• Authors: Nur Widiyanto
  
• From: Center for Religion and Cross Cultural Studies Graduate School Universitas Gadjah Mada
  

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The paper explores the dynamics on Kasepuhan Banten Kidul community living in Ciptagelar, an enclave area within Halimun Salak National Park after its encounter with modernity. Using secondary data analysis and added by direct experience of visiting and interacting with people in the area, the evidence of the social change as the result of the encounter appear in several form, including the wearing of Islamic symbol among young generation and the way of placing tourism as a vehicle to reach the dream of “normal life”. The main idea of the paper is to see the process of certain tradition, including its indigenous values, and its particular way to accept various factors coming from outside and then internalize or absorb it. The process itself is seen from the perspective of local value as dynamics and accumulative tradition, instead of original, static and permanent. In the end, it will reach the point of how this encounter determines local ecology in the area, including possible impacts in the near coming future. read more

• Authors: Anastasia N. C. Purnamasari
  
• From: Environmental Science, Graduate School, Universitas Gadjah Mada
  

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The eruption of Kelud volcano on February, 13th 2014 has produced a huge amount of material at the upstream of Bladak River. The materials are potentially becoming the flood material in downstream area. The mitigation efforts to minimize flood hazard require information of volume of the materials upstream. Moreover, information of physical characteristics of the materials are valuable for the community in the surrounding areas. Volume assessment and materials characterization were carried out through field measurements. The material volume assessment was done by using geophysical methods to estimate sediment thickness. The types of geophysical methods applied were microseismic method and seismic refraction. The results obtained from microseismic data processing was the value of natural frequency (f0) at each microseismic measurement point. The results obtained from seismic refraction data processing was the P wave velocity of sediment material, in which the derivative of P wave velocity will be calculated to obtain the S wave velocity. The S wave velocity is used to calculate the thickness of sediment combined with the value of natural frequency through the formula of h = Vs/4f0. The isopach line was produced through interpolation of sediment thickness measurement points. Later, the isopach lines were applied for volume assessment. Characterization of sediment material was done by calculating the percentage of pumice and non-pumice. The sediment material characterization data was processed manually by analyzing through field pictures. The data processing result were then analyzed descriptively. Materials thickness of pumice in land surface was analyzed according to slope classes. The result of volume assessment of the sediment materials at the upper stream of Bladak River was 27.6 million m3. The sediment at the upper stream of Bladak River consisted of 91.8% of pumice material. The pumice materials might be valuable for local economic generator as those materials have several uses, but should be investigated thoroughly through research. The community in the area surrounding Bladak River may exploit the materials for building materials or lightweight concrete materials, abrasive cloth jean or denim, etc. There were no significant correlation between land surface slope with the thickness of materials in the upper catchment of Bladak river. read more

• Authors: Kuskridho Ambardi, Ph.D.
  
• From: Executive Director, Lembaga Survey Indonesia, Jakarta

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Democratic consolidation is a contested concept that entails various definitional components. In academic circle, this very concept has produced a lively debate and has dictated a research agenda among scholars in comparative politics. Many of their studies are based on “large-n” cases for testing their theory (or theories) of democratic consolidation. However, how far and how useful this concept can help us understand problems of democracy in a single case’ This paper surveys the literature on democratic consolidation and subsequently assesses the usefulness of the concept for understanding the work of democracy. With Indonesia as a specific referent, the paper argues that the notion of democratic consolidation can illuminate as well as divert our attention from the real problems of Indonesia’s developing democracy. In Indonesia, it is the political elite, and not the mass public, that has posed problem for creating a “consolidated” democracy. read more

