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Covid-19 Pandemic: A Moment To Learn And To Write Jul 2020

Covid-19 Pandemic: A Moment To Learn And To Write

International Review of Humanities Studies

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The Polemics Of Language In Esiaba Irobi’S Cemetery Road, Stephen E. Inegbe, Rebecca Bassey Jul 2020

The Polemics Of Language In Esiaba Irobi’S Cemetery Road, Stephen E. Inegbe, Rebecca Bassey

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In the culture of any group of people, language, as a potent means of communication, cannot be relegated to the background. Every good play reflects the people for whom it is written. Esiaba Irobi’s Cemetery Road is not an exception. This essay, therefore, considers the employment of language as one of the major tools of revolt in Esiaba Irobi’s Cemetery Road in the dramatist’s attempt to restructure and build a new egalitarian society. The essence of this study is to reveal how Esiaba Irobi, has been able to deploy language as a revolutionary weapon in his play, Cemetery Road. The …


Al-Irsyad Movement: A Hadrami Contribution In Social And Education Aspects In Tegal, Siti Rohmah Soekarba, Rosyidah - Jul 2020

Al-Irsyad Movement: A Hadrami Contribution In Social And Education Aspects In Tegal, Siti Rohmah Soekarba, Rosyidah -

International Review of Humanities Studies

This article investigates Al-Irsyad contribution with transnational approach especially in tracing social cultural community of Indonesia in the context of Tegal. In this article, authors focus on Al-Irsyad established in 1914 by Ahmad Surkati (1876-1943) who had an important role in the Islamic reformation movement in the early twentieth century in Indonesia. His intellectual views and religion-politics stressing the equality of all Muslims. Protesting against the privileged position of the sayyids in Indonesia, he founded the new organization Jam’iyyat al-Irsyad which was to become a leading modernist organization. Al-Irsyad contribution in social and education aspects in Tegal becomes the discussion …


Ukhti Vs Ughtea: Arabic Kinship Address Term As Slang And Identity In Indonesian Twitter, Salma Qonitah, Wiwin Triwinarti Jul 2020

Ukhti Vs Ughtea: Arabic Kinship Address Term As Slang And Identity In Indonesian Twitter, Salma Qonitah, Wiwin Triwinarti

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Microblogging has taken a quotidian position in the scope of internet usage. This research explores the pragmatic of ughtea, a slang form of ukhti, as a term of address slang and identity in Twitter’s prominent behaviour on virtual sphere: tweeting. Semantically, ukhti refers to “sister” of a possessive pronoun of the first person i.e. the speaker, both in biological and ideological contexts. For the last two years (2018—2019), the usage of the term ukhti has undergone the extension of its meaning through its use among Indonesian Twitter users by changing its form into ughtea as a slang with degenerative meaning, …


Jogokariyan Mosque In Yogyakarta: As A Legendary And Phenomenal Agent Of Change, Letmiros Letmiros Jul 2020

Jogokariyan Mosque In Yogyakarta: As A Legendary And Phenomenal Agent Of Change, Letmiros Letmiros

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A mosque is the Muslims’ primary place of worship. The term ‘mosque’ is derived from an Arabic word meaning a place for sujood (salah). However, verily, not only is a mosque merely the Muslims’ place for salah, but it may also be taken advantage of as a place for enhancing social and economic conditions of the neighboring residents regardless of their races, ethnic groups and religions. This is what Jogokariyan Mosque in Yogyakarta has exemplified. Located in Jogokariyan Kampong, Mantrijeron Sub-district, Yogyakarta City, the mosque started to be built on September 20th 1966, with the initial size of which measuring …


Culture Based Tourism Study In New Normal Era In Badung District, Fera Belinda Jul 2020

Culture Based Tourism Study In New Normal Era In Badung District, Fera Belinda

International Review of Humanities Studies

The tourism sector in Indonesia is rapidly declining due to the impact of the co-19 pandemic that occurred in various parts of the world, including in Indonesia. Entering a new era of normalcy, or a new normality of what is the condition of tourism in Indonesia, is it able to rise again and what is the strategy? Bali Province, can be said to be the epicenter of tourism in Indonesia. In this article discusses case studies in Badung Regency, related to culture-based tourism with qualitative research methods to analyze the data collected. The theory used is the theory of marketing …


Artificial Intelligence And Journalism Practice In Nigeria: Perception Of Journalists In Benin City, Edo State, Jammy Seigha Guanah, Venatus Nosike Agbanu, Ijeoma Obi Jul 2020

Artificial Intelligence And Journalism Practice In Nigeria: Perception Of Journalists In Benin City, Edo State, Jammy Seigha Guanah, Venatus Nosike Agbanu, Ijeoma Obi

