scholarly journals DINAMIKA ARSITEKTUR INDONESIA DAN REPRESENTASI ‘POLITIK IDENTITAS’ PASCA REFORMASI

NALARs ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Kemas Ridwan Kurniawan

ABSTRAK. Menguatnya politik identitas di Indonesia pasca reformasi telah melahirkan formasi arsitektur baru yang tersebar di berbagai daerah di Indonesia. Identitas budaya terkait indigenitas menjadi bagian dari politik identitas yang menurut sebagian pengamat politik disinyalir dimanfaatkan para elit dan penguasa untuk kepentingan politik kekuasaan. Ironisnya, dalam bidang arsitektur, definisi tentang identitas ini justru semakin tidak jelas. Definisi-definisi ini berputar pada debat tentang pencarian jati diri yang tidak pernah selesai dan sering diasosiasikan dengan proses untuk memunculkan jati diri kebudayaan sebagai jawaban atas tantangan universalitas arsitektur modern, globalisasi dan kemajuan teknologi. Makalah ini mencoba mengambil dari sudut pandang yang berbeda yaitu politik identitas dalam silangannya dengan arsitektur (‘space’), waktu (sejarah) dan aspek sosial-politik. Isu yang muncul adalah bagaimana politik identitas perlahan-lahan melanjutkan pengaruhnya dalam formasi arsitektur di Indonesia pasca reformasi, di balik kesalah-pahaman tentang definisi ‘identitas’ dalam debat-debat arsitektur di Indonesia. Hal ini terjadi karena banyak arsitek atau teoretikus arsitektur di Indonesia membatasi dirinya hanya dalam lingkup arsitektur, dan gagal berinteraksi secara lebih luas dengan isu-isu sosio politik. Konsekuensinya, di satu sisi, istilah ‘identitas’ kehilangan pengaruh sosio-politiknya dan direduksi kepada masalah-masalah estetika visual semata, yang mengaburkan identitas arsitektur sebagai suatu konsep sosial budaya. Sementara itu, di sisi lain pemanfaatan identitas sebagai bagian dari komoditas politik juga melanjutkan dinamika yang terjadi di daerah (regional) yaitu warna kekuasaan (power) dalam formasi arsitektur di Indonesia sebagai imbas dari Desentralisasi. Makalah ini mengkritisi perilaku politik identitas yang cenderung berubah menjadi ‘regime’ dalam formasi identitas arsitektur saat ini, dan kurang terangkatnya isu identitas arsitektur dengan dinamika sosio-politik dan keseharian (‘everyday-life’) masyarakat. Kata Kunci: subjektivitas, hibrid, indigenitas, pasca-nasionalisme ABSTRACT. Straighthening the politics of identity in Indonesia after the 1997 political reformation has increased the formation of new architecture which are scattered in various regions in Indonesia. The cultural identity on indigeneity and become part of identity politics. It was exploited by elites and rulers for the sake of power politics. Ironically, in the field of architecture, the definition of this identity is even more unclear. These definitions spin on the debate about the search for identity that was never finished and is often associated with the process to bring a cultural identity as a response to the challenges of modern architecture such as universality, globalization and technological progress. This paper tried to look at architecture (space) in the intersection with time (history) and socio-political aspects. The issue that arises is how the politics of identity is slowly continuing influence in the formation of architecture in Indonesia after the 1997 political reform, under misconceptions about the definition of 'identity' in debates of architecture in Indonesia. This happens because many architects or architectural theorists in Indonesia restricts itself only in the sphere of architecture, and failed to interact more broadly with social and political issues. Consequently, on the one hand, the term 'identity' loss of the socio-political influences and are reduced to a visual aesthetic problems alone, which obscure the identity of architecture as a socio-cultural concept. Meanwhile, on the other hand the use of identity as part of a political commodity also continue the dynamics that occur in the area (regional) is the color of power (power) in the formation of architecture in Indonesia as the impact of decentralization. The paper criticized the behavior of identity politics that tends to turn into a 'regime' in the current architectural identity formation, and less lifting of architecture with issues of identity and everyday social and political dynamics ( 'everyday-life') of community. Keywords: subjectivity, hybrid, indigeneity, post-nationalism

Author(s):  
Nizan Shaked

The introduction addresses two intersecting trajectories in American art between the late 1960s and the early twenty-first-century century. On the one hand, it traces the ways in which disciplinary Conceptual Art, with a capital “C”, expanded into the diverse set of practices that have been characterised generally as conceptualism. On the other hand, it shows how the expansion of a critical conceptualism has been strongly informed by the turbulent rights-based politics of the 1960s. Initially, first generation Conceptual artists responded to preceding art movements within disciplinary boundaries, examining the definition of art itself and engaging abstract concerns. Artists then applied the basic principles of Conceptual Art to address a range of social and political issues. This development reflects the influence of Civil Rights, Black Power, the student movement, the anti-war movement, second wave feminism, and the gay liberation movement. Central in the American context, the multiple identity-based mobilisations that came to be known as “identity politics” were further articulated in the 1970s. The artists addressed in this book: Adrian Piper, Joseph Kosuth, David Hammons, Renée Green, Mary Kelly, Martha Rosler, Silvia Kolbowski, Daniel Joseph Martinez, Lorna Simpson, Andrea Fraser, Hans Haacke, and Charles Gaines expanded the propositions of Conceptual Art.


