Cultural Communications of Islamic Boarding Schools in Indonesia

Pesantren communication culture is quite distinct from other cultures, as it has its own unique, unique, and distinct culture. The santri's obedience, sincerity, and respect for the Kyai exemplify its uniqueness. The author attempts to raise this unique communication culture as a research theme by researching a salaf (traditional) Islamic boarding school, An-Nidzam Sukabumi, and a modern Islamic boarding school, Pondok Pesantren Kholaf (modern) Assalam Sukabumi. The research focuses on the unique characteristics of each of the two Islamic boarding schools. This study employs a qualitative approach based on ethnographic methods because it is highly relevant to its focus on the language spoken, communication patterns observed, and communication culture of pesantren. The findings indicated that the communication cultures of the salaf and Khalaf pesantren were significantly different. The An Nizam salaf pesantren placed a premium on regional/Sundanese languages in daily interactions while simultaneously suppressing learning in religious sciences from the yellow books. The Kalaf/modern Assalam Islamic boarding schools placed a premium on Arabic and English instruction. The use of English in daily interactions and an understanding of the spiritual sciences are explored through classically taught contemporary books.

Agama Kristen dan Hoax: Peran Agama Kristen dalam Menekan Hoax

In the 4.0 era information has been transforming much faster and influencing daily interactions. Based on social recent phenomenon people were not given the interest to utilize these opportunities to look for the truth instead of prioritizing emotions, preferences to justify. This social atmosphere absolutely reduces the essential meaning of the ‘truth’ itself. The 'truth' and 'untruth' can not be seen. The capability to analyze by the clear mind of intellect as one of the values of being a religious human has been paralyzed. The truth is claimed by like or dislike to something. How religion especially Christianity has its crucial functions as a social institution to reduce the hoax spreading behavior in its congregation will be provided in this paper. This study took palace in the HKBP Church in Bagansiapiapi, Rokan Hilir, Riau, Indonesia using the qualitative approach by taking the data from observation and interviews. The result shows found that religion by its dogma and religious leader comprehensively reduce the hoax spreading behavior in the congregation.Realitas Kemajuan Informasi 4.0 telah memengaruhi kehidupan. Berdasarkan fenomena terkini memperlihatkan bahwa orang-orang tidak lagi mau memberikan perhatian pada kebenaran yang hakiki dari sebuah informasi yang ia terima. Melainkan cenderung mengklaim kebenaran tersebut seturut dengan preferensi subjektif. Atmosfer kehidupan sosial seperti ini mereduksi perbedaan antara suka-tidak suka dan benar-salah menjadi demikian tipis. Alih-alih menjalani proses nalar yang panjang dan melelahkan, masyarakat cenderung tergesa-gesa mengklaim sesuatu yang disukainya sebagai kebenaran, sebaliknya tergesa-gesa menganggap salah atau sesat sesuatu yang dibenci/tidak disukai. Penelitian ini mencoba mengeksplorasi bagaimana agama sebagai pranata, khususnya agama Kristen memainkan peran yang krusial pada fenomena hoax. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di Jemaat Gereja HKBP Bagansiapiapi ressort Bagansiapiapi, kabupaten Rokan Hilir, provinsi Riau-Indonesia menggunakan metodologi penelitian kualitatif dengan teknik wawancara dan observasi. Temuan memperlihatkan bahwa agama Kristen secara sistematis dan praksis menjalankan perannya sebagai pranata sosial melalui lembaga gereja. Peran tersebut berakar dari doktrin yang menekan prilaku penyebaran hoax. Penelitian juga memperlihatkan pemuka agama andil dalam menekan perilaku penyebar hoax bagi jemaat

The Early to Middle Anglo-Saxon Period, 500–800

This chapter examines the poorly documented centuries in the middle of the first millennium AD. It recovers economic structures and daily interactions from archaeological evidence, as well as from mainly later documents. The nature and impact of the Roman to Anglo-Saxon transition within the study area is considered, and demographic and agrarian trends are set out. The character of early royal involvement in the area is assessed, looking in particular at the evidence for a possible great hall complex at Benson. It is argued that princes and kings had a visible impact on the land and on landscape memorialization, but that the strongest driver of perceptions were the localized territorial farming units to which inhabitants belonged. In this period of poor crop storage facilities, hunger and the threat of starvation had a particularly acute impact on the way the landscape was experienced.

