Centre for Creative Heritage Studies Universitas Ciputra

The Centre for Creative Heritage Studies under the School of Creative Industries, Universitas Ciputra Surabaya was established in August 2018 as a:

  1. Centre for research, preservation and creation of cultural heritage.
  2. Center for coaching, mentoring and developing cultural actors.
  3. Center for cultural dissemination and culture-based creative economic products.
Ir. Yohannes Somawiharja M.Sc.

Foreword from Rector

“A Creative Economy that promotes cultural elements needs to be empowered to improve welfare and strengthen our national pride as Indonesian.”

As a pluralistic nation, Indonesia has a tremendous amount of diverse assets in the form of tangible and intangible heritage. The beauty and depth of its meaning are the wealth of the soul and the identity of our nation.

Universitas Ciputra wants to creatively contribute to the preservation and development of the nation’s culture. It is no coincidence that Universitas Ciputra’s founder is a well-known art and culture enthusiasts.

We believe that a Creative Economy that promotes cultural elements needs to be empowered to improve welfare and strengthen our national pride as Indonesian.

For this reason, the Centre for Creative Heritage Studies was established to catalog, document and process elements of the Nusantara culture and apply it according to the soul and needs of the present.

We will incorporate cultural elements into our learning materials, as lecturer research and seek real applications for the wider community.

Therefore, we hope that this Centre can be utilised also by external parties, both cultural actors, collectors, educators and Cultural Entrepreneurs who will prosper Indonesian cultural and the nation in general.

I wish that this Centre for Creative Heritage Studies will grow and create benefits for society. May God be with us all.

Rector,

Ir. Yohannes Somawiharja M.Sc.

Membership

Membership of the Ciputra University Centre for Creative Heritage Studies is open to academics, students, alumni, experts and practitioners with the following conditions:

  1. Academics from various fields of science and study programs who want to do activities supporting lectures, research and community service related to strategic issues that the study center wants to address.
  2. Cultural actors, experts or observers from external parties who want to contribute to the development of the cultural database and knowledge gathered by the study centre, as well as supporting the programme of the study centre.
  3. Active students and college alumni who want to be involved in the study centre’s programmes.
  4. These parties can become members and participate in a programme after obtaining approval from the head of department, dean, and chairman of the study centre.
  5. Membership of the study centre will not expire but membership rights can be revoked if a violation of University rules is found.