• Authors: Anjarie Dharmastuti
  
• From: Master of Disaster Management Universitas Gadjah Mada
  

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Mitigation of global warming can be done with go green behavior. The establishment of go green behavior from childhood will be more effective. One of the factors that influence the behavior is knowledge. The purpose of this research: 1. Analysing the elementary school curriculum that related to global warming. 2. Designing and testing the effectiveness an educational games with the theme of global warming. 3. Analysing the perception of Elementary School students to educational games. This research used quantitative experimental method. The subjects were students 5A-B class Tegalrejo 3 and students 6A-B class Terbansari 1 Elementary School. Analysis of hypotheses using Mann Whitney and Wilcoxon test. The result of subjects observation is known that global warming knowladge has not been presented holistically and in curriculum 2006, more global warming knowladge diffusion at the Natural Science and Indonesian Language subjects. Results of the validation of educational games shows that games can be applied to the Elementary School students. Hypothesis test results showed that educational game are effective because there is a significant difference in the improvement of knowledge between the experimental group and control group, it?s influenced by gaming strategy factor that is of interest, concentration, retention, and emotion. All of research subjects (100%) feel their knowledge into increased global warming and increasingly motivated in protecting the environment. In conclusion although in formal education matter global warming on Elementary School inadequate but through educational game, global warming knowledge can be increased. read more

• Authors: Heri Setyawan

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The binary opposition between modernity and religion is usually discussed. However, in last decades the growing of religious movements surprisingly does not eliminate modernity. This paper attempts to examine the rise of modernity and religion, namely in the Gulen Movement, an Islamic transnational movement from Turkey, inspired by Fethullah Gulen, a prominant public figure from Turkey. The rise of the Gulen Movement in Turkey is a result of discourse identity which synthesizes several social issues: secularism, Islamic identity, and political power. One of the results from the discourse identity in the Gulen Movement is the familiarly of the Gulen Movement to science and Islamic values. The rapidly growing of educational services called the Gulen Inspired Schools which spread throughout more than 120 countries seeks to educate students in highly standard in science and values. In Indonesia there are 10 high schools and several educational services. The Gulen Inspired Schools try to educate students in science and values. It results a discourse identity between being modern and Islamic which is called to promote a “pious science” to show that on the one hand, every person is growing in values based on Islamic values but on the other hand every person is also fully growing in science, learning and implementing science in daily life. Based on those two qualities a person is understood could give much contribution for humanity. read more

• Authors: Danang Sri Hadmoko
  
• From: Department of Environmental Geography, Faculty of Geography, UGM

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As an impact of secondary hazard after Kelud eruption in 2014, lahar flowing along Konto River located in the northern flank. Lahar flood caused many destruction to the element at risk mainly in agricultural and infrastructure. The aims of these study are to identification which elements that have a most damage impact due to the disaster. We try to compare the map of Konto river before and after Kelud’s eruption. So this study can determine which is the most destructed one. Satellite imagery was helpful for this study, because they can record same area periodically. This Study using very high resolution satellite to conduct this research, i.e. GeoEye-1 for pre disaster analysis and WorldView-2 for post disaster analysis (2 m for both). From the result can know that two regencies surrounding Kelud as the most affected by lahar, that is Malang and Kediri. About 679646, 63 m2 and 19935,04 m2 of lahar befall on it respectively. Actually lahar only occur inside the riverbank, but at the same time local farmer also plant many crop in the middle of the river. So that, when lahar occur on the river, it swept out the agricultural area. As a consequences, they cannot take the harvest time and they need to change their occupation because the land was losses. read more

• Authors: Yani Osmawati
  
• From: Literature in Cultural Studies, UI

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Jenkins has formulated participatory culture as effect of social media in the internet. With the formula, we could understood that fandom has not only had a role as consumer. Fandom could be a producer that made something from what they had consumed with the presence internet. Product that are launced for them to be consumed has continued to be new product in their hand. Social media has connected them with other people who have encourage them to develop their creation. Fanfiction is a example of fandom creation that develop from participatory culture. Fandom that has consumed what the produser has offered, then written their creation that has developed from what their consumed. This article will explain about the creation that has been made by fandom from something that had been comsumed by them. Why have they made made different creation from something they has consumed if they like it? I will analyse fanfiction that posted on fanfiction.net. I also will only focus the fanfiction in indonesian. read more

