This is a research paper that takes as its central issue recent contestations and negotiations between Indonesia and Malaysia regarding certain forms of these countries’ intangible cultural heritage. In recent years, there has been an increasing incident in relation with cultural conflicts that happens between these two neighboring countries. These cultural conflicts specifically referred to the traditional performance arts, which has been hereditarily bequeathed by their respective ancestors. Despite the facts that both countries shared the same cultural roots, each side seems has a tendency to despise each other whenever the subject of culture ownership is being brought: both claim for the same cultural rights. Questions on which side is more entitled to the rights became public fierce debates; and it wildly happened especially in the online world through the medium of social networking platform. This paper examines the phenomenon on how should the ownership of authenticity be placed. And since it happens in the modern societies which cannot be separated from their digital personas, the role of social media is inexorably also be addressed. It will link the two identities of the public who is initially mere the audience of the performance then transform into the owner of the cultural product in dispute. This essay begins by a major length discussion about the concept of authenticity in culture, along with the ownership of intangible heritage, the motivation for claiming authenticity, and the protection of cultural property. It will then go on to the topic of the major changes brought by social media in the modern society. Subsequently it will continue to the state of cultural conflict between Indonesia and Malaysia over ‘stolen’ cultural heritage.

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This research examined the role of branding and design in the process of city/nation identity creation. Recently, there are a growing phenomenon of branding within cities and/or nations. The growing competition between cities to increase the number of visitors and investors, foreign and domestics, and develop new businesses which in turn could absorb talents and manpowers was the background for the phenomenon. With the development of branding awareness, more and more cities/nations commit to a branding strategy so that they can measure the journey of their city/nation branding. This article began with a number of basic definitions about the city/nation branding concept; and then was followed by the case studies. The sources for this paper are derived from books and journals, the author’s travelling experiences, and articles from the internet regarding the city branding and city tourism.

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<strong>Abstract</strong><br />Parental Perspective on the Representation of Smart Kids. The dynamic exposure of media and technology triggers some changes in the society’s paradigm, including those in the education field. The concept of smart kids came into question. Visual communication designer needs to understand the social and psychological background of their audience in order to deliver the suitable message in the form of design work.<br />They need to design the visual for smart kids, to represent brands that closely linked with children’s intelligence. This inductive-qualitative research aims to explore the visual preferences of smart kids from the mothers perspective, by generating some patterns that were derived from the interviews. Results from this research shows that smart kids are those who can generate many solutions to overcome their problems. Visually, the<br />mother’s preferences tend to incorporate familiar elements with their daily life, which in turn lead them to one absolute universal meaning.<br /><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div><strong>Abstrak</strong><br />Representasi Visual Anak Cerdas dari Sudut Pandang Orang Tua. Paparan media dan teknologi yang berkembang dinamis mengakibatkan terjadinya perubahan pola pikir masyarakat dalam berbagai bidang, termasuk pendidikan. Konsep kecerdasan anak kembali dipertanyakan. Di sisi lain desainer komunikasi visual harus mampu merancang visualisasi anak cerdas jika berhadapan dengan brand yang identik dengan kecerdasan anak. Mereka harus memahami latar belakang sosial dan psikologis audiens agar dapat mengkomunikasikan ide anak cerdas yang relevan melalui rancangan visualnya. Penelitian ini bertujuan menggali preferensi visualisasi anak cerdas dari sudut pandang ibu. Penelitian induktif kualitatif ini berusaha menemukan pola dari data yang diperoleh melalui wawancara mendalam. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan anak cerdas adalah anak yang bisa menghadirkan beragam solusi untuk mengatasi persoalan<br />apa pun. Ciri-cirinya adalah banyak ide dan multitalenta. Para ibu lebih menekankan hasil dibandingkan proses. Preferensi visualisasi para ibu adalah visual dengan elemenelemen yang akrab dengan kehidupan sehari-hari sehingga menggiring mereka pada satu makna mutlak universal.<br /><br />