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Komponen Makna “Ikhlas” Dan “Rida” Dalam Alquran, Rofi Annur Fatimah, Basuni Imamuddin

Multikultura

Penelitian ini menganalisis makna kata “ikhlas” dan “rida” dalam Alquran yang dilatarbelakangi hasil pengamatan penulis di masyarakat dalam penggunaan kata ikhlas dan rida. Dalam masyarakat kata ikhlas dan rida digunakan untuk menyatakan rasa rela terhadap sesuatu. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan metode analisis komponen makna yang dikemukakan oleh Eugene Nida pada tahun 1975. Dalam bukunya yang berjudul Componential Analysis of Meaning: An Introduction to Semantic Structures, Eugene Nida menyatakan terdapat tiga bentuk komponen makna, ketiga komponen makna tersebut adalah komponen makna umum, komponen pembeda, dan komponen pelengkap. Dalam melakukan analisis komponen makna terdapat 4 langkah, yaitu: penamaan, parafrasa, pendefinisian, dan …

Femininitas Geisha Dalam Geisha, A Life Karya Iwasaki Mineko, Kaninda Rizki Indriani, Ilma Sawindra Janti

Multikultura

Geisha, sebagai salah satu pelaku seni yang menjadi ikon kebudayaan Jepang merupakan seseorang yang memiliki kemampuan dan keterampilan dalam bidang keseninan, terutama kesenian tradisional Jepang yang bekerja untuk menghibur orang lain berdasarkan kesenian yang mereka kuasai. Sebagai seorang geisha, femininitas merupakan hal yang harus dimiliki. Menurut Angela McRobbie, femininitas merupakan sebuah bagian dari ideologi dominan yang berperan untuk mendefinisikan kehidupan wanita. Femininitas ini dapat dilihat dari penampilan, cara berbicara, dan cara bertindak seorang geisha. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menunjukkan bagaimana femininitas geisha direpresentasikan dalam autobiografi yang berjudul Geisha, a Life karya Iwasaki Mineko dan Rande Brown. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode …

Hubungan Parasosial Idol Group Korea Selatan Treasure Melalui Aplikasi Weverse, Amalia Qoriana Nurfadilah, Euis Sulastri

Multikultura

Penyebaran budaya K-pop melalui idol group semakin sukses di berbagai belahan dunia. Hal ini tidak lepas dari pemanfaatan media sosial seperti Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, dan Youtube. Industri hiburan Korea Selatan membuat inovasi baru dengan menciptakan beberapa aplikasi media sosial. Inovasi yang dilakukan industri hiburan Korea Selatan adalah penggemar dapat mengunggah pesan untuk idola, lalu idola akan memilih beberapa unggahan penggemar untuk diberikan komentar atau cheer. Aplikasi yang memiliki fungsi tersebut bernama Weverse. Weverse mengumumkan bahwa TREASURE menjadi artis pertama naungan YG Entertainment yang bergabung. Melalui aplikasi ini, diharapkan penggemar di seluruh dunia dapat berkomunikasi dengan TREASURE. Intensitas komunikasi yang tinggi …

Implementasi Electronic Document Management System Untuk Mendukung E-Government: Studi Kasus Sistem Naskah Dinas Elektronik (Sinde) Kementerian Pendidikan Dan Kebudayaan Ri, Vanya Dewanti Dwi Maharani, Ike Iswary Lawanda

Multikultura

Penelitian ini mengidentifikasi proses implementasi electronic document management systems (EDMS) mendukung pelaksanaan e-government di Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan RI menggunakan aplikasi Sistem Naskah Dinas Elektronik (SINDE). Implementasi ini mengatasi masalah pertukaran informasi dan data antar unit kerja, kinerja dan produktivitas layanan publik, dokumen berbasis kertas. Metode studi kasus digunakan untuk menganalisis data yang diperoleh melalui observasi dan wawancara. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa implementasi EDMS dalam aplikasi SINDE mendukung kegiatan kerja internal dan layanan publik ditinjau walaupun belum seluruh komponen dasar EDMS dalam praktiknya terpenuhi. SINDE mempercepat arus informasi birokrasi dan mendukung pengelolaan naskah dinas elektronik ditinjau dari dimensi layanan …

Sawah Sebagai Media Healing Pada Masyarakat Modern, Dani Setiawan, Siti Murtinigsih

Multikultura

Sawah merupakan salah satu lingkungan pertanian hidup yang terus menjadi perhatian berbagai pihak. Sawah tidak hanya menjadi suatu komoditas tempat penghasil pangan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan gizi makro. Sawah mempunyai makna tinggi secara metafisika yaitu sawah menyimpan kandungan partikel oksigen yang dibutuhkan tubuh setiap manusia termasuk sebagian orang yang sering melakukan bermain ke sawah. Sawah pada masa sekarang dimaknai sebagai tempat untuk berelaksasi psikis, bahkan untuk melakukan healing yang diyakini sawah mempunyai energi hijau dengan ketataruangan terbuka dengan udara bersih dan kesejukannya. Sawah bagi sebagian masyarakat modern dibutuhkan untuk mendapatkan ketenangan dan menggantikan suasana kota yang penuh dengan persoalaan dinamika kehidupan. …

