KATA PENDAHULUAN Sebagaimana lazim, bunga rampai ini pun diharapkan
dapat memberikan gambaran yang utuh dan padu tentang pendidikan nilai,
sebuah pusat perhatian baru dunia pendidikan, yang semakin berbinar
menjelang berakhirnya abad ke-20 ini. Bukan tanpa alasan, sebab kesadaran
tentang pentingnya mengisi pendidikan nilai secara lebih berbobot, merupakan
bekal paling berharga bagi makhluk manusia memasuki abad ke-21 yang sudah
di ambang pintu.
Keindahan seni dan keunikan teknologi dalam kehidupan masyarakat di Nusantara khasnya masyarakat Melayu yang saling berbaur menjadikannya unggul dalam kelas yang tersendiri. Telahan ilmu yang berteraskan kearifan tempatan ditekuni melalui pelbagai disiplin yang dikelompokkan sebagai alam sejarah, alam sastera, alam pendidikan, alam masyarakat desa, alam perubatan tradisional, alam rohaniah, alam seni, alam pembinaan, alam perkapalan dan perniagaan, alam pengurusan/adat tradisional Melayu, alam air, alam belantara dan alam pertanian. Sesungguhnya, galuran ilmu yang luas ini telah memungkinkan terhasilnya teks berbahasa Melayu yang mengangkat judul Merekayasa Kearifan Tempatan: Citra Seni dalam Teknologi. Persembahan buku ini dibahagikan kepada empat bahagian, iaitu Bahagian I: Ilmu Seni Alam, Bahagian II: Teknologi Seni Persembahan, Bahagian III: Teknologi Seni Warisan dan Bahagian IV: Teknologi Seni Reka Bentuk. Perihalan kearifan tempatan yang terpancar bukan sahaja memperlihatkan kebijaksanaan masyarakat Melayu memanfaatkan alam seninya; malah menghubungkaitkannya dengan merekayasa seni dalam teknologi bagi penghasilan ilmu baharu.
Abdullah Yusof merupakan pensyarah di Jabatan Sejarah dan Tamadun Islam,
Akademi Pengajian Islam, Universiti Malaya (UM). Beliau memperoleh ijazah
sarjana muda, ijazah sarjana dan ijazah kedoktoran dari UM. Beliau mempunyai
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