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Ethnicity And The Performance Of Identity, Manneke Budiman

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

This essay looks into the novels of two Indonesian women writers, Perempuan Kembang Jepun (Lan Fang 2009) and Dimsum terakhir (Clara Ng 2006), which depict the struggles of the major female characters in negotiating their "hybrid" identities amidst the pulls from various opposing forces that try to impose and define their identities. Both works were published in the post-New Order Indonesia, where identity politics seems to dominate the political and cultural realms. Both Lan Fang and Clara Ng try to problematize the rigid and monolithic sense of cultural identity that had been inculcated by the previous regime through its aggressive …

Heterogeneity, Politics Of Ethnicity, And Multiculturalism; What Is A Viable Framework For Indonesia?, Thung Ju Lan

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

Indonesia is a plural society that consists of several hundred ethnic and sub-ethnic groups. One of its generic characteristics is heterogeneity. In the last ten years after the implementation of regional autonomy, we have witnessed the emergence of strong ethnic and religiously flavoured local identity politics in various places in Indonesia that created open and vicious conflicts. This periodical violence exploded especially during the election of district and provincial heads. The intimate relation multiculturalism, with the actual political praxis of everyday life as an alternative to the existing paradigm of the "homogenization" of nationhood, has not been discussed. I believe …

Inter-Ethnic Relations In Padang Of West Sumatra; Navigating Between Assimilation And Exclusivity, Mina Elfira

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

This article contributes to the discussion on how inter-ethnic relations challenge cultural boundaries, in this case Minangkabau matrilineal-Islamic culture in Padang of West Sumatra, Indonesia. This paper will focus on how Minangkabau people establish relationship with other ethnic groups in Padang, a multi-ethnic city. The paper argues that matrilineal principles (descent and inheritance through the maternal line) and Islam are the defining aspects to be considered by Minangkabau people in maintaining relationship with other ethnic groups. Moreover, there is some interplay between the need to protect Minangkabau Islamic-matrilineal adat in maintaining inter-ethnic relations by Minangkabau people and their assimilation and …

Europe: So Many Languages, So Many Cultures, Hein Steinhauer

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

The number of different languages in Europe by far exceeds the number of countries. All European countries have national languages, and in nearly all of them there are minority languages as well, whereas all major languages have dialects. National borders rarely coincide with linguistic borders, but the latter (including dialect borders) mark by their nature also more or less distinct cultural areas. This paper presents a survey of the different language families represented in Europe: Indo-European, Uralic, Altaic, and the four Caucasian language families, each with their sub-branches and individual languages. Some information is given on characteristic structural phenomena and …

Reasoning In A Multicultural Society, Donny Gahral Adian

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

Multicultural society as a way of being-with-others needs a certain form of public reasoning. Unfortunately, the current yet dominant form of public reasoning is infiltrated by biases from occidental culture. This mode of reasoning does nothing but uproot participants from their cultural identity for the sake of universal consensus. Multicultural society, however, consists of identities which are embedded in the individuals' cultural tradition. This sociological fact demands a richer form of rationality that does not deny the multiplicity of cultural values and embedded identities. We need a form of public reasoning which emphasizes cultural understanding rather than abstract consensus. We …

Marieke Bloembergen, Polisi Zaman Hindia-Belanda; Dari Kepedulian Dan Ketakutan. Translated By Tristam P. Moeliono, Anna Wardhana, Nicolette P.R. Moeliono, Tita Soeprapto Mangoensadjito. Jakarta: Penerbit Buku Kompas, Kitlv Jakarta, 2011, Xliv + 540 Pp. (, Dick Van Der Meij

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

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Some Introductory Notes On The Development And Characteristics Of Sabah Malay, Tom G. Hoogervorst

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

This is a preliminary description of the Malay variety used as a lingua franca in the Malaysian state of Sabah at the northernmost top of Borneo. The paper discusses a number of common linguistic features that distinguish Sabah Malay from other Malay varieties and analyses these features from a historical linguistic perspective. While it is argued that Sabah Malay has a close historical relation with other Malay dialects spoken in Borneo, especially Brunei Malay, the vernacular is also influenced phonologically and lexically by Sabah's indigenous and immigrant speech communities. Words and sentences recorded or elicited during fieldwork in various parts …

