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Bermain-Main Dengan Kebenaran Sejarah: Kontestasi Kedudukan Dan Produksi Sosial Narasi Awal Mula, Geger Riyanto Jan 2016

Bermain-Main Dengan Kebenaran Sejarah: Kontestasi Kedudukan Dan Produksi Sosial Narasi Awal Mula, Geger Riyanto

Antropologi Indonesia

In common understanding, truth is inseparable from plausibility. This particular notion had influenced a strand of thinking in anthropology as well. This is evident from the inclination of some notable scholars to draw parallel comparisons between myth-making and scientific inquiry or depict their subject as a rational being predisposed toward overcoming contradictions. Reflecting on the myths of origin of the Butonese people in Seram Island and the notion of Indonesia as ancient civilization, I would like to propose that in social context the foundation of historical truths is never simply their coherence or plausibility but also their benefit in exalting …


Darek And Rantau: An Identity Through Diglossia, Hafiz Awlia Ramadhan Jan 2016

Darek And Rantau: An Identity Through Diglossia, Hafiz Awlia Ramadhan

Antropologi Indonesia

Through language, conceptions of self and the cultural knowledge of a society can be understood as interaction takes place. Observations and in-depth interviews were conducted to get descriptive results to explain the emic point of view about the dialects used and the dialects of other groups of people. The data was then analyzed with relevant theory and concepts, to get an understanding of the positions of dialects in communication events. By applying their cultural knowledge, peoples of Darek and Rantau, sub-groups in the larger Minangkabau ethnic group, in several contexts use dialects as indicators of another person’s identity. The difference …


Identitas Dan Bentuk-Bentuk Budaya Lokal Masyarakat Kabupaten Kepulauan Talaud Di Daerah Perbatasan Indonesia-Filipina, Maria Heny Pratiknjo Jan 2016

Identitas Dan Bentuk-Bentuk Budaya Lokal Masyarakat Kabupaten Kepulauan Talaud Di Daerah Perbatasan Indonesia-Filipina, Maria Heny Pratiknjo

Antropologi Indonesia

Talaud is an archipelagic regency in the northern border area of Indonesia and immediately next to the southern part of the Philipines. As a regency with cultural ties to the peoples in southern Philipines, issues of how peoples in border areas preserve their identity as a nation by practicing local genius has been debated in many academic and journalistic reports. How they are keep their national identity as cultural practices. This article portrays the daily cultural practices of the people of Talaud in order to preserve Indonesian identity, which can be seen as practices for national culture resilience.


Language, Thought, And Social Awareness: A Preliminary Anthropological Linguistic Investigation Of Time And Space In The Bima Language, Kamaludin Yusra Jan 2016

Language, Thought, And Social Awareness: A Preliminary Anthropological Linguistic Investigation Of Time And Space In The Bima Language, Kamaludin Yusra

Antropologi Indonesia

This article discusses the connection between language and thought processes and its implication towards social consciousness and attitudes. The framework is developed from various concepts of linguistic relativity particularly temporal and spatial deictic systems. Data were introspectively collected from the Bima native speakers selected based on dialectal variation, topography, and political geography and descriptively analyzed by identifying, classifying, describing and explaining the connection between various linguistic forms and spatio-temporal dimensions and social consciousness. The study finds that the concept of time in the language is not only semantically realized in adverbs of time but also morphologically represented in linguistic markers …


History And Social Action: A Study Of Landscpae In The Former Sultanate Of Wolio, Tony Rudyansjah Jan 2016

History And Social Action: A Study Of Landscpae In The Former Sultanate Of Wolio, Tony Rudyansjah

Antropologi Indonesia

This article addresses the relationship between history and social action in the region of the former Sultanate of Wolio. To put it in a more precise way, the author seeks to demonstrate the multiple ways in which people in the region represent their past and to show how an understanding of history can be seen as a source of moral choices which guides social action. Landscape occupies a central place to examine how people represent their history. People visit certain historical sites not just for pleasure, but because past events and personalities related to these sites continue to exist in …


