Study of Symbol for The Kasunanan Surakarta Palace Through The Spradley Etnography Approach

  • IF Bambang Sulistyono Faculty of Arts and Design, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia
  • Andrik Purwasito Doctoral Programme of Cultural Studies, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia
  • Warto Warto Faculty of Cultural Knowledge, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia
  • Titis Srimuda Pitana Faculty of Technique, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia

Abstract

Hadiningrat said that the Kasunanan Surakarta was a fraction of Islamic Mataram when the Giyanti Agreement was approved. Historically, since the transfer movement of the capital Islamic Mataram Kingdom from Kartasura to Surakarta, the name of Keraton Surakarta Hadiningrat was turn up. This incident can be used as a benchmark for the presence of the palace symbol from the running of the government. Ethnography does not only study about society, but also learns from society (Spradley, 1980: 2). In this research, the theoretical approach that used to interpret and analyze the pattern of the Kasunanan Surakarta symbol is through the six ethnographic levels of James P. Spradley.


 


Keywords:
Symbol, Palace, Surakarta, Ethnography, Spradley.

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Published
2022-04-01
How to Cite
SULISTYONO, IF Bambang et al. Study of Symbol for The Kasunanan Surakarta Palace Through The Spradley Etnography Approach. Idealogy Journal, [S.l.], v. 7, n. 1, p. 25 - 30, apr. 2022. ISSN 2550-214X. Available at: <http://idealogyjournal.com/ojs/index.php/idealogy/article/view/311>. Date accessed: 24 apr. 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.24191/idealogy.v7i1.311.