Participants: students, Pokdarwis members, YGC members, academic supervisors (all individuals recruited).

A word from the project researcher/leader

The educational program is valuable for two reasons with regard to the subject of study (prehistoric site on UNESCO’s World Heritage List): 

• Increase the role of communities (in a broad sense) in conserving the archaeological site 
• Develop a participatory approach to data collection for the artifacts and deposits and their documentation
• Disseminate best practices related to these two goals (e.g., what to do in case of accidental discovery, climate events, illegal trade, etc.)

How the project started

The project came about as part of (1) the development of educational activities from French-Indonesian prehistorical project cooperation; (2) a long history of collaborative field research (digs) involving members of the local communities; and (3) the experience acquired during the European PREHsea project (Managing Prehistoric Heritage in Southeast Asia, 2012–2016).