COMPLETION REPORT
Between Visual and Verbal Receptions: Interpreting and Promoting Ainu Folktales andCulture among Students of West Java and Bali Provinces, Indonesia
Ida Ayu Laksmita Sari(+1)
Junior Lecturer
Japanese Department
Faculty of Arts
Udayana University
In accordance with its title "Between Visual and Verbal Receptions: Interpreting and Promoting Ainu
Folktales and Culture among Students of West Java and Bali Province, Indonesia", this study aims tointroduce Ainu folklore and culture in two regions in Indonesia.
This research has been conducted according to the plan. What we have done during the research
includes (1) selecting the Ainu folktales as the object of the research; (2) writing a simplified form of theAinu folktales in Indonesian Language; (3) introducing the simplified form of the Ainu folktales tostudents majoring in Art and Design in Bandung (West Java) and Denpasar (Bali), two cosmopolitan
provinces in Indonesia, which are the locations of the research, in order to get visual responses in
illustrative forms; (4) sharing the simplified form of the Ainu folktales with Japanese and Anthropology
Department students in Denpasar and Bandung in order to get their textual responses (reception). The
reading process of the Ainu folktales for visual and textual responses began with the introduction anddiscussion about Ainu culture in general and their oral traditions in particular. The introduction offolklore was also accompanied by the introduction of the anime Golden Kamuy to add visuals andknowledge to Indonesian students and researchers.
For Indonesian readers, the Ainu story is very complex, difficult enough to comprehend by those who
do not have basic knowledge and strong interest about Japan. In connection with that, the research plan
which had targeted high school students was changed to the university students whose broader
knowledge.
As planned, we, both as researchers, conducted a fieldwork to Hokkaido for two weeks. While in
Hokkaido we visited Ainu’s related libraries and observed the existence of folklore and its roles in local
culture including the use of folklore for entertainment and tourist attractions. This field observations andlibraries research have enriched our knowledge of the life of the Ainu oral traditions in Hokkaido.
Overall, the results of this research include the followings: (1) a draft of the simplified Ainu folklore
book in Indonesian Language containing illustrations made by the Art and Design students from WestJava and Bali; (2) producing two paper conferences that were published in international proceedings; (3)presenting a paper about the Ainu oral tradition in the International Conference of Japanese Literature inTaiwan in 2018 as a form of expanding the scope of Ainu promotion due to the conference attended by
Japanese literary researchers from several countries; (4) we are writing two articles to be published innational accredited journals in Indonesia as a form of dissemination of the results of this study and to
expand the scope of promotions regarding Ainu folklore and culture in particular and Japanese culture
in general. In addition, we are glad to inform that our students in the Japanese Department in Bali havestarted to show their interest on Ainu oral tradition for their thesis.
The action we plan for the future is to continue further our attempt to introduce Ainu folklore to both
university and high school students more broadly both in Bali and West Java, as well as beyond. We will
do this in various forms of activities, for example giving general lectures that perform the theme on Ainu
folklore and culture.
With this step, we hope that the knowledge of Indonesia's young generations, especially in the two
provinces mentioned which are the research targets on the culture of oral traditions of specifically Ainu
folklore and Japanese culture in general will be broadened. In the other words, young Indonesian people
are able to know the richness of Ainu folklore in particular and Japan in general more than merely'Kintaro' and 'Momotaro' stories.

Publication of the Results of Research Project:
Verbal Presentation (Date, Venue, Name of Conference, Title of Presentation, Presenter, etc.)
1. Date : September 18-19, 2019
Venue: Bandung, Indonesia
Name of Conference: The 2nd International Conference on Arts and Design Education (ICADE)
Title of Presentation: Visual Reception of Ainu Folklore Hima Na Konabe
Presenter: Wanda Listiani and Ida Ayu Laksmita Sarilink of proceeding: https://www.atlantis-press.com/proceedings/icade-19/125937419
This proceeding is indexed by Atlantic Press
2. Date : October 7, 2019
Venue: Bali, Indonesia
Name of Conference: International Conference on Fundamental and Applied Research (I-CFAR)
Title of Presentation: Promoting Japanese Cultural Tourism through Appreciation of Ainu Folktales andAnime
Presenter: Ida Ayu Laksmita Sari and Wanda Listiani
link of proceeding: https://jurnal.undhirabali.ac.id/index.php/icfar/article/view/926
3. Date: October 8, 2019
Venue: Bali, Indonesia
Name of Conference: The 29th Asian International Network Seminar
Title of Presentation: Tales of Two Indigenous Ethnics; Comparing Cultural Values of Bali Aga in North
Bali and Ainu in North Japan
Presenter: Ida Ayu Laksmita Sari
4. Date: October 25-27, 2019Venue: Taipei, Taiwan
Name of Conference: The 7th Convention of Forum on East Asia and Contemporary Japanese-Language
Literature
Title of Presentation: 共鳴するアイヌ文化の精神:ゴールデンカムイとそのインドネシアにおける受容(Echoing Spirit of Ainu Culture: Golden Kamuy and its Reception in Indonesia)
Presenter: Ida Ayu Laksmita Sari
Thesis (Name of Journal and its Date, Title and Author of Thesis, etc.)(Draft Journal)
Name of Journal: MUDRA
Title: “Resepsi Sastra Cerita Rakyat Ainu Jepang” (Literary reception of folklore of Ainu, Japan)
Author: Ida Ayu Laksmita Sari and Wanda ListianiBook (Publisher and Date of the Book, Title and Author of the Book, etc.)(Draft book)
Simplified form of Ainu folktales in the Indonesian language
Title: “Resepsi Visual Cerita Rakyat Ainu Jepang” (Visual Reception of folklore of Ainu, Japan)
Author: Ida Ayu Laksmita Sari and Wanda Listiani