Public History and Performing Arts in Indonesia

Abstract

Public history is a movement of practitioners who love history and historians to make it easier for the public to access information. The goal is to build a collective memory with the community. Public history in the performing arts is not widely known although artists have done it. Many art communities present information about historical events packaged in the form of art. Whether it's through performance arts, fine arts, recording media arts, or recitation arts. Artists interpret historical events that are published for the public. Consciously or not, the activities of artists become agents of public history built to uncover and convey a historical event. Technological developments with the presence of social media, the existence of performing arts, and public history are getting stronger. The results obtained from the observation show that performing arts can be a strategic medium for strengthening public history.

Keywords: public history; collective memory; performing arts; social media.