International Review of Humanities Studies

The emergence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is gradually having effects on every facet of the society; the mass media, being an indispensable part of any society, are not exempted from this AI bug hence they must synergise with new technologies to remain relevant. This study looked at how AI can, or has been impacting journalism practice in Benin City, Edo State, Nigeria. The study was anchored on the mediamorphosis theory while Survey and In-depth oral interview were adopted as the research methods for obtaining data. The 254 registered journalists under the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Benin City Chapter, formed …


Strenghtening Performance Of Indonesian National Police In South Sumatera Regional Police, Vita Mayastinasari, Bayu Suseno Jul 2020

Strenghtening Performance Of Indonesian National Police In South Sumatera Regional Police, Vita Mayastinasari, Bayu Suseno

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Excellent police service is very important. Community expected the excellent police service, so that the National Police needs to create positive performance. The study aims to determine whether there is a direct or indirect effect of reward and job satisfaction on performance and strengthening the performance of the National Police. The research method is a survey with path analysis. The research variables are 2 exogenous variables, reward system (X1) and job satisfaction (X2) and 1 endogenous variable, performance (X3). Sampling of 548 Polri personnel in the South Sumatra Regional Police used stratified random sampling. Based on the results of statistical …


Cyber Stalking Activity Of Milenial Generation In Urban Society In Indonesia, Agus Sugiharto Jul 2020

Cyber Stalking Activity Of Milenial Generation In Urban Society In Indonesia, Agus Sugiharto

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Millennial generation itself is often defined not by date of birth but also based on their behavioral and psychographic tendencies. This unique generation is a generation born in the internet age. Cyber stalking activities to ex-girlfriends or wives are often done, this is the reason why this cyber stalking activity exists and continues to grow, along with the many activities in social media, and the amount of social media used. It is a fairly large number, it seems that also experienced by the millennial generation, the activities carried out on the internet usual to obtain information. Methods in this study …


Spiritual Knight Mission In Novel Asmara Djibrat Ludira, Fahmi Iqbal Ibrahim,, Darmoko Darmoko Jul 2020

Spiritual Knight Mission In Novel Asmara Djibrat Ludira, Fahmi Iqbal Ibrahim,, Darmoko Darmoko

International Review of Humanities Studies

One result of culture is literary work, but broadly speaking literature is the work of individuals, only the object delivered will not be separated from the culture and social life of the community. The close relationship between literature and culture can produce literary works that have a function as cultural preservation. A complex culture can be reflected in a literary work. If traced carefully, it can be known that some authors have included a tradition and culture of an area in their literary work. One type of imaginary story is a novel. A novel is a term for a long, …


The Use Of Video In Teaching Grammar To Pre-Secondary Students, Ivo Novita S Br Silalahi, Sisilia Setiawati Halimi Dr. Jul 2020

The Use Of Video In Teaching Grammar To Pre-Secondary Students, Ivo Novita S Br Silalahi, Sisilia Setiawati Halimi Dr.

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This paper examines the effectiveness of videos as a teaching medium in a pre-intermediate grammar class in Tangerang, Indonesia. This research adopted a quasi-experimental approach with a posttest control group design. Two pre-secondary classes in Tangerang were selected as subjects of the study. Data were obtained from the pretest and posttest, a questionnaire on student perception of video usage in teaching, and interviews. The experimental class was taught using a video while the control class was taught via textbooks. A pretest and a posttest were given to the experimental class. The improvement in scores was then examined using t-test. To …


Aspects Of Precolonial Isoko Socio-Political Relations With Their Neighbours In South Central Nigeria, Uwomano Benjamin Okpevra Jul 2020

Aspects Of Precolonial Isoko Socio-Political Relations With Their Neighbours In South Central Nigeria, Uwomano Benjamin Okpevra

International Review of Humanities Studies

This work focused on aspects of pre-colonial Isoko socio-political relations with their neighbours in the Niger Delta region of South Central Nigeria. It attempts to illuminate the nexus between internal and external dynamics and the concomitant changes and continuities in Isoko relations with their Urhobo, Ijaw, Ukwuani and Aboh neighbours. The work is premised on the historical method and interpretations deploying primary and secondary data to achieve its objective. The study concludes that intergroup relations in the region is largely influenced by their somewhat common ancestral origin; geographical contiguity; a shared common environmental and cultural practices; and the experience of …


Roman Catholic Perspective Of Sin And Homosexuality: Scrutinizing The Signs Of The Times, Patrick U. Nwosu Jul 2020

Roman Catholic Perspective Of Sin And Homosexuality: Scrutinizing The Signs Of The Times, Patrick U. Nwosu

