Article Per Year (5 Year)
p-Index From 2021 - 2026
1.817
P-Index
This Author published in this journals
All Journal Walisongo Journal of Chemistry BAHTRA: Jurnal Pendidikan Bahasan dan Sastra Jurnal Ilmiah MEA (Manajemen, Ekonomi, dan Akuntansi) Jurnal Akselerasi Merdeka Belajar dalam Pengabdian Orientasi Masyarakat (Jurnal AMPOEN) Journal of Education Religion Humanities and Multidiciplinary Jurnal Pengabdian Sosial MARAS : Jurnal Penelitian Multidisplin Journal of Society Innovation and Development (JSID) Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat Mentari
Purba, Elisabeth
Unknown Affiliation
Religion Humanities Chemistry Computer Science & IT Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Economics, Econometrics & Finance Education Environmental Science Health Professions Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice Nursing Public Health Social Sciences Other

Published : 11 Documents Claim Missing Document
Claim Missing Document
Check
Articles

Found 11 Documents
Search

 1   2 
Cultural Resistance and Democratic Imagination in Colonial Indonesia: A Literary Analysis of Pantun Purba, Elisabeth; Harahap, Rosmawaty
JOURNAL OF SOCIETY INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT Vol 7 No 2 (2026): JSID: May 2026
Publisher : Winaya Inspirasi Nusantara Foundation

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.63924/jsid.v7i2.84

Abstract

Colonial rule in the Indonesian archipelago not only restructured political and economic systems but also sought to reshape local cultural values and modes of expression. Within this context, traditional literary forms played an important role in preserving cultural identity and articulating responses to colonial domination. One such form is pantun, a Malay poetic genre that conveys meaning through metaphor, parallelism, and indirect expression. This study examines how the pantun High Power, Unformed Resistance represents power, resistance, and democratic imagination during the colonial period. The research aims to explore how culturally grounded notions of authority and opposition are articulated through poetic discourse, and how pantun functions as a medium of subtle resistance and ethical governance. The study adopts a qualitative interdisciplinary methodology that combines close textual analysis with perspectives from postcolonial theory and cultural studies. The pantun is analyzed as both a literary text and a socio cultural artifact situated within the historical experience of colonial Indonesia. The findings reveal that power is constructed as moral and cultural authority rather than coercive domination, while resistance emerges as indirect, adaptive, and sustained through cultural continuity. The pantun also encodes democratic values such as consensus, balance, and communal responsibility, reflecting indigenous conceptions of governance. These findings suggest that pantun should be understood not merely as folklore but as a significant site of political meaning. The study contributes to literary and postcolonial scholarship by demonstrating how traditional poetic forms participate in the negotiation of power and the imagination of culturally grounded democracy under colonial rule.
Co-Authors Ambarita, Yanti Batu, Dewi Pika Lumban Br. Sitinjak, Mayora Katharina Damanik, Sheshilia Damanik, Sheshilia Putri Enda Noviyanti Simorangkir Eveline, Ivana Regina Girsang, Thereshia Margaretta Harahap, Rosmawaty Hutabarat, Monica Hutauruk, Averina Anastasia Inabuy, Marchella Manalu, Evelina Asyera Panjaitan, Juliana Perangin-angin, Laura Pinem, Irmina Purba, Septilicia Purba, Septilicia Angle Sebayang, Rizkita Sebayang, Rizkita Rodearni Sihombing, Chatrina Yohana Silaban, Patri Simamora, Adela Rosalia Simarmata, Ester Juliana Sinaga, Juwita Octavia Sitinjak, Mayora Katharina Br Surip, M. Tahya, Candra Yulius Tambunan, Dido Utam, Yuti Tasha