CONSERVATION, SUCCESSION AND EXTENSION: "WISDOM OF KOH YO WOVEN FABRIC" THROUGH LOCAL COURSES

Abstract

          The objectives of this article were to at preserving and continuing: "Koh Yo Weaving Wisdom Heritage" through a local curriculum that designed with practical research, divided into three stages: 1) Studying documents, textbooks, and related research on theoretical concepts in creating courses, 2) In-depth interviews from key informants: 8 local sages who know to weave. They have more than 20 years of weaving experience. Then, the information was used to synthesize and create the Koh Yeo Weaving Course 3) The course was experimented with by practical method. Samples were three youths who were interested in this project. The data analyzed by content analysis and then presented descriptively. The results showed that: 1) Conservation can be preserved by the Koh Yo Weaving course. This curriculum was born out of community needs and community engagement. If the course were of no use, Koh Yeo Weaving would be lost because there is no knowledge inheritance since weaving equipment has been abandoned in large numbers. 2) Continuing inheritance by giving opportunities to learn and practice through the curriculum that has been developed to the youth who are interested. It is an inheritance to let the wisdom continue without being lost. 3) To further build on the establishment of learning centers has a purpose on transferring knowledge to interested parties and nearby educational institutions, as well as disseminate courses through QR code and online channels to make them more well-known to the general public