Kontra Publik Keagamaan Dalam Media Baru: Islam, Kebudayaan Populer, Dan Media Sosial Pada Gerakan #Indonesiatanpajil, Imam Ardhianto Jan 2016

Kontra Publik Keagamaan Dalam Media Baru: Islam, Kebudayaan Populer, Dan Media Sosial Pada Gerakan #Indonesiatanpajil, Imam Ardhianto

Antropologi Indonesia

This article explores the rise of contemporary Islamic movement that emerged as a result of a counter-public phenomenon over the discourse of liberal Islam in Indonesia. The phenomena explain the new entry point to understand the relationship between social media, popular culture, and the articulation of Islamic identity and piousness among urban youth in Indonesia. Taking case on the emerging popular-religious movement of #IndonesiatanpaJIL, that were arise from social media sites (Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube), this article examined how this movement was creatively playing Islamic discourse and the notions of nationalism/citizenship through urban pop culture materiality and commercialized public spaces. …


Dinamika Pisang (Filipina-Sangihe) Di Perbatasan Indonesia-Filipina, Pristiwanto - Jan 2016

Dinamika Pisang (Filipina-Sangihe) Di Perbatasan Indonesia-Filipina, Pristiwanto -

Antropologi Indonesia

Indonesia citizens, who are resident in the southern Philippines is estimated at 8,000 inhabitants. They are commonly known as Pisang, an abbreviation of the Philippines-Sangihe or residents who have “blood ties” with Sangihe (Indonesia) which then had settled in the Philippines. In fact, their Philippine area residence does not become a barrier for the Pisang to remain in a relationship of kinship with the Indonesian Sangihe, through cross-border activity. This reality makes the issue of mobility become important because they do activities on the territory of two nation-states. The Pisang do trade, family visits and political activities even activities that …


Youth Personhood @Crossroad: A Virtual Ethnography Of An Asymmetrical Relation Between Digital Natives And Digital Immigrants In Indonesia, Sofyan Ansori, Febrian -, Hafiz A. Ramadhan Jan 2016

Youth Personhood @Crossroad: A Virtual Ethnography Of An Asymmetrical Relation Between Digital Natives And Digital Immigrants In Indonesia, Sofyan Ansori, Febrian -, Hafiz A. Ramadhan

Antropologi Indonesia

Indonesian youth has developed into the largest internet user in this country. The development of technology drives the digital natives toward new challenges in identity attainment (personhood). It is common for young people to have a “storm and stress” phase in their life which is part of their identity attainment as one of the major and basic tasks of youth daily life. However, along with youth behavior in using internet, a generational problem emerges. The problematic behavior pattern includes taking dangerous selfies, sexting, cyberbullying, and promoting the radical activism. Through a research conducted with online observation and virtual ethnography, we …


Productivity Promises, Precarious Realities: Ethnographic Study Of Harm Reduction Implementation In Indonesia, Sari Damar Ratri Jan 2015

Productivity Promises, Precarious Realities: Ethnographic Study Of Harm Reduction Implementation In Indonesia, Sari Damar Ratri

Antropologi Indonesia

This monograph examines the implementation of harm reduction programs in Indonesia that failed to improve the quality of drug users’ lives. The failure is the result of programs that merely provide drug users with instrumental strategy to deal with addiction through substitution therapy. The designation of legal substances such as methadone and subuxone is only to replace illegal drug addiction. In the end, the program fails to provide drug users with sufficient information to manage their dependence and even leads them to uncontrolled poly-substance use. This three months of ethnographic fieldwork focuses on examining Harm Reduction (HR) experiences in both …


Torch Light In The City: Auto/Ethnographic Studies Of Urban Kampung Community In Depok City, West Java, Hestu Prahara Jan 2015

Torch Light In The City: Auto/Ethnographic Studies Of Urban Kampung Community In Depok City, West Java, Hestu Prahara

Antropologi Indonesia

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To Play For Preparing Toward Adult To Kanome Children, Sri Murni Jan 2015

