Sidik, Hasbi and Fitria, Arie and Luerdi, Luerdi (2024) Jakarta International Literary Festival: a constructivist study of city identity and cultural diplomacy. Jurnal Ilmiah Wahana Bhakti Praja. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Cities are dynamic places where culture grows and develops, affected by and affecting the population within. Culture has been perceived as an asset that can be utilized by actors, including cities, to bridge themselves with the foreign world through cultural diplomacy. Jakarta is not only the largest city in Indonesia but also one that has strong cultural roots, particularly literature exceeding decades of different eras in the nation’s history. Realizing the existence and significance of literature as an ideational driver shaping city identity, the city initiated an international cultural event called the Jakarta International Literary Festival as a form of city cultural diplomacy. This study aims to describe the city’s identity construction through the event in addition to the objectives to be achieved in the long run. This research employed the qualitative method and the concept of cultural diplomacy under the umbrella of constructivism. The results demonstrate that literature contributed to city identity construction formalized by agents through the international festival event. As a form of cultural diplomacy, in addition to molding a good image for the city, the event was projected to pursue several specific objectives; such as to emplace the city to be a hub of global literature, to promote Indonesian literature, and to facilitate literary dialogues between the Global Souths as well as between the Global South and the rest of the world. Through the case of Jakarta, this study offers a perspective that cities in the developing world began to be aware of their cultural assets – thanks to the role of agents – so that they desire to get involved more in global cultural conversations. Furthermore, cities, especially those belonging to global city networking, have been increasingly creative by initiating their cultural diplomacy; the practice that is still actually dominantly carried out by states.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	cultural diplomacy, city identity, literature, Jakarta, constructivism
Subjects:	J Political Science > JZ International relations
Divisions:	Fakultas Ilmu Sosial dan Ilmu Politik (FISIP) > Prodi Hubungan Internasional
Depositing User:	Mr Luerdi Luerdi
Date Deposited:	28 Oct 2024 01:53
Last Modified:	28 Oct 2024 01:53
URI:	http://repository.lppm.unila.ac.id/id/eprint/54253

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