in private collections in Indonesia. From 23 to 26 April 2021, 900 pages of numinous manuscripts from a number of regions in Karawang Regency in West Java have been digitized. The manuscripts come from five locations of which three form legacies now preserved by the gate keepers at the holy graves of Syekh Abidin Ciranggon, Mbah Ribiah Cikampek Pusaka and Kampung Gempol Bojong. The two other collections are kept in the Sukaluyu and Wadas regions and are privately owned. The manuscripts […]