To Play For Preparing Toward Adult To Kanome Children, Sri Murni

Antropologi Indonesia

This research on children’s traditional games Kanome to answered several questions: what there are traditional games of Kanome? How do traditional games function in the lives of children? Why are traditional games still played now? This studies aimed to identify and document types of games, games functions and what cultural values embodied in traditional games of Kanome people. The qualitative method employed through in-depth interviews and observation. Research findings show that games of Tai-tai, Kiri Mbal-bal, and Mbanti have the following functions: (i) preparing a child toward adulthood for the future (ii) recreation, (iii) the media learning, (iv) creativity (develop …


Keuneunong: Learning From Authority, Ezra M. Choesin, Hafiz Awlia Ramadhan Jan 2015

Keuneunong: Learning From Authority, Ezra M. Choesin, Hafiz Awlia Ramadhan

Antropologi Indonesia

Knowledge systems have been the focus of much anthropological work, although there have been shifts in definitions and perspectives. One aspect of knowledge is that it is learned, mostly informally through a process of trial and error. The keuneunong is one such knowledge system, known to be distributed among Acehnese farmers and used mainly to determine planting schedules and crop selection. Although it serves as a guide for agricultural activities, most farmers do not understand it fully, and leave its interpretation to an authority known as the kejrun blang. Research for this article was conducted in Mane, Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam. …


The Inter-Asia Global Marriage: Interaksi Budaya Di Dalam Perkawinan Campuran Pasangan India-Indonesia Di Jakarta, Song Angjaya Dec 2014

The Inter-Asia Global Marriage: Interaksi Budaya Di Dalam Perkawinan Campuran Pasangan India-Indonesia Di Jakarta, Song Angjaya

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya

The paper analyzes the cultural interaction in mixed marriage of Indian national who live in Jakarta with Indonesian in the more penetrating globalization process in Asia in the 21st century. The research aims to examine the binding of two cultures tied in the knot in the marriage institution, its problem and negotiation. The qualitative methods used here is conducted through questionnaire and direct interview and through the social media. The result of which shows that factors such as cultural difference, respective country rules, and family tie interfere the social interaction in mixed marriage. But, despite the challenges, it is capable …


Magic As A Form Of Oppression Towards Women: Gender Ideology In Maleficent (2014), Thalia Shelyndra Wendranirsa Dec 2014

Magic As A Form Of Oppression Towards Women: Gender Ideology In Maleficent (2014), Thalia Shelyndra Wendranirsa

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya

Previous studies propose that female protagonists in Disney movies are represented based on gender construction that causes oppression towards women, but in 2014, Disney produces Maleficent which offers different characterization and theme opposing the aforementioned gender construction. By focusing on its different female main character and theme, this paper aims to see what kind of oppression occurs and how Disney presents their gender ideology in the movie. The findings reveal that even though Maleficent is portrayed as a powerful woman, she is also oppressed. Her magical power becomes a trigger of her oppression since men consider Maleficent’s power as a …


Kebijakan Diaspora India Di Asia Tenggara: Corak Strategi Ekonomi Dalam Ikatan Identitas Budaya, Naufal Azizi Dec 2014

Kebijakan Diaspora India Di Asia Tenggara: Corak Strategi Ekonomi Dalam Ikatan Identitas Budaya, Naufal Azizi

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya

The paper describes the economic influence in the cultural policy seen through the big number of the diaspora of ethnic and national of India in Southeast Asia. Although in one hand, the India diaspora is one of the substantial sources in developing India, however, on the other, there are some obstacles found in this matter, such as that the Indian policy is partial against other countries in Southeast Asia, so as that the countries of Southeast Asia partial against the Indian diaspora. The writer of this paper, starts his argument with the idea to offer double citizenship to the Indian …


Identitas Kosmopolitan Dan Parokial Pekerja Migran India Di Batam Sebagai Strategi Negosiasi Budaya, Dian Mukti Wuri Dec 2014

Identitas Kosmopolitan Dan Parokial Pekerja Migran India Di Batam Sebagai Strategi Negosiasi Budaya, Dian Mukti Wuri

