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Reply to Karjanto, N. Revisiting Indigenous Wisdom of Javanese Pranata mangsa. Comment on “Zaki et al. Adaptation to Extreme Hydrological Events by Javanese Society through Local Knowledge. Sustainability 2020, 12, 10373”

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The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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Faculty of Applied Biological Sciences, Gifu University, Gifu 501-1193, Japan
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Faculty of Agriculture, Sebelas Maret University, Kota Surakarta, Jawa Tengah 57126, Indonesia
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UNION Ltd., Gifu 501-0106, Japan
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Sustainability 2022, 14(16), 9849; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14169849
Submission received: 21 June 2022 / Revised: 27 July 2022 / Accepted: 27 July 2022 / Published: 10 August 2022

Point

  • We have rectified the list of ethnic groups in Java, which should include Madurese and the often neglected, forgotten, and stigmatized Chinese Indonesians.
  • We have also provided a perspective on the four sample cities considered in the study of the Pranata Mangsa, with a proposal considering other regions with similar climate characteristics to the region where the classical Pranata Mangsa was initially inaugurated.
  • The appearance of cicadas seems to vary not only depending on the geographical location, but also due to the potential influence of global warming and climate change.
  • We hope that this comment [1] will stimulate further discussion and future collaboration.

Response: We Appreciate the Pertinent Comments and Thank You Very Much for Your Attention to the Indigenous Knowledge Studies

  • (Response to Point 1) We would like to confirm that we do not neglect Chinese Indonesians and recognize them as Indonesian citizens. In our paper, the discussion of Indonesian ethnic groups is out of focus because the main theme is the re-evaluation of the Pranata Mangsa on Java Island [2].
  • (Response to Point 2) The Madurese who live on the Madura islands have their knowledge. Meanwhile, in the next opportunity, we would like to analyse it. The perspective of applicability to the other regions with similar climate characteristics is very interesting and we are working on that study now.
  • (Response to Point 3) We agree that the appearance of cicadas will be affected by climate change, but it has not been studied to the best of our knowledge yet. The Pranata Mangsa was composed in the 19th century, before the Industrial Revolution. The analysis of the applicability of the indigenous knowledge in the long term will be very interesting research.
  • (Response to Point 4) Recently, the number of studies about indigenous knowledge was increased, but still few studies incorporated it with scientific data.

Funding

This research was funded by “Advancing Co-design of Integrated Strategies with Adaptation of Climate Change in Thailand (ADAP-T)” supported by The Science and Technology Research Partnership for Sustainable Development (SATREPS), JST-JICA and by KAKENHI Grand No. JP19H03069 and No. JP20J10806.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

References

  1. Karjanto, N. Revisiting Indigenous Wisdom of Javanese Pranata mangsa. Comment on Zaki et al. Adaptation to Extreme Hydrological Events by Javanese Society through Local Knowledge. Sustainability 2020, 12, 10373. Sustainability 2022, 14, 9632. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
  2. Zaki, M.K.; Noda, K.; Ito, K.; Komariah, K.; Sumani, S.; Senge, M. Adaptation to Extreme Hydrological Events by Javanese Society through Local Knowledge. Sustainability 2020, 12, 10373. [Google Scholar] [CrossRef]
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Zaki MK, Noda K, Ito K, Komariah K, Sumani S, Senge M. Reply to Karjanto, N. Revisiting Indigenous Wisdom of Javanese Pranata mangsa. Comment on “Zaki et al. Adaptation to Extreme Hydrological Events by Javanese Society through Local Knowledge. Sustainability 2020, 12, 10373”. Sustainability. 2022; 14(16):9849. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14169849

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Zaki, Muhamad Khoiru, Keigo Noda, Kengo Ito, Komariah Komariah, Sumani Sumani, and Masateru Senge. 2022. "Reply to Karjanto, N. Revisiting Indigenous Wisdom of Javanese Pranata mangsa. Comment on “Zaki et al. Adaptation to Extreme Hydrological Events by Javanese Society through Local Knowledge. Sustainability 2020, 12, 10373”" Sustainability 14, no. 16: 9849. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14169849

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