Neglected Digital Archiving: An Ideological Critique Towards the Roadmap for Indonesian Education 2025-2045 and Cultural Sustainability
Keywords:
Digital Archiving, Indonesian Education Roadmap, Cultural Sustainability, Educational IdeologyAbstract
This study critically evaluates the Indonesian Education Roadmap 2025–2045 from the perspective of educational ideology, focusing on the absence of a digital cultural archiving strategy as a foundation for sustaining national identity. In the era of technological advancement, digitizing cultural heritage is essential for intergenerational knowledge transmission. Yet the roadmap emphasizes system efficiency, workforce competencies, and market readiness, while cultural preservation is mentioned only symbolically without operational strategies. Using Norman Fairclough’s critical discourse analysis, the research examines dominant narratives, lexical choices, and silences in the Bappenas document. The findings are contrasted with international frameworks, including UNESCO’s Charter on the Preservation of Digital Heritage (2003) and cultural education policies in South Korea and Japan, which integrate digital cultural archiving into education systems. The analysis shows the dominance of technocratic and neoliberal ideologies, positioning education primarily as an instrument of economic growth rather than as a custodian of cultural memory. This absence undermines the role of education in safeguarding arts, languages, and cultural expressions, leaving them vulnerable in the digital era. The study concludes by emphasizing the urgency of embedding digital cultural archiving in the curriculum, teacher training, and cross-sectoral collaborations to ensure education contributes to both workforce preparation and the preservation of national identity.
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