Malaysia as an “Other” in Indonesian popular discourse

Fakih, Farabi

doi:10.1080/14649373.2017.1354687

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“…This conflict also extended the two countries to mutually claiming local culture, especially of Malaysia that claims of Indonesian culture (Asri, 2018; Clark, 2013). Such a claim causes the political relations between the two countries often to heat up (Fakih, 2017). However, such conflicts are not significant problems that stand out in the border area.…”

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The national identity on the border: Indonesian language awareness and attitudes through multi‐ethnic community involvement

Martono

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Efriani

et al. 2021

Journal Community Psychology

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State borders are the areas that are vulnerable to the degradation of national identity. The purpose of this study was to investigate the attitudes and the behavior of language use among the multi-ethnic Indonesian of predominantly Dayak, Malay, and Chinese who resided on the Indonesia-Malaysia border. The present research applied a qualitative ethnographic approach to document and to describe how a group of multi-ethnic communities participated in building their awareness, attitudes and practices of language as a national identity. The data were taken from 20 informants. They were teachers, students, local people, entrepreneurs, and state civil apparatus. The research found out that the ethnic groups on the border were highly aware of using Indonesian language as evidenced through a form of community involvement, volunteerism and social attitudes in civilizing Indonesian as the dominant language at the border. Their awareness was shown through their involvement, volunteerism, and social attitudes in developing Indonesian language as the dominant language in the border. It is argued that the involvement of all ethnic groups on the border affects positively on strengthening their attitudes and awareness in using Indonesian language.

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The national identity on the border: Indonesian language awareness and attitudes through multi‐ethnic community involvement

Martono

Dewantara

Efriani

et al. 2021

Journal Community Psychology

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Enrique de Malacca/Maluku: Another Chapter in the Indonesia–Malaysia Heritage War?

Curaming

2022

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Magellan's Malay slave, Enrique, accompanied him on his voyages and may have actually been the first to circumnavigate the world. This paper examines the extent to which the still sporadic and small-scale — but sometimes fierce — online disputes between Indonesian and Malaysian netizens over the “ownership” and “national” origin of Enrique might develop further as part of the long-standing “heritage war” between the two countries. It explains the historical roots of the dispute over Enrique, discusses reactions to it in Indonesia and, to an extent, in Malaysia, and analyses the coverage of and exchanges about Enrique on social media. Set against the backdrop of Lebow's constructivist cultural theory, this paper posits that the mutually reactive national identification process between Indonesians and Malaysians might significantly influence the trajectory of this conflict. If efforts in Indonesia to promote the idea of Enrique Maluku succeed and it becomes truly widely known, what are currently small and irregular skirmishes online over Enrique could develop into another enduring segment of the heritage war between the two countries.

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