Crossing The Border; Historical And Linguistic Divides Among The Bunaq In Central Timor, Antoinette Schapper

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

The Bunaq are a Papuan language-speaking people straddling the border of Indonesian West Timor and independent East Timor. This paper looks at the history of the Bunaq as a "border" people in Timor. "Border" is interpreted here in two ways, as referring to: (i) a political division, the boundary line separating one country from another, and (ii) a linguistic division, the distinguishing line between Papuan and Austronesian languages. I examine the effect that the Bunaq position at the political and linguistic borders of Timor has had on the people and their language.

Uli Kozok, Utusan Damai Di Kemelut Perang; Peran Zending Dalam Perang Toba. Jakarta: Yayasan Pustaka Obor Indonesia, Cole Fran Aise D'Extr Me-Orient, Pusat Studi Sejarah Dan Ilmu-Ilmu Sosial Unimed, Sekolah Tinggi Teologi Jakarta, 2010, 219 Pp. Isbn 978-, Achmad Sunjayadi

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

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Becoming A Professional Historian: A Study In The Sources Of History And Methodology, Djoko Marihandono

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

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Mending The Imaginary Wall Between Indonesia And Malaysia; The Case Of Maritime Delimitation In The Waters Off Tanjung Berakit, I Made Andi Arsana

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

Due to its geographical location, Indonesia shares border areas with at least ten neighbouring countries with which maritime boundaries must be settled. As of March 2011, Indonesia is yet to finalize its maritime boundaries with various States including Malaysia with which four maritime boundaries need to be settled: the Malacca Strait, the South China Sea, the Sulawesi Sea, and the Singapore Strait (off Tanjung Berakit). It is evident that pending maritime boundaries can spark problems between Indonesia and Malaysia. The dispute over the Ambalat Block in 2005 and 2009 and an incident in the waters off Tanjung Berakit on 13 …

Sailing The Archipelago In A Boat Of Rhymes; Pantun In The Malay World, Muhammad Haji Salleh

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

The extremely popular poetic form from Insular Southeast Asia, the pantun, travelled from its unknown source throughout the Malay Archipelago, first in Malay, then in the languages of Southeast Asia. In the ports and states where they were received, local colour, other idiosyncrasies, references, and linguistic characteristics have been added, and in fact, special forms with special names developed. This basic form is known, composed, and loved in at least 40 dialects of Malay, and 35 non-Malay languages, in the Peninsula and many of the islands of Malaysia and Indonesia. It spread through trade routes, ports, and also via diasporas …

A People-State Negotiation In A Borderland; A Case Study Of The Indonesia-Malaysia Frontier In Sebatik Island, Lina Puryanti, Sarkawi B. Husain

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

This paper aims to show the dynamics of the Indonesian - Malaysian border area in Sebatik Island, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. Take into account as a background is the territorial dispute between Indonesia and Malaysia over the Ligitan and Sipadan Islands which were awarded to Malaysia by the decision of the ICJ (International Court of Justice) in 2002, which was followed by the dispute over the Ambalat sea block in 2005. Sebatik Island is geographically very strategic since it faces the disputed areas. Therefore the concerns of the Indonesian state with regard to the island pertain to issues of nation-state sovereignty …

Moving In A Hierarchized Landscape; Changing Border Regimes In Central Kalimantan, Dave Lumenta

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

Transnational mobility is a common feature among borderland communities. Central Borneo has been a relatively fluid and open riverine-based socio-cultural and economic space since the arrival of colonial states, without much interference from the establishment of international boundaries on local cross-border mobility practices. This applies to the Kenyah, a cluster of related ethnic groups occupying the Apokayan plateau in East Kalimantan (Indonesia), who are historically an integral part of the socio-cultural and economic fabric throughout the major riverine systems of Sarawak (Malaysia). Despite the relative absence of states, Central Borneo has not escaped the onslaught of social differentiation embedded in …

