Edi Sedyawati binti Iman Sudjahri (28 October 1938 - 12 November 2022) was an Indonesian archeologist and historian.Juliana Harsianti, Going back to tradition. The Nation, 1 May 2017. Accessed 27 June 2018.Rita Widiadana, NH Dini and her endless soul-searching journey. Jakarta Post, 27 November 2017. Accessed 27 June 2018.Masajeng Rahmiasri, Cultural movement seeks Indonesian women to wear, preserve kebaya. Jakarta Post, 4 March 2017. Accessed 27 June 2018. She was a professor of archeology at the University of Indonesia,Véronique Degroot, Candi, Space and Landscape: A Study on the Distribution, Orientation and Spatial Organization of Central Javanese Temple Remains, p. v. Leiden: Sidestone Press, 2009. Jennifer Sidharta, Passing down history through art. Global Indonesian Voices, 2 December 2015. Accessed 27 June 2018. Chairperson of the university's Department of Javanese Letters and Center for Humanities and Social Sciences and also Chair of the Department of Dance at the Jakarta Institute for Arts.Art of Indonesia, p. 233. Ed. Haryati Soebadio-Noto Soebagio. Periplus Editions, 1998. She also served as Indonesia's Director General of Culture in the Ministry of Education and Culture from 1993 to 1999.Jennifer Lindsay, Heirs to World Culture: Being Indonesian, 1950-1965, p. 213. Leiden: Brill Publishers, 2012. Gunawan Mohamad, Celebrating Indonesia: Fifty Years with the Ford Foundation, 1953-2003, p. 173. New York City: Ford Foundation, 2003.
Sedyawati studied various forms of Indonesian dance in Ikatan Seni Tari Indonesia,Jennifer Lindsay, Heirs to World Culture, p. 214. and in 1961 she performed in the Indonesian culture mission to China, North Korea, North Vietnam, and the Soviet Union. Although the primary purpose of the culture mission was soft diplomacy to Indonesia's allies, in 2006, Sedyawati wrote in a reflection that the performers primarily benefitted by networking with Indonesians from diverse cultural backgrounds and learning about the various styles of dance and performance art in the archipelago.Jennifer Lindsay, Heirs to World Culture, pp. 213-214.
In 1960, Sedyawati's work on dating carved statues near Karawang contributed toward proving that the ancient Tarumanagara kingdom embraced Hinduism.Masatoshi Iguchi, Java Essay: The History and Culture of a Southern Country, p. 110. Leicester: Troubador Publishing, 2017.
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