International Review of Humanities Studies

In a pluralistic world, in which the issues of homosexuality and gay rights have taken the centre stage of discourse in Sub-Saharan Africa, critical analysis is required to re-appraise the Roman Catholic perspective of sin and homosexuality. Again, the emergence of the study of homosexuality as a subfield within African Studies gives further vent to critical reflection to assess the merits and demerits of Church pronouncements on the issues. In the context of emerging fields of study and various sexual orientations of people of different cultures today, the issue of the Roman Catholic understanding of sin and her teaching on …


Digital Technology And Costume Design In Animattion: A Structuralist Reading Of Peter Del’S Frozen, Margaret Akpan, Anietie Francis Udofia, Ndifreke Enefiok Edem Jul 2020

Digital Technology And Costume Design In Animattion: A Structuralist Reading Of Peter Del’S Frozen, Margaret Akpan, Anietie Francis Udofia, Ndifreke Enefiok Edem

International Review of Humanities Studies

The deployment of digital technology to create captivating spectacles in films has reflected the boundlessness of man’s ingenuity in recreating his world. Such creativity reflects considerably in the fluidity of using the computer to generate human concepts of the role of costume grounded on theatrical system in animation. The world of animation is always synergized with marvels that defy the rational proofs for objectivity in the human world. This paper evaluates the use of digital technology to generate costume design to reflect the system of human thought in animation using Peter Del Velcho’s Frozen as paradigm. The paper uses qualitative …


Memory, Biafra And The Question Of Nationhood In Biyi Bandele’S Half Of A Yellow Sun, Ademakinwa Adebisi Dr. Jul 2020

Memory, Biafra And The Question Of Nationhood In Biyi Bandele’S Half Of A Yellow Sun, Ademakinwa Adebisi Dr.

International Review of Humanities Studies

The essential place of film in engaging the idea of memory and collective memory is established by the fact of its historical origins and development over the centuries. This, in every sense is connected to the socio-cultural, political as well as economic and aesthetic evolution, influenced and controlled by the reality of the people’s experience. From classical to the contemporary times, film makers have drawn montage-like pictures of their world, in concrete terms as historical films for the world to see. However, through the approaches of Social Interaction and Trauma Theories, Image Analysis and Historical Contextualization, this paper interrogates Biyi …


Love Confessions In Japanese From Street Interview, Filia Filia, Rizki Nurfitri Jul 2020

Love Confessions In Japanese From Street Interview, Filia Filia, Rizki Nurfitri

International Review of Humanities Studies

This paper examines expressions of love confession in Japanese. Love confession is expressed not only verbally but also nonverbally. Sometimes it needs to be communicated both verbally and nonverbally. It seems the variations of love confession not limited to the common phrases (such as suki desu 'I love you', tsukiatte kudasai 'can we have a relationship?'). In preliminary observation, we found love confession declared not only in common phrases but also in indirect expressions of love confession. This is become a point of departure to overview expression of love confession in Japanese.The data are collected from 12 street interview videos. …


Death And One Of Its Many Narratives: The Story Of The Stolpersteine-Project In Germany, Sonya Puspasari Suganda Jul 2020

Death And One Of Its Many Narratives: The Story Of The Stolpersteine-Project In Germany, Sonya Puspasari Suganda

International Review of Humanities Studies

Within the contemporary German society, there is an initiative that has been ongoing for over 25 years. This initiative is called the Stolperschwelle which is conducted to commemorate the falling victims of the Nazi. An artist named Gunter Demnig started the whole project in 1992, and in 2017 – with the support of the society – he succeeded to place the 70.000th stumbling stone (in German; Stolpersteine), a 96 mm x 96 mm x 100mm brass plaques in the pavement of the last victim’s address. At first, it was meant to remember the death of the Jewish during the Nazi …


Blocking And Extended Exponence Of Suffix Pronouns In Arabic Perfective Verb Conjugation, Zaqiatul Mardiah, Nur Hizbullah, Awaliyah Ainun Niswah Jul 2020

Blocking And Extended Exponence Of Suffix Pronouns In Arabic Perfective Verb Conjugation, Zaqiatul Mardiah, Nur Hizbullah, Awaliyah Ainun Niswah

International Review of Humanities Studies

Noyer (1997) utilized blocking and extended exponence to encode pronouns in the conjugation of imperfect verbs in Arabic. His findings were criticized by Stump (2001) and Xu (2010), because the formulation was considered too complex. Xu (2010) offered a unified integrated account based on Optimality Theory while still relying on blocking and extended exponence. However, their for-mulation only focuses on the pronouns of imperfect verb conjugations. So far, the optimality of conjugations of perfective Arabic verbs which are also complex in nature, have not been considered yet in their studies. This study extends the work of Xu (2010) by developing …


