These conference proceedings show that Indonesia is developing its own narrative and policy. Its aim is to strengthen the country’s museums’ infrastructure, its focus is on global best practices, and its target-group young Indonesian heritage professionals.
Key points were:
- museum management and development
- inclusiveness and collaboration
- a collective desire to put people at the centre of museum policies
- the need for repatriation of cultural artefacts
Seventeen of Indonesia’s 38 provinces were represented.
‘Internatonial’ was very broad, in that there were contributors from all over the world, with only one from its former coloniser, the Netherlands. The report shows that Indonesia is developing its own narrative and policy.