AGAMA KRISTEN DAN HOAX DI ERA POST TRUTH (Peran Nilai-nilai Dogmatis Kristen Terhadap Sikap Jemaat Menyikapi Hoax)

In the 4.0 era information has been transforming much faster and influence daily interactions. Based on social recent phenomenon people were not giving interst to utilize this opportunities to look for the truth instead of prioritizing emotions, preferences to justifying. This social atmosphere absolutely reduce the essential meaning of the ‘truth’ it self. The 'turh' and 'untruth' can not be seen clearly no longer. The capability to analyze by clear mind of intellect as one of the value of being religious human has been paralyzed. The truth is claimed by like or dislike to something. How religion especially Christianity has it’s crucial functions as a social intstitution by its value reduce the negative impacts of this phenomenon will be provide in this paper.Abstrak: Realitas Kemajuan Informasi dalam keseharian memperlihatkan bahwa masyarakat kian mengedepankan emosi, preferensi, rasa dan selera dalam berpendapat, berargumentasi dan bahkan menjustifikasi daripada mengedepankan akurasi fakta, ketepatan data, dan kesahihan informasi. Atmosfer kehidupan sosial seperti ini mereduksi perbedaan antara like-dislike dan benar-salah menjadi demikian tipis. Alih-alih menjalani proses nalar yang panjang dan melelahkan, masyarakat cenderung tergesa-gesa mengklaim sesuatu yang disukainya sebagai kebenaran, sebaliknya tergesa-gesa menganggap salah atau sesat sesuatu yang dibenci/tidak disukai. Ketertarikan untuk menganalisa dengan kemampuan intelaktual menurun. Bagaimana agama sebagai pranata, khususnya agama Kristen dengan nilai-nilai yang khas mamainkan peran yang krusial pada fenomena demikian akan di bahas dalam tulisan ini.

Examining Children's Questions and Parents' Responses about Covid-19 Pandemic in Turkey

COVID-19 pandemic has had a big impact on both adults' and children's everyday lives. The conversations about biological processes such as virus, illness, health have started to occur more frequently in daily interactions. Although there are many guidelines for parents about how to talk to their children about coronavirus, only a few studies examine what children are actually curious about coronavirus and how they make sense of the changes in their everyday lives. This study addresses this need by examining children's questions and parents' responses about the Covid-19 Pandemic in Turkey. Using an online survey, we asked 183 parents of 3 to 12-year-olds to report their children's questions about coronavirus and their answers to these questions. We analyzed children's questions and parents' responses using several content categories (Menendez et al., 2020). The majority of children's questions were about the nature of the virus (34%), followed by lifestyle changes (20%). Older children were more likely to ask about school/work and less likely to ask about lifestyle changes than younger children. Parents responded to children's questions by providing realistic explanations (48%) and reassurance (20%). Only 18% of children's questions were explanation-seeking "why" and "how" questions. Parents were more likely to provide explanations if children's questions were explanation-seeking. Family activities such as playing games and cooking were the most common coping strategies reported by parents (69.2%). The findings have important implications for children's learning about coronavirus and how adults can support children's understanding and help them develop coping strategies during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Moments of identity: dynamics of artist, persona, and audience in electronic music

In our account of artistic identities among electronic music artists, we point to the notion of persona as a key element in a triadic framework for studying the dynamics of identity. Building on pragmatist theory, we further draw on Pizzorno’s concept of mask and Luhmann’s notion of second-order observation to highlight the dual properties of persona: whether like a mask that is put on or like a probe that is put out, persona is a part that stands apart. Persona is an object that alter can recognize and by which ego can be recognized; but what is recognized defies the person’s complete control. We thus conceptualize identity as a multi-sided relationship that involves person, persona, and others. Building on our ethnographic research among electronic music artists in Berlin and New York, we characterize this relationship in terms of attachment between artist and persona, between artist and audience, and between persona and audience. These attachments are variable and independent from one another. The resulting model is an analytic tool to examine identity as the ongoing outcome of the three-way dynamics of such shifting attachments. We are attentive to persona because the creation and curation of online profiles have become a pervasive element in many people’s daily interactions in both social and work situations.

