Ideological Criticism of the Realization of the Heritage City Structuring and Preservation Program (P3KP) in Indonesia: Rethinking the Importance of Preserving Ancient Manuscripts

Ontologically, interpreting a limited heritage city as natural object is not appropriate. It also an adaptive and ideational system structure in reality cultural entity. The results of previous studies provide implicit explanation for the erroneous paradox about cities from stakeholders. realization Heritage City Structuring Preservation Program (P3KP) Indonesia reveals policies that fall too deeply on positivistic epistomology, addition to lack accommodating interpretive epistemology, was case Lasem. As result, orientation program concerned with things technical nature becomes inclined rigid towards effort understanding ( verstehen ) social phenomena, looking concepts by grounded, categorizing. uniqueness or einmalig importance preserving ancient manuscripts fails be captured carefully. paradigm—viewed philological perspective—that saving physicality manuscript means invaluable wealth civilization contained text needs rethought. With principle emancipatory participatory, order increase critical awareness freedom society, this research compiled idiological critique Jurgen Habermas-style Participatory Action Research (PAR) method. are expected encourage formation new behind making related future.