Karmaphala Dalam Lakon Semar Lahir Karya Bima Setya Aji, Shintania Rahmadhika, Darmoko Darmoko

Multikultura

Tulisan ini membahas tentang karmaphala yang terkandung dalam lakon Semar Lahir. Lakon Semar Lahir yang dibawakan oleh Ki Dalang Bima Setya Aji memiliki konsep ajaran karmaphala sebagai salah satu hasil pemikiran Jawa yang menjadi dasar dalam bertingkah laku pada kehidupan sehari-hari. Penelitian dilakukan dengan metode deskriptif kualitatif. Penelitian terhadap lakon ini bertujuan untuk menguraikan konsep karmaphala melalui citra, magisitas, mitos, dan simbol dari tokoh Semar. Saratnya nilai filosofis yang interpretatif menjadi pertimbangan dan salah satu masalah dalam melakukan penelitian ini. Uraian terhadap konsep karmaphala menjadi tujuan penelitian. Metode deskriptif kualitatif digunakan dalam memudahkan pengumpulan data dan mendeskripsikan tulisan dengan jelas …

Social Justice In India: A Comparative Study Of Rawls And Ambedkar, Abinash Darnal

Comparative Philosophy

Justice has always been central to political philosophy over a period of time. No doubt, throughout the ages, countless philosophers have understood justice in different ways. Nevertheless, they have consented that a good society is a just society. Moreover, justice is a distributive concept and is concerned with the distribution of wealth, leisure, liberty, friendship, love, etc. Twentieth century justice came to be discussed usually in relation to social life in general, and the distribution of material rewards in particular and usually came to be known as ‘Social Justice’. Social justice as such came to be accepted as the fair …

The Afterlife Of Jennifer Laude: Trans Necropolitics And Trans Utopias, Max D. López Toledano

Crossings: Swarthmore Undergraduate Feminist Research Journal

Jennifer Laude is a filipino trans woman who was murdered by a visiting member of the United States army in 2014. Her murder led to several protests in the Philippines and in the United States led by both queer and anti-imperialist movements that urged for the rejection of the 'Visiting Forces Agreement' in the Philippines. This essay explores how Laude's murder is located in a climate of 'trans necropolitics' that allocates death and disposability to unruly trans and brown bodies who fail to comply with cis-normative gender ideals. This essay understands her murder (and her afterlife) beyond her individual body, …

Volume 10: Muslim Cultures Of The Indian Ocean : Diversity And Pluralism, Past And Present, Stephane Pradines, Farouk Topan

Exploring Muslim Contexts

Scholars are increasingly recognising the centrality of the Indian Ocean in the study of Muslim cultures.

This volume explores the expanding and changing roles of these Muslim communities across the Indian Ocean World from the seventh century to the mediaeval period to the present day. The book goes beyond the usual focus on geographical sub-regions to highlight different aspects of interconnectivity in relation to Islam. By analysing textual and material evidence, the fifteen papers in this volume examine identities and diasporas, manuscripts and literature, as well as vernacular and religious architecture. It explores the networks and movements of peoples, ideas …

Philippine Philippine, Or The Tropics In Cixous’S Dreaming True, Christian Jil Benitez, Phrae Chittiphalangsri

Filipino Faculty Publications

Hélène Cixous’s oneiric ideation of the philippine (twin almond)—and by extension, her text Philippines (2009/2011)—primarily evokes love, or that force of attraction between two beings in which one can never say where each begins or ends. It is by the virtue of this entanglement that another philippine can be offered to this discourse: the Philippines that is that archipelago which encloses and opens up a particular location and reality within the tropics. This essay attempts to reconsider Cixous’s philippine via the Philippine, through dwelling on the stroke of homophony between these two signifiers and encountering them as materials in and …

Literature As A Form Of Resistance Against British Colonial Rule In India, Ebada Wasiuddin

Honors Undergraduate Theses

This thesis concentrates on literature during India's battle for independence from the British Empire. These publications look at the outcomes of Europe's intent to colonize and its impact on the marginalized, colonial subjects down to the personal level. Delving into the tragic reality of colonialism and investigating its impact as portrayed in the novels selected, this thesis argues that the selected texts operate as resistance literature subverting the colonial discourse in retrieving South Asian culture and history. This project explores specific forms of resistance within the tropes of memory, history, and gender to pose a larger question of decolonial futures …

Editor’S Note, Deepak Shimkhada

Monsoon: South Asian Studies Association Journal

This special issue of Monsoon is dedicated to the studies honoring the goddess traditions in South Asia. The onset of the Monsoon Season in South Asia typically commences in June and continues until late August and early September. The publication of this issue, therefore, has been strategically timed to coincide with that season, which is a vital source of sustenance for millions of individuals in this part of the world. This anthology consisting of five papers—written by scholars with expertise in the field of goddess and women studies—speak unequivocally about the goddesses or women for their strength, beauty, wisdom, and …

Constructing Jain Goddess Padmavātī In Gujarati Literature, Venu Mehta

Monsoon: South Asian Studies Association Journal

Worship of the goddess Padmāvatī emerged more than a thousand years ago. This article explores three songs about her in Gujarati by Paṇḍit Vīrvijayajī (1773-1852). By analyzing the style and form of his work, one learns a great deal about devotional liturgies that commemorate goddess Padmāvatī’s protection of the Jina Pārśvanātha and, in turn, his protection of her.