Contested Meaning Of The Nation-State Through Historical Border Narratives; A Case Study Of The Batang Kanyau Iban, West Kalimantan, Iwan Meulia Pirous

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

Nation as a cultural-psychological phenomenon is best understood in terms of how a sense of nationhood operates in order to construct social identities or a social imagination about the modern nation-state (Anderson 1983). The forging of nationalism as a national identity cannot be seen in isolation of the rise of modernization and industrialization (Gellner 1987). Although the nation appears to be a modern phenomenon, Smith (1991) stresses that every nation preserves its own past historical artefacts, narratives, and symbols for present-day needs. This model needs to be elaborated further as it is insufficient to understand how a sense of nationhood …

The Language Attitude Of Border Peoples Insular Riau, West Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, And The Eastern Sunda Islands, Dendy Sugono, Imam Budi Utomo, Menuk Hardaniwati, Foriyani Subiyatningsih

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

This research aims at describing (1) the language use of border area societies (Insular Riau, West Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Sulawesi, and the Eastern Sunda Islands) in terms of local language (BD), Indonesian (BI), and foreign language (BA) in the domains of family, society, and occupation, (2) language activity of border area societies relating to news observation, language attention, and language constraints in mass media, (3) language attitude of border area societies towards BD, BI, and BA. The findings are as follows. First, within the family and society at large, BD is more frequently used than BI and BA. This …

Nyai Dan Pergundikan Di Hindia-Belanda, Christina T. Suprihatin

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

Baay, Reggie. 2006. De ogen van Solo. Second edition. Den Haag: Stichting Tong Tong. [First edition 2005, Amsterdam: Bab Uitgeverij.]

Liem, Maya Sutedja. 2007. De Njai: Moeder van alle volken; De roos uit Tjikembang en andere verhalen. Leiden: KITLV Uitgeverij.

Pattynama, Pamela [forthcoming], “Indische cultuur: de revival van de njai”, in: Veertig Jaar Studie Nederlands in Indonesië. Depok: Fakultas Ilmu Pengetahuan Budaya Universitas Indonesia.

Taylor, Jean Gelman. 1986. ”Europese en Euraziatische vrouwen in NederlandIndië in de VOC tijd”, in: Jeske Reys (ed.), Vrouwen in de Nederlandse koloniën, pp. 10-33. Nijmegen: SUN. [Jaarboek voor Vrouwengeschiedenis 7.]

Manuscripts And Cultural Identity, Titik Pudjiastuti

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

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Reliable Words; Third Person Pronouns In Indonesian News Reports, Dwi Noverini Djenar

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

This article examines uses of Indonesian third person singular pronouns ia and dia in news reports. It takes as its departure point the general account of the pronouns which specifies that ia can occur only in subject position, while dia can occur in subject or object position. The article shows that, although both pronouns can occur in subject position, they differ distributionally and functionally. Ia occurs almost three times as frequently as dia and predominates in subject position, while dia occurs mostly in non-subject position. Ia is primarily used to convey the notion that the referent is a reliable and …

Dewi Anggraeni, Mereka Bilang Aku China; Jalan Mendaki Menjadi Bagian Bangsa. Yogyakarta: Bentang Pustaka, 2010, Ix + 289 Pp. Isbn978-602-8864-05-3. Price: Idr 40,000 (Soft Cover)., Mely G. Tan

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

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Gender And The Indonesian Pronouns, Hein Steinhauer

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

The absence of a gender opposition in the Indonesian pronominal system requires special strategies in the translation from languages which do have such an opposition illustrated in the first part opf this article. In the second part the lexical and morphological means are discussed with which Indonesian expresses gender, culminating in a description of the use of perempuan and wanita, pria and laki-laki.

Lexicon And Word Formation In Indonesian Bajo, Chandra Nuraini

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

This paper1 deals with the phonology and the lexicology of the Indonesian Bajo language and more specifically with the dialect or variant that can be heard all around the Flores Sea in Kangean, South-East Sulawesi, Sumbawa, and Flores. The phonological survey focuses on vowel lengthening, gemination, pre-nasalized phonemes, and sandhi. The second part of this paper proposes an insight into Bajo lexicology, restricted to nominal and verbal derivation.