Somatechnics ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-39
Author(s):  
Khalid Alhathlool

This paper critically engages with Amin Maalouf's understanding of identity in his book In the Name of Identity (1997). Maalouf's intervention in the contentious discussion of identity consists of four principle points. Firstly, identity is composite. Secondly, identity is constructed through dialogic process. Thirdly, the understanding of identity today is predominately ‘tribal.’ Finally there is a need for the prevalence of the universal in the ‘era of globalization’. Maalouf's analysis rightly transcends the limitation of essentialist and singular conceptions of identity—in particular- cultural identity—in today's ‘postcolonial’’ world; however, his proposed alternative, and the assumptions upon which it rests, are equally problematic, especially for ‘postcolonial’ societies and immigrants/migrants in ‘Western’ countries. Maalouf's perspective on hybridity is riddled with contradictions: above all, the contradiction between understanding hybridity as a foundational position and as a deconstructive force of fixed identities and naturalised categories. This confusion arises when, on the one hand, cultures are understood as bounded and territorialised and, on the other, individuals are thought to belong simultaneously to these different, bounded cultures in full composite terms. In the first place there is an argument for sustaining purity, while the subsequent stage of identity formation advocates hybridity. Maalouf rejects purity as well as hybridity by appearing to sustain the two simultaneously. He cannot maintain this contradiction except through individualising the conception of identity. This paper argues that while Maalouf is able to problematise notions of ‘essentialist’ identities—what he dubs as ‘murderous identities’—and presents a moderately plausible case for ‘hybridity’, he fails to depart from a hegemonic and reified notion of a ‘universal’ or ‘cosmopolitan’ definition of identity which in effect operates as a code for Eurocentric ideas of identity and being. Thus, Maalouf's ‘speaking for’ postcolonial and migrant people/cultures and ‘speaking back’ against neo-conservative world-view is never quite able to escape the latter's ideological moorings.


2012 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 139-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
EMILIA MARÍA DURÁN-ALMARZA

The Dominican American community in New York is perhaps one of the best examples of how processes of transculturation are affecting traditional definitions of ethnic identification. Given the intense economic, social and cultural transnational exchanges between the island and the USA from the 1960s, Dominicanyorks have been challenging the illusion of homogeneity in the definition of Americanness for decades, creating transnational social networks that transcend traditional national and ethnographic boundaries. The theatrical works of Josefina Báez, a Dominican American performer living in New York, and Sherezada (Chiqui) Vicioso, a Dominican poet and playwright who lived and worked in the US metropolis for decades before moving back to the Dominican Republic, lyrically explore issues of diaspora, identity and migration and the impact these phenomena might have in the lives of migrant Dominican women. Presenting diasporic experiences from two differing but interconnected locales – New York and the Dominican Republic – these plays offer two complementary views on the ways in which ethnicity, race, social class, age and geopolitical location interact in the formation of transcultural identities, thus contributing to develop a hemispheric approach to the study of identity formation in the Americas.


2021 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 151-169
Author(s):  
Timur V. Khamdamov ◽  
Mikhail Yu. Voloshin ◽  

In the modern Russian philosophy, discussions about the phenomenon of computer simulations in the scientific research practice of conducting experiments are just beginning to pass the stage of initiation in small interdisciplinary groups studying this new direction for the philosophy of science. At the same time, in Western philosophy by the current moment there have been formed entire directions for the study of computer simulations. Different groups of researchers in different ways form ideas about the basic characteristics of simulations: from skeptical views on their nature, which are of no philosophical interest, to extremely revolutionary attitudes that assign simulations to the main role in the next expected turn of philosophy, comparable in its power to the linguistic turn in early XX century. One of the main controversial issues in Western philosophical thought was the search for relevant criteria and signs of simulations that could create a solid basis for formulating a rigorous definition of this phenomenon. Thus, through the definition, researchers first of all try, on the one hand, to solve the taxonomic problem of the correlation and interconnection of simulations with other types of experiment: natural, laboratory, mental, mathematical. On the other hand, to reveal for philosophy ontological and epistemological foundations of simulations, which carry the potential of new philosophical knowledge. This article is devoted to a brief review of the existing concepts of representatives of Western schools of thought on the phenomenon of computer simulations in the context of the philosophy of science. The structure of the review is built on three basic conceptual directions: 1) definition of the term "computer simulation"; 2) computer simulations as an experiment; 3) the epistemic value of simulations. Such a review can become the subject of discussion for Russian researchers interested in the impact of computer simulations on science and philosophy.