Women’S Voices From History: Gond Rani Durgawati And Rani Lakshmibhai, Nandini Sengupta, Moupia Basu

Monsoon: South Asian Studies Association Journal

Two strong women are compared and contrasted in this article. Gond Rani Durgawati (1524-1564) led a resistance movement in Jabalpur against the Mughal rule of Akbar. Rani Lakshmibai (1828-1858) organized the people of Jhansi against Sir Hugh Rose, an officer defending the interests of the British East India Company. Both women continue to be remembered for their bravery and their loyalty to the people they ruled.

The Jaina Goddess Padmāvati In Karnataka, Robert Zydenbos

Monsoon: South Asian Studies Association Journal

Stories about Padmāvati played an important role in the founding of the Ganga Dynasty (ca. 350-1000 C.E.) and the Hoysala Dynasty (ca. 950-1350 C.E.) in what is now the modern state of Karnataka. Although not without its critics, goddess worship has been integral to Jainism as practiced in south India for more than a millennium. This article surveys primary and secondary literature written about Padmāvati and describes worship at the main shrine dedicated to her, located in Hombuja in central Karnataka.

Mai Bhago And Amrita Devi Bishnoi: Women Of Strength, Sowmya Ayyar

Monsoon: South Asian Studies Association Journal

Mai Bhago (1670-1720), also known as Bhag Kaur, distinguished herself on the battlefield to defend the Sikh faith. Amrita Devi Bishnoi (d. 1730) is said to have sacrificed her life with 362 others to protect the Khejari trees in the Rajasthan desert. Both women continue to inspire social justice and ecological activism.

An Examination Of Gandhian Economic And Political Thought And Its Relevance To The Empowerment Of Women, Purnima Mehta Bhatt

Monsoon: South Asian Studies Association Journal

Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) sought to alleviate poverty and empower women. His commitment to nonviolence and the economic ideal of “small is beautiful” continue to inspire grassroots movements around the globe. This article discusses the Chipko movement of northern India, the protection of rain forests in Kerala’s Silent Valley, the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA), and Medha Patkar’s valiant though ultimately futile attempt to save the Narmada River from a massive government damming project. The ongoing legacy of these movements can be found in AWAG, the Ahmedabad Women’s Action Group and Women’s Shanti Sena (Peace Force).

Indigenous Stitch-Arts Of India: Tradition And Revival In A Global Age, Punam Madhok

Monsoon: South Asian Studies Association Journal

Stitch art allows for the creative expression and economic support of countless women throughout India. This article examines four notable styles: chikankari, flora and fauna stitched in white thread on fine white cotton, rabari, the stitching of mirrors into colorful cloth, phulkari, resplendent flowery motifs sewn into shawls in Punjab, and kantha, Bengali patch work yielding quilts and seating mats. In addition to describing each technique, this article discusses how women have been economically empowered through this art by such organizations as Self-Help Enterprise (SHE) in Kolkata and Adithi, a women’s cooperative, in Bihar.

Japan For Example – National Character As The Driving Force Of National Progress In Thai Conservative Writings About Japan, David M. Malitz

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

Japan has been considered a role-model for the successful pursuit of ‘progress’ or national development in Siam/Thailand since the late 19th century. As this article shows, the Japanese exemplar played a significant role in Siamese/Thai political discourse, with three of the kingdom’s most important conservative thinkers – King Vajiravudh, Luang Wichit Wathakan, and Mom Ratchawong Kukrit Pramoj – writing in detail about Japanese history and interpreting Japanese battlefield and economic successes as the outcome of the national character of the Japanese. In contrast, the role of political institutions and institutional change in shaping human decisions and actions has been largely …

Liberating Thai History : The Thai Past In An Asian Century, Arjun Subrahmanyan

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

The nationalist plot of modern Thai history stresses the kingdom’s exceptionalism as the only un-colonized state in Southeast Asia and highlights the steadiness of unbroken monarchy. Critics of the established narrative by contrast argue that Siam/Thailand bore many similarities to neighboring satellites of the Western powers that subordinated traditional authority and hence was a “semi-colony” of the West rather than a truly independent state. This paper argues that the semi-colonial view remains a better frame to study modern Thai history and that semi-coloniality produced a hybrid political culture among an educated new generation born around 1900. The young generation forged …