Climate And Culture Changes, Lessons, And Challenges, Yunita T. Winarto

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

From generation to generation over the centuries, people in all parts of the world have developed adaptive social-cultural institutions and strategies of natural resource management based on the intimate relationship they had with their environment. At present, recent global warming is threatening people's lives. Unfortunately, climate change is a natural phenomenon which is neither easy to observe, nor to predict and anticipate accurately. In many places, local people can no longer rely on earlier experiences and existing socio-cultural institutions to adjust to unprecedented changes. We are in urgent need of specific efforts to re-interpret and enrich our knowledge of this …

Data For Lexicography; The Central Role Of The Corpus, Allan F. Lauder

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

This paper looks at the nature of data for lexicography and in particular on the central role that electronic corpora can play in providing it. Data has traditionally come from existing dictionaries, citations, and from the lexicographer's own knowledge of words, through introspection. Each of these is examined and evaluated. Then the electronic corpus is considered. Different kinds of corpora are described and key design criteria are explained, in particular the size of corpus needed for lexicography as well as the issue of representativeness and sampling. The advantages and disadvantages of corpora are weighed and compared against the other types …

Aspect And Modality In Indonesian; The Case Of "Sudah", "Telah", "Pernah", And "Sempat", Philippe Grangé

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

In this paper, I describe four Indonesian aspect markers, sudah, telah, pernah, and sempat, showing that the main opposition between them relies not only on their aspectual meanings, but also on the various modalities they express. The opposition between the very frequent markers sudah and telah is analysed in detail. The syntactic and semantic survey shows that these two markers are not synonyms in most contexts.

Cross- And Trans-Language Morphology; The Lexicography Of Indonesian Names, Dick Van Der Meij

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

Different form many other name-giving possibilities in the world, in Indonesia parents are free to give their children any name they like. These names, many of which are auspicious in view of the child's future, are often constructed by means of productive morphological procedures. Seven suffixes are followed through history and culture and their possibilities in making new names are explored. The suffixes concern the female -ingsih, -ingrum, -ingtyas, -ingdyah, -astuti, -wati, and the male -wan. Various ins and outs concerning these suffixes are explored and their attachments to various words from various word classes from Indonesian, Javanese and other …

Henri Chambert-Loir (Ed.), Sadur; Sejarah Terjemahan Di Indonesia Dan Malaysia. Jakarta/Bandung: Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia, Cole Fran Aise D'Extr Me-Orient, Forum Jakarta-Paris, Pusat Bahasa, Universitas Padjadjaran, 2010, 1160 Pp. Isbn 9789799102140., Benny H. Hoed

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

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Mikihiro Moriyama And Manneke Budiman (Eds), Geliat Bahasa Selaras Zaman; Perubahan Bahasa-Bahasa Di Indonesia Pasca-Orde Baru. Jakarta: Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia, 2010, Xx + 423 Pp., Illustrations. Isbn 978-4-86337-052-4. Price: Idr 38,700 (Soft Cover, F. X. Rahyono

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

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Mpu Tantular, Kakawin Sutasoma. Translated By Dwi Woro Retno Mastuti And Hastho Bramantyo. Depok: Komunitas Bambu, 2009, Xxiv + 544 Pp. Isbn 979-3731-55-9. Price: Idr 85,000 (Soft Cover). Cok Sawitri, Sutasoma. Jakarta: Kaki Langit Kencana, 2009, 469 Pp., Zuriati Zuriati

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

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Dharmawang A'S Heritage On The Appreciation Of The Old Javanese Mah Bh Rata, Willem Van Der Molen

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

As we all know, the Old Javanese Mah bh rata was not created from scratch by a Javanese author but was translated (in some sense) from the Sanskrit. The story of Hi imb reveals an interesting difference between the Old Javanese version and the Sanskrit version of the text. In the latter2 Hi imb appeals to Kunt , Bh ma's mother, after Bh ma keeps rejecting her. However, it is not Kunt who gives the answer but Yudhi hira, her son: he is the one who gives permission to Hi imb to take Bh ma as her husband. We should …