An analysis is given for the deformation of a cantilever made from a rigid-plastic material struck transversely at its tip by a moving mass. Two special cases are found to be of interest: mass of striker large, and mass of striker small. Experiments were carried out on model mildsteel cantilevers under these two extreme conditions: in the one case the striker was a falling weight, in the other a rifle bullet. The theoretical and experimental results are compared, and it is shown that there is good agreement at points remote from the impact, but that prediction of local damage depends on accurate definition of the conditions of striking.


KANT ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 447-451
Author(s):  
Veronika Filippova

The article provides an overview of the scientific literature, concepts of psychologists, teachers, sociologists who define the family as a social institution, small group or system. The forms and types of families are considered depending on social development, educational impact on the child, and the composition of members. The definition of the family of a child with disabilities is given by describing the features of difficult life situations and the phenomenon of family. As a result, it is concluded that the family of a child with disabilities on the one hand meets the totality of family characteristics as a social phenomenon, and on the other has its own characteristics due to the impact on its life activity of having a child with disabilities. For this reason, the family can both become the main developmental resource for the child, and limit its rehabilitation potential.


2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Emmanuel Ikechi Wonah

The aim of the paper is to examine the impact of identity politics on national integration in Nigeria. This paper relies on secondary sources of data, and contends that identity politics can create the necessary awareness and actions needed to redress the inequities promoted by the structural imbalance of the Nigerian State. The redress of the inequities can be a stabilizing force necessary for the actualization of national integration in Nigeria. On the other hand, it argues that identity politics can also be a divisive factor which can seriously threaten the corporate existence of Nigeria and make our quest for integration illusory. Also, the paper is  of the view that national integration can be achieved when identity politics is guided by certain objective conditions expressed in democracy. Therefore, it recommends that there should be an internalization and demonstration of the democratic culture in everyday life of Nigerians. 


