QOMARUDDIN MANUSCRIPT GALLERY: A NEW PARADIGM FOR PRO-SANTRI DIGITAL PHILOLOGY IN THE NUSANTARA REGION
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.70281/04c94t15Keywords:
Philology, Nusantara Manuscript, Digitalization, Digital Humanities, Islamic Boarding School;y, User-Centered Designg, Social PhilologyAbstract
Nusantara manuscripts are an invaluable pillar of the nation's collective memory, yet their representation in digital spaces often faces significant challenges. Large-scale digitization projects, while crucial for preservation, frequently produce incomplete and erroneous metadata and fail to represent the complexities of codicological objects like bundles or composite codices. The physical fragility of manuscripts, necessitates modern preservation efforts, but their implementation has yet to fully embrace the potential of digital humanities. Furthermore, the interfaces of existing digital repositories are often not designed to meet the needs of the manuscript’s primary inheritor community, such as the santri, who possess unique scholarly traditions. This article examines these issues through a case study of hundreds of Islamic manuscript collections at the Pondok Pesantren Qomaruddin Sampurnan, Gresik, which have been digitized by several international institutions. As a critical and solutions-oriented response, this research proposes the "Galeri Manuskrip Qomaruddin," a web application prototype built on three pillars: (1) In-depth recataloging based on codicological principles and rich descriptive metadata standards, (2) User-Centered Design with a “pro-santri” philosophy that prioritizes accessibility and contextual relevance for the pesantren community, and (3) The innovative “commentary” interactive feature that transforms static archives into a dynamic and collaborative space for social philology. Thus, the Qomaruddin Manuscript Gallery not only functions as a better digital archive but is also proposed as a new paradigm that can be replicated for the future of digital philology in Indonesia, one that synergizes the meticulousness of philological methods, critical digital humanities practices, and deep community involvement.
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