Problems In Translating From Arabic To Indonesian: A Study Of The Translation Of Quranic Idioms Into Indonesian, Basuni Imamuddin, Abdul Muta’Ali, Wiwin Triwinarti Jul 2020

Problems In Translating From Arabic To Indonesian: A Study Of The Translation Of Quranic Idioms Into Indonesian, Basuni Imamuddin, Abdul Muta’Ali, Wiwin Triwinarti

International Review of Humanities Studies

This article analyzes message switching, idiomatic expressions, characteristics of idioms, idiomatic forms, and Quranic idioms. The data source of this research is 28 idiomatic expressions in the Quran. The method used is content analysis using a lexical, grammatical, and Arabic stylistic approach. Idiomatic expression is a form of combination of words whose meaning is not the same as the meaning of each word that forms the combination. This article will analyze idiomatic patterns in the Quran whether the Quran tends to use verbal phrase idioms, nominal phrase idioms, prepositional idioms, clause idioms, sentence idioms, and idioms in Arabic translated to …


Comparison Traditional Folklore Between Chinese Pi Ying And Indonesian Wayang Kulit, Zhang Guannan Jul 2020

Comparison Traditional Folklore Between Chinese Pi Ying And Indonesian Wayang Kulit, Zhang Guannan

International Review of Humanities Studies

Chinese Pi Ying and Indonesian Wayang Kulit as known as the crystal of folklore from two different countries. This article is aim to make a comparison between these two traditional folklore. Pi Ying and Wayang Kulit both are made from wood and paper or animal skin. The function of these two folklore is giving a show or performance to audiences based on traditional stories or mythological stories. Compared with Wayang Kulit, Chinese Pi Ying was originated from Han Dynasty, earlier than Wayang Kulit. As traditional arts, coming with improvement of digital technology, Chinese Pi Ying and Wayang Kulit are losing …


The Arts And Humanities May 2020

The Arts And Humanities

International Review of Humanities Studies

No abstract provided.


Cultural Policy And The Rise Of Multiculturalism Study Of Fine Arts Exhibition In The 2000s, The National Gallery Of Indonesia, Citra Smara Dewi May 2020

Cultural Policy And The Rise Of Multiculturalism Study Of Fine Arts Exhibition In The 2000s, The National Gallery Of Indonesia, Citra Smara Dewi

International Review of Humanities Studies

This study focuses on the role of cultural policy in the rise of multiculturalism with a case study of the Indonesian Art Exhibition, Pameran Seni Rupa Nusantara (PSRN) 2000s, which was initiated by a cultural institution, the National Gallery of Indonesia (GNI). PSRN exhibition is one of the important programs of GNI because it gives space to the artists of the archipelago - not just Java and Bali - to present works of modern-contemporary art rooted in local wisdom. As a nation that has the characteristics of pluralism, the spirit of multiculturalism in art has become very significant, especially in …


Kuasa Atas Ruang Pembebasan’: The Resilience Ofwomen In Sasak Culture, Lucky Wijayanti May 2020

Kuasa Atas Ruang Pembebasan’: The Resilience Ofwomen In Sasak Culture, Lucky Wijayanti

International Review of Humanities Studies

The Sasak tribe on Lombok island - West Nusa Tenggara, have traditional values and are applied through the social structure of their communities in daily life. Some existing customary values place women in irreplaceable positions. Even so, the existence of financial needs makes them work abroad as laborers, which indirectly results in the occurrence of divorce and early marriage. This is a problem for Sasak women in terms of survival in the Sasak culture. An ethnographic approach derived from Malinowski, the opinion of Svasek, and the value system framework from Kluckhohn are used in this study. This research concludes that …


Character Gesture Comparison On Timun Mas Animation Made By Drs Suyadi And Timun Mas Animation Made By Bening Studio, Yudi Amboro, Adityayoga Adityayoga May 2020

Character Gesture Comparison On Timun Mas Animation Made By Drs Suyadi And Timun Mas Animation Made By Bening Studio, Yudi Amboro, Adityayoga Adityayoga

International Review of Humanities Studies

Animation is one of the flagship products of creative industry which grow rapidly, under Bekraf (Indonesian Creative Economy Board) film, animation, and video sub sector. The high quantity of animation production in Indonesia can be shown through several animation projects which currently still in production stage or already circulated, whether in the form of serialization for TV or in the form of movie on silver screen. Therefore, the study of animation made in Indonesia nowadays is needed more than before. As an art form, animation is also a media that can be deconstructed for each of its aspect, historically, socially, …