2015 ◽  
pp. 133-157
Author(s):  
Izabela Olszewska

Cultural Identity of Citizens of Gdańsk from an Ethnolinguistic Perspective on the Basis of Chosen Texts of the Free City of DanzigAs a consequence of the First World War and in the wake of the Treaty of Versailles the Free City of Danzig was established. The image of Danzig identity was created, first of all, by the following ethnic groups: German, Polish and Jewish. Was the Free City of Danzig multicultural or was it German with Polish and Jewish minorities? Did those nationalities live beside each other, did they together, as citizens of Danzig, create a common reality? Is it possible to talk about a uniform culture/identity of Danzig? The aim of this article is an analysis of linguistic image of the world of the citizens of the Free City of Danzig, which has been carried out on the basis of characteristics of the image of relations and cultural differences in the interpretation of Polish community. Yet, the whole image of identity consists of a mosaic of smaller interpretations which, only after being reduced to the lowest common denominator, may give the holistic image of Danzig identity as an image of a common multiple subjectivity. Mutual perception of nationalities inhabiting the area of the Free City of Danzig is the starting point for the discussion on their identity and an attempt to answer the question: did the citizens of Danzig see themselves as one community – exactly the one of Danzig? The analysed research material consists of chosen texts of the local press (in Polish and occasionally in German) concerning socio-cultural and political and informative issues. The Polish "Gazeta Gdańska" had been published since 1891 as the first Polish Danzig newspaper in Polish. Its first aim was to integrate Polish circles and to defend the rights of the Polish. "Danziger Neuesten Nachrichten", published since 1894, was the biggest Danzig conservative newspaper in German which influenced public opinion. In the analysis of the linguistic image of Danzig identities I will consider first of all the following scientific issues after Bartmiński: a) the way of defining common identity i.e. “who we are” – autostereotypes; b) the ways of linguistic perception and definition of the others i.e. “who they are” – heterostereotypes; c) the ways of conceptualization of space and ‘our place in the world’ and the common time in which we live. Tożsamości kulturowa gdańszczan w ujęciu etnolingwistycznym na przykładzie wybranych tekstów publicystycznych Wolnego Miasta Gdańska W konsekwencji I wojny światowej oraz na mocy postanowień Traktatu Wersalskiego utworzono Wolne Miasto Gdańsk (WMG). Na obraz tożsamości gdańskiej w okresie WMG składały się przede wszystkim następujące grupy etniczne: niemiecka, polska i żydowska. Czy Wolne Miasto Gdańsk było wielokulturowe, czy też niemieckie z mniejszościami polską i żydowską? Czy narodowości żyły obok siebie, czy wspólnie jako gdańszczanie kreowały swoją wspólną rzeczywistość? Czy w odniesieniu do WMG można mówić o jednolitej kulturze/tożsamości gdańskiej? Celem artykułu jest analiza językowego obrazu świata tożsamości gdańszczan w okresie Wolnego Miasta Gdańska, dokonana na podstawie charakterystyki obrazu związków i różnic kulturowych w interpretacji społeczności polskiej. Całkowity obraz tożsamości składa się bowiem z mozaiki mniejszych interpretacji, które dopiero sprowadzone do wspólnego mianownika mogą ułożyć się w całość jednej tożsamości gdańskiej, niejako na zasadzie obrazu wielopodmiotowości zbiorowej. Wzajemne postrzeganie się narodowości zamieszkujących obszar WMG jest punktem wyjścia do rozważań na temat ich tożsamości oraz próbą odpowiedzi na pytanie: czy gdańszczanie widzieli siebie, jako jedną społeczność - gdańską właśnie? Analizowany materiał badawczy to wybrane teksty publicystyki gdańskiej o charakterze kulturalno- społecznym oraz informacyjno-politycznym przede wszystkim w języku polskim oraz sporadycznie w języku niemieckim. Polska "Gazeta Gdańska", wydawana była od roku 1891 jako pierwsze pismo gdańskie w języku polskim. Pierwotnym jej celem była integracja kół polonijnych oraz obrona praw polskich. "Danziger Neueste Nachrichten", wydawane od 1894, było największym gdańskim opiniotwórczym dziennikiem w języku niemieckim o charakterze konserwatywnym. W analizie językowego obrazu tożsamości gdańskich z perspektywy społeczności polskiej autorka rozważa za Bartmińskim przede wszystkim następujące problemy badawcze: a) sposób określania tożsamości zbiorowej, tj. ‘kim jesteśmy my’ – autostereotypy; b) sposób postrzegania i językowego ujmowania innych, tj. ‘kim są oni’ – heterostereotypy oraz c) sposoby konceptualizacji przestrzeni i ‘naszego miejsca w świecie’ oraz czasu wspólnotowego, w którym żyjemy.


2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
L Brooke Rudow-Abouharb

This paper explores Hawaiian racial identity formation using María Lugones’s metaphor of curdling as a guiding theme. I aim to show that the accepted definition of “native Hawaiian” is based on a purity model of race that serves to undermine the unity of the Hawaiian Nation. I begin by outlining the pre-contact understanding of Hawaiian identity. This conception of identity was subsequently altered through various political agendas to fit within a Western/European notion of “pure” racial identity. I argue that continuing to use the imposed definition of “native Hawaiian” makes the fragmentation of Hawaiian identity and society difficult to overcome. Additionally, I offer a discussion of the gendered rhetoric of some Hawaiian activists that complicates the effort to regain a precolonial cultural identity that was largely egalitarian. Finally, I suggest that a rejection of racial purity and a rearticulation of Hawaiian identity that recaptures pre-contact, strategic notions of belonging by way of Lugones’s “impure resistance” can set the stage for a more inclusive Hawaiian Nation.


2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (6) ◽  
pp. 21-30
Author(s):  
A. V. Kornev

The paper examines activity as the most important component of human life. The author elucidates the features of activity from the standpoint of various fields of knowledge: philosophy, psychology, sociology. The preference is given to the activity approach, which is based on the category of “substantive activity.” It is substantive in nature and does not simply define the activity as human interaction with the outside world, but reflects the changes that constitute the result of human activity. Various aspects of theoretical and practical activity are touched upon on the example of legal activity, which is of a complex intellectual nature. Legal activity is often characterized through legal practice — one of the varieties of social practices. Some similarities of these categories are reflected, as well as differences between them. The paper gives the author’s definition of legal activity focused on professional legal activity. The definition cannot claim to be universal due to various types of professional legal activity. Nevertheless, it is specified that professional legal activity is always an activity carried out on the basis of law, in legal forms; it is aimed at achieving the goals determined by law. The author demonstrates the impact of digital technologies on various types of legal activities. Especially in the conditions of the pandemic when traditional forms of communication have given way to virtual ones. It is noted that this influence is of a dual nature, that is, on the one hand, it increases the efficiency of communications, and, on the other hand, it leads to some risks and problems, in particular, against the background of the fact that a significant part of our population still does not have access to modern information and communication systems.


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