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya

The paper describes the economic influence in the cultural policy seen through the big number of the diaspora of ethnic and national of India in Southeast Asia. Although in one hand, the India diaspora is one of the substantial sources in developing India, however, on the other, there are some obstacles found in this matter, such as that the Indian policy is partial against other countries in Southeast Asia, so as that the countries of Southeast Asia partial against the Indian diaspora. The writer of this paper, starts his argument with the idea to offer double citizenship to the Indian …


Model Sosialisasi Kearifan Lokal Masyarakat Baduy Dalam Pelestarian Hutan Kepada Generasi Muda Di Kampung Balimbing, Baduy Luar, Isman Pratama Nasution, R. Cecep Eka Permana, Dian Sulistyowati Dec 2014

Model Sosialisasi Kearifan Lokal Masyarakat Baduy Dalam Pelestarian Hutan Kepada Generasi Muda Di Kampung Balimbing, Baduy Luar, Isman Pratama Nasution, R. Cecep Eka Permana, Dian Sulistyowati

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya

The Baduys are rice farming communities who rely on nature and the forest. Therefore, they keep and maintain their forests through customs and cultural practices. Dudungusan is preserved forest, prohibited for cultivation. Garapan is the land that can be processed into fields (huma), following the needs and rules of cultivation. Although the Baduys live in groups in small villages at the foot and slopes of hills or mountains, they keep and follow their local wisdom. This is evident from the review and the community activities that have been done earlier. There are records of the knowledge, views, and understanding of …


Male And Female Differences In Colour Naming, A Case Study Of Fib Ui English Students, Gevintha Karunia Maully Dec 2014

Male And Female Differences In Colour Naming, A Case Study Of Fib Ui English Students, Gevintha Karunia Maully

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya

Male and female are not only differentiated by their physical and emotional condition. There are many other aspects that can be explained to prove male and female differences, one of those differences can be seen by how they name colour. Using Lakoff’s theory, which talks about female and male differences in colour naming, as the main theory, this research is conducted. Using ten FIB UI English students as the sample, five males and five females, this research aims to prove Lakoff’s theory whether it is suitable with the condition of FIB UI English students or not. Besides, by the end …


Ambiguitas Yang Mencerminkan Rasisme Dalam Film The Princess And The Frog, Rizki Nurmaya Oktarina Jul 2014

Ambiguitas Yang Mencerminkan Rasisme Dalam Film The Princess And The Frog, Rizki Nurmaya Oktarina

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya

Princess fairy tales have made the Disney Corporation so famous. At fi rst, Disney princesses were white skinned. As time goes by, Disney started fi lming animated movies with colored princesses. In 2009, Disney released a movie based on an African-American princess named Tiana in ‘The Princess and the Frog’ (2009). Ambiguities in terms of understanding black appear in the fi lm. To help analyzing this movie, Barthes’ semiotics theory will be used. By using that theory, the writer proposes that on one hand, Disney conveys that America has become “color blind,” but on the other, blacks are positioned as …


Batik Dan Industri Kreatif: Sebuah Proses Kreatifitas Manusia Dalam Kajian Studi Humaniora, Irmayanti Meliono Jul 2014

Batik Dan Industri Kreatif: Sebuah Proses Kreatifitas Manusia Dalam Kajian Studi Humaniora, Irmayanti Meliono

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya

This paper would like to discuss that batik has three types consist of kain batik tulis, kain batik print and batik fabrics and their variety of motifs. The scope of research on batik originated from the area of Bandung, Cirebon, Pekalongan and Yogyakarta-Surakarta (Solo) . This research analyzed with Peirce’s triadic semiotic approach with a sign that has an icon, index, and symbol. Analysis a sign motif of batik is related to with an icon in the form of of cloth, and the index element in the form of color motifs of batik. Symbol is always related to with the …


Hubungan Kekuasaan Pada Tokoh Superhero Dan Supervillain Dalam Film Iron Man 3 (2013): Sebuah Kajian Tematik, Marco Alexandro Tobing Jul 2014

Hubungan Kekuasaan Pada Tokoh Superhero Dan Supervillain Dalam Film Iron Man 3 (2013): Sebuah Kajian Tematik, Marco Alexandro Tobing