• Authors: Fredy Torang Widiyanto Munthe
  
• From: Center for Religion and Cross Cultural Studies Graduate School Universitas Gadjah Mada
  

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Faith-Based Organization (FBO) has a strong role in conducting humanitarian Diplomacy. However, the strong role of nation-state in that sphere ignored the emergence of FBO. Until now, there is no text that explicitly discuses the emergence of FBO in humanitarian diplomacy. All of text only discusses the issue FBO and humanitarian action. In fact, there is no humanitarian aid if there is no humanitarian diplomacy previously. Therefore the author tries to trace the emergence of FBO as the actor of humanitarian diplomacy. The author will analyze the perspective of diplomacy and the impact to the emergence of FBO as the actor. The author uses literature review to get data about it. This paper is useful for strengthen position of FBO as the actor in humanitarian diplomacy. read more

• Authors: Hary Widyantoro
  
• From: Universitas Gadjah Mada

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Since LGBT questions have become increasingly visible in terms of civil and human rights and religious lives, many scholars such as Kecia Ali and Scott Kugle are rethinking the place of LGBT people in religious faiths, including within Islam. A similar process is happening in Southeast Asia, such as Indonesia. This study focuses on how scholar-activists from Nahdlatul Ulama Islamic University, Jepara, Indonesia, and waria (transgender women) from the Pesantren Waria al- Fatah, Yogyakarta, discuss waria discourse in new ways that challenge dominant assumptions about what place, if any, there is for sexual minorities in Islam. This pesantren (school for learning Islam) was founded in 2007 to be a place for waria to learn and practice religion since they face difficulties finding such a place. This paper argues that this rethinking waria discourse, is influenced by global concepts of Islamic liberation theology and of ahl sunnah wa al-jama?ah (adherent of the prophet and his companions) in seeing waria, within local context, Nahdlatul Ulama, Indonesian Muslims Student Movement, and Islam Indonesia, that allows waria to be subjects of knowledge, of religiosities, and of their beings. This paper is based on interview with the scholar activists from the Syari?ah Faculty of Nahdlatul Ulama University of Jepara and waria santri, and on participant observation in their monthly discussions. The study uses the term ‘subjectivity’ to understand how the activists’ agency plays role in rethinking waria discourse, and to see the geneology beyond rethinking process. read more

• Authors: Saefur Rochmat
  
• From: Faculty of Social Sciences, Yogyakarta State University

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Post-Soeharto authoritarian regime has given a more room for political power contestation amongst different socio-political groups with their different knowledge systems. It is not easy for them to reach a stable agreement as some of them tend to develop an ideological approach to the knowledge. They believe that knowledge is identical to the truth, implying political power. They tend to develop normative approach based on the texts and ignore the existence of the truth of other groups. In this regard, I like to criticize the radical Muslims who are not consistent with the nature of knowledge, requiring an objective understanding of the reality, namely the pure reason of the truth. Opposing to the people?s rationality, they tend to develop negative stereotypes of other groups to win the support of the Muslim majority. They also try to mobilize the Muslim masses which are quite often accompanied by violence. Unfortunately, the government often fail to establish public order because of its short-term political expediency. Accordingly, at this Reformasi era the constructive dialogues amongst different socio-political groups have not developed fruitfully in public life. In line with this, these radical Muslims blame democratic system as well as the national ideology of Pancasila and they offer Syari’ah (legal formal Islamic law) as the solution for Indonesia. Following Fiqh paradigm, Abdurrahman Wahid accepts the national ideology of Pancasila with its democratic political system. Furthermore, he develops democracy into his core of religious political thought that the arrangement of society constitutes two components that are how to arrange living and how to manage power. read more