Classical Batik Tradition And The Rifa'iyah Women, Adlien Fadlia May 2020

Classical Batik Tradition And The Rifa'iyah Women, Adlien Fadlia

International Review of Humanities Studies

This research is a qualitative research using the phenomenological method. The research sample is women – therefore called the Rifa’iyah women – who make batik in Rifa’iyah community in the district of Batang, Central Java. Data collection techniques are applied by conducting interviews and observation guidelines. Data analysis techniques are used by using descriptive analysis. Women in the Rifa’iyah community have a prominent role to play in the productivity of batik. The Rifa’iyah people place batik not only as an economic commodity but also as a place for women in the public sphere, no longer only in the domestic area. …


A Shift In The Articulation Of Urban Society’S Working Space, Ardianti Permata Ayu, Danny Eko Sulistyo May 2020

A Shift In The Articulation Of Urban Society’S Working Space, Ardianti Permata Ayu, Danny Eko Sulistyo

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Swift technological development has caused shifting habits and changing behavioral pattern or lifestye in all respects, notably among urban society, including in terms of work and self-identity production. Members of society now have elevated flexibility to have their own working spaces. Work now can be carried out independently by a mere piece of gadget anywhere within the virtual room. It is co-working space which facilitates independent workers with a flexible, open-space, relaxed, cozy, entertaining, eye-catching, and now even instagrammable space organizing system. Now that plenty of co-working spaces have been produced, the spatial design of co-working space is gaining much …


Interior Restoration A.A Maramis Building Ministry Of Finance Of Indonesia: Developing Interior Concepts With The Principles Of Cultural Heritage Restoration, Ika Yuni Purnama May 2020

Interior Restoration A.A Maramis Building Ministry Of Finance Of Indonesia: Developing Interior Concepts With The Principles Of Cultural Heritage Restoration, Ika Yuni Purnama

International Review of Humanities Studies

A.A Maramis is a palace building consisting of 3 floors with the 19th century Empire in Indonesia. This building represents the development of Indonesian architecture in the early 19th century. In the renovation planning that began at the end of 2019, the A.A Maramis building is expected to be a historical reminder of how important this agency is as well as the chronology of events that have occurred in the past in order to increase love for the nation and the motherland. In the planning of restoration is expected to become one of the attractive and educative tourism destination. Restoration …


Displayed Objects Of The Pavilion Of Indonesia At The 1986-1992 World Expo As Representation Of The New Order’S Ideology, Indah Tjahjawulan May 2020

Displayed Objects Of The Pavilion Of Indonesia At The 1986-1992 World Expo As Representation Of The New Order’S Ideology, Indah Tjahjawulan

International Review of Humanities Studies

This research delves into the pavilions of Indonesia in World Expo, which is a world class cultural event involving so many countries all over the world as participants and it also attracts millions of people coming to the event of 3 to 6 months duration. Throughout the administration of Soeharto under the regime of New Order Indonesia had participated in six World Expo events out of ten events being organized; this shows how important the role of this event for Indonesia. However, from one Expo to another, it is curious that the objects chosen to be displayed in the pavilion …


Bathing Habit And Lifestyle Changing Bathroom Design And Facilities, Sri Fariyanti Pane May 2020

Bathing Habit And Lifestyle Changing Bathroom Design And Facilities, Sri Fariyanti Pane

International Review of Humanities Studies

Indonesian people to have a habit of cleaning themselves by bathing with cold water. Hot climate and pollution make our activity in a bath twice a day, morning and afternoon or evening. The bathing habits depending on environmental circumstances in which they are located, whether in the village or in the city. Changes affecting the bathing habits of the interior design of a bathroom and shower. The interior design of the house, especially the bathroom and the toilet is required by the city people have different lifestyles with villagers. Social status to be a difference urban life, lifestyle became a …


Transfer Of Vehicles Si Juki's Intellectual Property Rightsfrom Comics To Animation, Ehwan Kurniawan May 2020

Transfer Of Vehicles Si Juki's Intellectual Property Rightsfrom Comics To Animation, Ehwan Kurniawan

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Transfer of vehicles is removal and alteration. In a broader meaning, this term can even include the conversion of various types of science into works of art. Intellectual Property Rights are rights granted to the creators of Intellectual Property and include trademarks, copyrights, patents, industrial rights, and in some jurisdictional trade secrets. Art works including music and literature, as well as inventions, words, expressions, symbols, and designs can all be protected as intellectual property. Comics (noun) plural form, used with a single verb. Pictures and other symbols that are overlap (close together, next to each other) in sequentially thing, to …