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya

This research discusses how superhero and supervillain characters in the fi lmIron Man 3 (2013) shows a power relation as a form of superhuman superiority. The power relation that occur through the confl ict between characters are seen as an establishment of social stratifi cation among superhuman and normal human / society as cultural study. This study is conducted thematically through characterizations analysis method by comparing the defi nition and ideology on the superhero and supervillain in superhero characters, Iron Man and the Iron Patriot, and supervillain character, Mandarin. This study aims to fi nd the root of power relation …


Representasi Tokoh Wanita Pada Kisah Fiksi Kriminal: Serial Televisi Sherlock Bbc (2010), Gevintha Karunia Maully Jul 2014

Representasi Tokoh Wanita Pada Kisah Fiksi Kriminal: Serial Televisi Sherlock Bbc (2010), Gevintha Karunia Maully

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya

Sherlock BBC (2010) is one of the latest adaptations of Sherlock Holmes. By using the modern era as its sett ing, Sherlock off ers something diff erent compared to previous Sherlock Holmes adaptations. This research focuses on the representation of female characters on Sherlock according to an issue that already chosen which is women and crime. The theories and concepts which are used on this research are gender construction in Victorian Era, the concept of femme-fatale and crime fi ction characteristics. I argue that there are some substantial diff erences of female characters’ representation in Sherlock compared to the original …


The Death Of Captain America Represents The Failure Of The American Dream, Dimas Anggara Jul 2014

The Death Of Captain America Represents The Failure Of The American Dream, Dimas Anggara

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya

American Dream is a concept that plays an important role in the American history and its society. The main values of the American Dream are life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. These are represented in Captain America, carrier of the spirit of America to the world. Captain America, the main character in a comic, also preserved the values in the American Dream, so it is proven that there is a relation between Captain America and the American Dream. The problem is that there are changes in the way people see the concept of the American Dream today. It is because …


Narsisme Sebagai Wujud Eksistensi Diri Dalam Novel “My Name Is Red” Karya Orhan Pamuk, Raden Dibi Irnawan Jul 2014

Narsisme Sebagai Wujud Eksistensi Diri Dalam Novel “My Name Is Red” Karya Orhan Pamuk, Raden Dibi Irnawan

Paradigma: Jurnal Kajian Budaya

This paper discusses about socio-psychological dimension in paintings pictured in Orhan Pamuk’s novel My Name is Red. The novel shows us fi ne examples about how paintings can be a media of painters who lived in a repressive era of Sultan Murat III which established rigid rules adopted from Islamic principles of how a painting should be done. This idea manifested in the characters’ behaviour, especially Velijan Eff endi, who hold the Islamic or East principles, but dilemmatically fond of Western principles as an aesthetic way of painting. This kind of dilemma born from the presence of East and West …


Pengelolaan Sumber Daya Laut Antar Batas Negara: Tantangan Bagi Indonesia Sebagai Negara Maritim, Andi Sumar Karman Jan 2014

Pengelolaan Sumber Daya Laut Antar Batas Negara: Tantangan Bagi Indonesia Sebagai Negara Maritim, Andi Sumar Karman

Antropologi Indonesia

This aritcle discusses about the phenomenon of globalization involving two fishermencommunities, the Tomalou fishermen in Tidore islands and the Philipines fishermen. Bothof them sail and hunt in the same seawater zone, constructed and formed as a transborderterritory between Indonesia and the Philipines. The natural resources management systemthrough decentralization should ensure the exsistence of local fishermen (Tomalou) to gainmarine (fish) resources, secured by government without interference by the Philipine fishermen.The data in this paper has been analyzed with several transborder theories. As a result, thispaper shows that the state representated by the regional government has failed to protect thelocal fishermen (Tomalou) …


Hutan Dalam Mite Mambang Tawuong Asam (Sebuah Tafsir Atas Cerita Lisan Teluk Meranti), Alvi Puspita, Hendra - Jan 2014

Hutan Dalam Mite Mambang Tawuong Asam (Sebuah Tafsir Atas Cerita Lisan Teluk Meranti), Alvi Puspita, Hendra -