Tazkiyah al-Nafs dalam Novel Pasir Lintang

Salah satu aspek keagamaan yang dapat membentuk keperibadian Muslim adalah dengan membangunkan spiritual menerusi konsep tazkiyah al-Nafs. Proses pembangunan jiwa dengan penyucian diri ini penting dalam memainkan peranan membentuk perilaku seseorang dalam masyarakat. Hal ini juga berkait rapat dengan dua hubungan utama dalam galur kehidupan, iaitu hubungan manusia dengan manusia (habl min al-Nas), dan hubungan manusia dengan Pencipta (habl min Allah). Maka, dalam perkembangan persuratan Melayu keadaan ini dapat diteliti dalam novel Melayu tanah air. Didapati nilai-nilai murni ditampilkan pengarang dalam membentuk pembangunan jiwa menerusi watak dan perwatakan dalam karya. Justeru, makalah ini menyingkap tazkiyah al-Nafs dalam novel Pasir Lintang karya S. M. Noor yang menyorot pelbagai kisah manusia untuk menghindar sifat keji (mazmumah) bagi mencapai sifat terpuji (mahmudah) dalam pergaulan seharian. Kajian jelas memperlihatkan tazkiyah al-Nafs diutarakan pengarang menerusi empat maqamat dalam psikoterapi Islam, iaitu tawbah (taubat), sabr (sabar), raja’ (berharap) dan khawf (takut) sebagai perutusanyang berguna untuk pembaca dalam mengharungi cabaran kehidupan. One of the aspects that moulds a Muslim’s personality is to awaken the spiritual through the concept of tazkiyah al-nafs. This awakening of soul by self-purification is important in shaping one’s behavior in society. This realization is closely tied with two main relationships in life that is the relationship between one and the people around him (habl min alNas), and one’s relationship with his Creator (habl min Allah). Hence, in the development of Malay literature this situation can be observed in local Malay novels. It is evident that virtuous values as depicted by the author are portrayed through the development of the character’s in thiswork. Thus, this paper reveals the contention of tazkiyah al-nafs in Pasir Lintang written by S.M. Noor that highlighted through variety of stories how man tries to achieve good character (mahmudah) by avoiding heinous nature (mazmumah) in his daily interactions. The study clearly shows that tazkiyah al-nafs is expressed by the author through four maqamat in Islamic psychotherapy namely tawbah (repentance), sabr (patience), raja’ (hope) and khawf (fear) as a useful message for the readers in facing the challenges of life.

Conveying Listenership Status Through Multiple duis in Mandarin Chinese Conversation

This study explores the use of multiple reactive tokens ( duis) in responsive turns in Mandarin, particularly in the sequential and interactional environments that project them in daily interactions. Data analysis of over 100 unscripted conversations between two or three native speakers indicate that an increase in the number of duis co-occurring corresponds to a higher level of listenership, resulting in a hierarchy of displayed stances ranging from neutral to active to affiliative. I argue that almost no practice of multiple duis in conversation is guaranteed to work mechanistically and automatically, as it requires at least a two-party collaboration. Multiple duis as reactive tokens in interaction are systematic, conversationally strategic, and sequentially as well as socially organized. Furthermore, they are recurrent patterns at the discourse level that must be recognized as routine practices in conversation, as their format can help accomplish unique interactional tasks that exhibit strong coherence and utility at the interactional level.

Empowering Aboriginal Families as Their Children’s First Teachers of Cultural Knowledge, Languages and Identity at Galiwin’ku FaFT Playgroup

Embracing and embedding the rich cultural knowledge, languages, concepts and skills that Aboriginal families and children bring to playgroup is key to empowering families as their children’s first teachers and strengthening young children’s self-esteem, pride, confidence and identities. In this article, we share our story of how we have explored and upheld the strengths of Yolŋu identity, cultural knowledge and language in the Galiwin’ku Families as First Teachers (FaFT) playgroup early educational program. We highlight the ways we have supported mothers to embed gesture, sign language, Yolngu Matha language conventions, Yolŋu kinship, clan concepts and dance into their daily interactions with their children at FaFT. We reflect on what has empowered mothers to feel agentic in their children’s learning in these playgroups and to build strong Yolŋu identities in young children and argue that playgroup is a vital educational platform through which to deliver culturally meaningful early learning experiences for Aboriginal children prior to preschool.

The Nature of Metaphor

Metaphors are ubiquitous features of spoken and written language that permit us to experience one thing in terms of another. “Seeing is believing” helps us understand the abstract concept of belief in terms of the concrete sense of sight. Derived from two Greek words that mean “to transfer,” metaphors transfer certain attributes from the source domain, in our example, Seeing to the target domain of Believing. The chapter explores how metaphors have cognitive properties and allow us to learn new things and to express abstract ideas and complex relations. Metaphors are a powerful trope of figurative language and commonly appear in both formal medical writings and the informal daily interactions of doctors, patients, and the public more generally. The chapter describes how metaphors connect abstract and concrete domains and offers an array of examples that helps us decipher how metaphors originate from human experiences and how they evolve. It explores how metaphors frame perceptions and shape reality and their potency in the language of the clinic.