| Abstract: |
The Archaeology Study Program, Universitas Gadjah Mada, was established in 1962 and is the second oldest archaeology programme in Indonesia. Initially operated as part of the historical department, it has now developed as a department that offers three specialities in archaeology, i.e. general archaeology, museology and cultural resource management from undergraduate to post-graduate levels. From our perspectives, although teaching archaeology formally in university is our main obligation, teaching archaeology to the community is also important. This is not an easy task for us, especially in earlier times when resources and facilities were very limited. In this paper, I will share how colleagues from the Archaeology Department of Universitas Gadjah Mada developed internal and external strategies to improve our teaching qualities for students and the community. Together with my colleagues, we have an obligation to design future plans in developing the curriculum and public programme in the Archaeology Department. Grouped as a middleaged teacher in our department, I had the opportunity to be taught by seniors who were the first generation of archaeologists graduating from our university. Thus, I have been able to see how perspectives from education, research experiences or exchanges of ideas with other scholars in the world have developed over time. With these influences, the content of archaeological teaching to students and the public has become more varied and has shifted from an emphasis on the knowledge of Indonesian archaeological data to more on varied archaeological regional data and its current issues, themes in archaeological methods, approaches and techniques for interpretation, and lately how we present data to the community/public. From our perspectives now, teaching archaeology to the community also includes sharing with them how archaeological data can increase community economic income.
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