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All Journal Sabda: Jurnal Kajian Kebudayaan HUMANIKA Harmonia: Journal of Research and Education Rubikon: Journal of Transnational American Studies Syntax Literate: Jurnal Ilmiah Indonesia ENDOGAMI Jurnal Ilmiah Kajian Antropologi HARMONI Anuva: Jurnal Kajian Budaya, Perpustakaan, dan Informasi Culturalistics: Journal of Cultural, Literary, and Linguistic Studies
Arido Laksono
Program Studi Antropologi Sosial, Fakultas Ilmu Budaya, Universitas Diponegoro
Arts Humanities Education Environmental Science Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice Library & Information Science Social Sciences Other

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REASSERTING CONSERVATISM THROUGH USAID REFORM: CULTURAL POLITICS DISCOURSE IN PROJECT 2025’S “MANDATE FOR LEADERSHIP: THE CONSERVATIVE PROMISE” Pratama, Rifka; Laksono, Arido; Falah, Fajrul; Subhan, Muhammad
Rubikon : Journal of Transnational American Studies Vol 13, No 1 (2026)
Publisher : Pengkajian Amerika, Universitas Gadjah Mada

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.22146/rubikon.v13i1.111908

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The proposed reforms for the US Agency for International Development (USAID), as articulated in Project 2025’s “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise”, reflect the conservatives’ efforts to reconfigure the progressive values long upheld by liberal–democratic administrations in the US government. International aid is no longer viewed as a neutral humanitarian tool but as a strategic instrument of national interest. The reform proposal represents a contestation over cultural dominance, where competing political forces seek to legitimize their power through ideological control. This study employs a qualitative approach, analyzing policy documents “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise”, Section 2, Point 9 — pertaining to USAID. The analysis is conducted within the framework of cultural politics theory, wherein discourse—in both textual and oral forms—is conceptualized as a site of power and cultural contestation. The findings reveal that the proposed reforms to USAID constitute a systematic cultural–political strategy by the conservative bloc, aimed at realigning foreign aid priorities and ideologies.
Beyond Remittances: Migration as Moral Economy, Symbolic Practice, and Identity Negotiation among Returned Migrants in Cilacap Regency Suyanto Suyanto; Arido Laksono; Tari Purwanti
Endogami: Jurnal Ilmiah Kajian Antropologi Vol 9, No 2 (2025): June
Publisher : Prodi Antropologi Fakultas Ilmu Budaya Universitas Diponegoro

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.14710/endogami.9.2.345-357

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This study examines migration and remittance practices among returnees to Cilacap Regency, moving beyond dominant economic perspectives and focusing on their cultural and symbolic dimensions. Based on in-depth interviews with ten returnees, the study explores how migration is embedded in moral obligations, social recognition, and identity negotiations. The findings indicate that migration is primarily understood as a moral responsibility towards family, where remittances function as obligatory expressions of reciprocity rather than voluntary financial transfers. At the same time, remittances operate as visible markers of success that shape social status and generate new forms of inequality through processes of comparison and recognition. Furthermore, the return experience highlights ongoing identity negotiations, as migrants navigate expectations, gender roles, and shifting positions within their communities. Remittances are not simply economic resources but symbolic practices that sustain relationships, generate meaning, and shape social life. Thus, this study extends existing migration scholarship by demonstrating that economic outcomes cannot be fully understood without examining the underlying cultural logics. While previous research, particularly by Hein de Haas, has emphasized the conditional economic impacts of migration, this study complements that perspective by highlighting the moral, symbolic, and experiential dimensions of remittance practices
Co-Authors Af’idatul Lathifah Af’idatul Latifah Agus Maladi Irianto Candria, Mytha Dwi Wulandari Edwin Rizal Falah, Fajrul Faradissa, Tresananda Kirana Hasan Mustofa Amirudin, Hasan Mustofa Hermintoyo Hermintoyo, Hermintoyo Jihan Syahidah Khrisna Rizky Meilarani Mery Situmorang Muhammad Faruq Bukhori Muhammad Subhan Natasha Ivana Nurdien H Kistanto Pramudya Lazuardi Pratama, Rifka Retno Wulandari Rizki Nurislaminingsih, Rizki Sri Indrahti Suyanto Suyanto Tari Purwanti Titik Wulandari Tsania Ghaitsa Fakhirah