An Indonesian research association working on local knowledge systems — the manuscripts that record them, the communities that hold them, and the education traditions that transmitted them.
The purpose of the Association is to develop local knowledge (local wisdom) in Indonesia in order to enrich national culture; to support sustainable development through the use of local potential; to raise public awareness of the importance of local knowledge; and to encourage innovation and cultural preservation through education and collaboration with a range of partners.
Developing knowledge of local community culture through research and innovation, in order to maintain its existence, continuity and relevance.
Collecting, documenting and publishing information on local community knowledge, whether held in ancient manuscripts (naskah kuno) or in traditional form.
Collecting, documenting, publishing and exploring the values of local education systems of the past, and their relevance to the present.
Tamalanrea Science and Research Center is a registered association, an association holding legal personality (badan hukum) under Indonesian law. Its establishment was approved by the Ministry of Law of the Republic of Indonesia.
6024073173101662Under its Articles of Association the Center may open branch or representative offices elsewhere in the Republic of Indonesia, by decision of the Management Board with the approval of the Supervisory Board.
The Center's work proceeds in three connected stages, and a given project may sit in any of them.
Locating manuscripts and knowledge holders, recording what exists, and producing accurate descriptions of material that in many cases has never been catalogued. Manuscripts remain with their custodians; documentation does not mean acquisition.
Transliteration from Lontara script, translation, and analysis of content as knowledge in its own right — medical, agricultural, navigational, genealogical, pedagogical — rather than as material for the history of the book alone.
Making results available to the scholarly community, and in accessible form to the communities the material came from. Research on community knowledge is conducted with the consent of those communities, and we regard substantial contributors as collaborators rather than informants.