A very precious day, seems appropriate to be worn by today, Wednesday 25/05/2022. Because right on a beautiful afternoon at Bali Collection, Nusa Dua, disasterchannel.co and Yayasan Skala Indonesia presented their interesting experiences in the world of disaster wrapped in interactive stories. The team has gone through a long, not easy journey several times, it feels like it's paid off by climbing a beautiful stage that is simple but full of charm. The story is so imaginative that every word of the speakers is lined up right in the middle of the beautiful yellow leaves that hang on both sides of the stage..
Greetings of spirit change the atmosphere to warm, then Trinirmalaningrum started his presentation. The woman who is often called Rini, tells the journey of the Palu-Koro Expedition since before the earthquake 2018 happened until after the disaster. He never thought that his worries about the destruction caused by the earthquake would actually materialize in an earthquake disaster, tsunami and liquefaction in Palu, Donggala, Sigi and Parigi Moutong (Tanning).
Several times large earthquakes often hit the land of Kaili, what is still remembered is the earthquake in 2012 in Kulawi. The earthquakes that occurred did not make the public or the government pay attention to the threat. Year-round 2017 until mid 2018, Palu-Koro expedition carried out. Exactly a month before the earthquake disaster 28 September 2018 occur, the results of the Palu-Koro Expedition were handed over to the local government. But honey, not long after that the dreaded catastrophe really happened. Rini and all the expedition participants were devastated by this incident.
After the earthquake, Rini is again involved in research on disaster risk reduction studies in Central Sulawesi with several researchers, one of them is Lien Sururoh. Preceded by a smile, Lien told me that Central Sulawesi never made him finish telling stories. In a study of disaster risk reduction in five villages spread from Donggala Regency to Sigi, stated that the involvement of women and the preservation of local knowledge are very influential on the value of regional vulnerability.
Lien also conveyed several place names or toponyms as a form of local knowledge of the community regarding the threat of disasters in their area. For example, Tompe Village in Sirenja District, Tompe itself means blown, and sure enough, This area was hit by a tsunami in 2018 ago. Another example is Balaroa Kelurahan Village, Palu City, this area used to be called Tagari Lonjo which means immersed in mud. Liquefaction also occurs in that area. it is deeply regretted, local knowledge about the area is not taken into consideration in development planning.
Skala Foundation and disasterchannel.co are aware that local knowledge about disasters needs to be documented to enrich disaster literacy. In line with that, We invite Sky Volunteers to join the discussion this time. co-founder of Sky Volunteer, Septian Firmansyah explains, in this era of digitalization, Documentation of local knowledge about disasters must also be reproduced in audio-visual form for easy access and learning for future generations.
Of all the conversations that afternoon, Santi Ariska as moderator draws conclusions, that some local knowledge is still just a story, even though it is very effective to be used as a guide in the perspective of regional development. Besides that, documentation of local knowledge and collective memory is very important to enrich disaster literacy. However, documentation of local knowledge about disasters must be carried out holistically from the pre-disaster period, during a disaster and after a disaster, so that it can be a complete learning for every generation. (LS)
