South Tangerang, FAH Online News – The Student Association of the Islamic History and Civilization Study Program (HMPS SPI) participated in the socialization program for the crowdsourcing initiative on the Ministry of Information's photo archives organized by the National Archives of the Republic of Indonesia (ANRI). The event was held on Wednesday, July 8, 2026, at the Noerhadi Magetsari Multipurpose Hall, Building C, 2nd Floor, ANRI Headquarters.

The program was organized as part of the implementation of Law No. 43 of 2009 on Archives, aiming to strengthen Indonesia's static archival system and encourage broader public participation in preserving the nation's documentary heritage.

The event brought together participants from various historical backgrounds, including university students, organizations, institutions, researchers, and historians. Among the distinguished attendees were Nadia Fauziah Dwindari, S.I.P., Director of Archive Management, and Dr. Mego Pinandito, M.Eng., Head of the National Archives of the Republic of Indonesia.

In her opening remarks, Nadia Fauziah Dwindari explained that ANRI continues to strengthen its role as a trusted knowledge manager and provider of public information through the introduction of the INGAT platform, designed to make Indonesia's historical photographic archives more accessible to the public.

She explained that INGAT (Ingatan Anda, Memori Bangsa / Your Memory, the Nation's Memory) is an innovative digital platform developed to address the challenge of millions of historical photographs from the former Ministry of Information that lack adequate descriptions. Through a crowdsourcing approach, historians, academics, students, and community members are invited to collaborate in identifying people, locations, dates, and historical contexts depicted in these photographs. This collaborative initiative seeks to preserve Indonesia's visual historical memory while accelerating the digitization and public accessibility of archival collections.

Echoing this message, Dr. Mego Pinandito, M.Eng., emphasized that the program aims to encourage historians, researchers, and the wider public to help solve historical puzzles that remain unresolved due to incomplete archival information.

He stated that ANRI proudly introduced the INGAT platform as an innovation to preserve authentic historical photographs that have survived physically but remain "silent" because they lack contextual information. Many valuable collections—including photographs documenting Indonesia's first President, Soekarno—have lost essential details such as time, place, and historical circumstances. Through collaborative public participation, these missing pieces of history can gradually be reconstructed. Every submission, however, will undergo careful verification, language refinement, and validation by archival experts before becoming part of the official record.

The event continued with a technical presentation by Muhammad Tris Pratama, a member of ANRI's Ministry of Information Archive Division, who introduced the features of the INGAT platform. He explained that the platform was developed to facilitate public participation and assist historians and researchers in describing approximately three million state-owned photographic archives preserved by ANRI.

According to Muhammad Tris Pratama, the platform—accessible through the INGAT portal—currently begins with a pilot project involving 62 historical photographs from the former Ministry of Information. Users can register using a Google account, complete a background verification process, and contribute archival descriptions. The system also utilizes artificial intelligence to assist in data weighting and incorporates a badge-based gamification system to recognize active contributors. Nevertheless, all public submissions will undergo rigorous validation by professional archivists and historians before being integrated into the National Archival Information Network (JIKN).

The program concluded with a practical training session, allowing participants to directly experience the use of the INGAT platform. A question-and-answer session was subsequently held, during which participants discussed the platform's future development and its potential to become a sustainable public resource for preserving Indonesia's historical memory.

Author: Ahmad Daffa Rasyidi

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