Antropologi Indonesia

Each community has a inherited mite from generation to generation, as well as MambangTawuong Asam myth. As a form of oral tradition, myth Mambang Tawuong Asam into thescheme of the analysis the state of society in forest utilization around Teluk Meranti. Theanalysis is used to connect fragments of myth in which actors in the myths associated withthe presence of forests as did William R Bascom against the myth. The results obtained thatthe youngest daughter represent the image of a simple Malay people who later married theMambang.Meanwhile the brothers of the youngest daughter anxiously awaited for a rich,handsome, and smart prince; …


Orang Kulisusu, Identitas Dan Kekuasaan: Reproduksi Identitas Kultural Dalam Proses Pemekaran Kabupaten Buton Utara, Nurlin - Jan 2014

Orang Kulisusu, Identitas Dan Kekuasaan: Reproduksi Identitas Kultural Dalam Proses Pemekaran Kabupaten Buton Utara, Nurlin -

Antropologi Indonesia

This article describes the relationship between power, history and identity in the processof division North Buton of Muna. In this article the presence of North Buton identity is seen asa phenomenon that refers to the identity of reproduction historical narrative where Kulisusuin historical context has a power relationship with the kingdom of Buton which lasted fromthe 17th century. This study found; that the presence of North Buton identity is a product ofdiscourse that legitimized by indigenous groups who identify themselves as descendants ofthe founder of the kingdom Kulisusu. it means that the identity of North Buton formed dueto higher power …


Rasionalisasi Sakit Dan Penyakit Dalam Konstelasi Budaya Minangkabau (Kajian Etnomedisin Di Agam Dan Tanah Datar), Yunarti -, Nurainas -, Yulkardi -, Fitria Ramona Jan 2014

Rasionalisasi Sakit Dan Penyakit Dalam Konstelasi Budaya Minangkabau (Kajian Etnomedisin Di Agam Dan Tanah Datar), Yunarti -, Nurainas -, Yulkardi -, Fitria Ramona

Antropologi Indonesia

A medical system whether traditional or modern, is a long chain of processes of humanstrategy for adapting to their ecological bio-cultural environment. Naturally humans developtheir biological ability to sustain their kind and develop many adaptation strategies, creatingmedical systems, behavior, and belief sbased on culture as a natural response to the treat ofillness and disease, even though the result of certain behavior does not guarantee the healingof such illness and disease (Dunn in Foster-Anderson, 1986; p.41). under that circumstances,Minangkabau medical systems are seen as a result of a bio-eco-culturally adapting process.Local Etiology of the disease source is closely related to the …


Totem Ambon Manise: Membongkar Segregasi Teritorial Berbasis Agama Di Kota Ambon, Resa Dandirwalu Jan 2014

Totem Ambon Manise: Membongkar Segregasi Teritorial Berbasis Agama Di Kota Ambon, Resa Dandirwalu

Antropologi Indonesia

This writing is an effort done by the writer to break up the religious segregation that is still continuing in Ambon City, the Capital of Moluccas. Since the Social conflict started in January 19, 1999, then continued in September 11, 2011, and May 15, 2012 the religious people who live in harmony has become a fragile living. The Data collected by the observation and interview technique. Observation was done to collect the data about the impacts of social conflict, especially on the reality of segregation based on religion background, while interview was done with the tradisional / cultural leaders and …


Budaya Berpikir Positif Sebagai Modal Utama Harmoni Sosial Dan Integrasi Bangsa, Sulaiman Mamar Jan 2014

Budaya Berpikir Positif Sebagai Modal Utama Harmoni Sosial Dan Integrasi Bangsa, Sulaiman Mamar

Antropologi Indonesia

This article analyzes the positive thinking culture of each ethnic group in Poso, CentralSulawesi. This article also examines the factors that cause degradation of ethnic culture ofpositive thinking so as to serve as guidelines for public behavior. The study was conductedby observation, in-depth interviews, and analysis of qualitative data. The research foundthe degradation of cultural values with several contributing factors. Finally, the model canbe described cultural transformation of positive thinking is right to apply to the youngergeneration. The transformational models of positive thinking culture are: parents need tocomprehend positive thinking culture and teach it to their children; the need to …