Munir Ahmad Khan Gasura
Muslim Youth (MY) University

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Cultural Identity, Intercultural Communication Competence, and Social Integration in Multicultural Communities: Evidence from an Emerging Urban Society Ihsan Ihsan; Diganta Hatiboruah; Nursyafida Nursyafida; Nismawati Nismawati; Munir Ahmad Khan Gasura
Journal of Human Interaction and Social Studies Vol. 1 No. 3 (2026): : August: Sapientia Diversalis: Journal of Human Interaction and Social Studies
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.65310/gr6wrf88

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Multicultural urban societies face continuing challenges in reconciling cultural identity, intercultural communication, and social integration, while existing research has often examined these dimensions through separate individual, relational, and institutional perspectives. This study investigated their interrelationships through a qualitative comparative documentary analysis of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. A purposively assembled corpus of 33 scholarly and institutional sources was examined according to conceptual relevance, geographical applicability, and documented evidence concerning multicultural interaction. The analysis employed a common thematic framework covering identity recognition, multiple identification, language negotiation, communication competence, intergroup contact, civic belonging, institutional support, and everyday interaction settings. Within-case examination and cross-case comparison identified recurring patterns and institutional differences without treating qualitative classifications as population-level measurements. The findings indicated that cultural identity continuity was not inherently incompatible with civic participation, although their coexistence was conditioned by social recognition and opportunities for inclusive interaction. Communicative adaptation, reciprocal contact, and cooperative relationships emerged as recurrent themes associated with intercultural engagement rather than independently verified causal mechanisms. Comparative coding indicated differences in the relative prominence of community mediation, multicultural governance arrangements, and institutionalized contact across the three countries. Formal multicultural recognition also remained analytically distinct from everyday intercultural practices. The study contributes a conditional conceptual synthesis of plural integration that connects individual identification, relational competence, and institutional participation. Its explanatory scope is limited by the heterogeneous documentary corpus and the absence of primary empirical measurement.
Technology, Society, and Sustainable Development: A Critical Integrative Review Munir Ahmad Khan Gasura; Muhammad Munir
Jurnal Sosial Humaniora dan Pendidikan Vol 2 No 1 (2026): Auguss: Jurnal Sosial Humaniora dan Pendidikan: Scripta Humanika
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Digital technologies increasingly influence the institutional, economic, social, and environmental pathways through which sustainable development is pursued. Existing research, however, remains dispersed across technological domains and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with limited integration of distributional, environmental, and governance conditions in developing-country settings. This study conducts a qualitative critical integrative review of peer-reviewed and institutional literature published primarily between 2016 and 2026. Sources were identified purposively through academic databases, publisher platforms, and repositories of international organisations and assessed using explicit relevance criteria. The synthesis applies sociotechnical systems theory and the capability approach to examine digital technologies, artificial intelligence, and digital public infrastructure across social, economic, environmental, and governance dimensions. Three recurrent positions are identified in the literature: technology-optimist, technology-risk, and governance-conditioned perspectives. The reviewed evidence indicates that digital technologies can extend access to education, health services, financial services, public administration, and environmental monitoring, while benefits remain uneven where connectivity, affordability, skills, institutional capacity, and data governance are inadequate. Digitalisation also entails material and energy costs associated with data infrastructure, computation, hardware production, and electronic waste. The synthesis supports a conditional interpretation of technology's contribution to sustainable development: developmental effects depend on inclusive access, digital capability, environmental responsibility, accountable governance, institutional capacity, and international cooperation. The proposed framework remains an interpretive proposition requiring subsequent empirical evaluation.