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A Vulnerable Flexibility: An Analysis of the Representation of Gig Workers' Sustainability in Indonesian Digital Media: Fleksibilitas yang Rentan: Analisis Representasi Keberlanjutan Pekerja Gig di Media Digital Indonesia Murda, Muhammad; Febriyati, Tindia
Jurnal Ketenagakerjaan Vol 20 No 3 (2025): Gig Workers
Publisher : Pusat Pengembangan Kebijakan Ketenagakerjaan Kementerian Ketenagakerjaan Republik Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.47198/jnaker.v20i3.624

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The digital transformation of Indonesia’s economy has generated a new labor ecosystem known as the gig economy, where online drivers, logistics couriers, and digital freelancers perform flexible yet precarious work through algorithmic platforms. While this model offers autonomy and efficiency, it simultaneously produces new forms of dependency, income instability, and the erosion of social protection. Beyond its economic dimension, the gig economy also signifies a profound cultural shift in how work, identity, and value are constructed in the digital era. This study examines how the sustainability of gig workers’ livelihoods is represented within Indonesia’s digital media landscape, focusing on tensions between dominant narratives of digital competitiveness and counter-narratives of injustice, exhaustion, and collective resistance. Employing a qualitative Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) using Fairclough’s three-dimensional framework—textual, discursive, and socio-political—this research analyzes online news, social media posts, and protest videos published between 2023 and 2025. The findings reveal that public narratives frequently glorify flexibility as a symbol of progress while obscuring the structural and cultural vulnerabilities faced by gig workers. Conversely, worker-generated counter-narratives articulate cultural solidarity and digital resistance against algorithmic exploitation. By situating the gig economy within Indonesia’s socio-cultural context, this study argues that the sustainability of digital labor requires not only economic inclusion but also cultural recognition and decolonial understandings of work, identity, and justice. Therefore, policy reforms should integrate workers’ lived experiences, media narratives, and cultural meanings to ensure a fair and sustainable digital transformation.
Dancing Carvings: Intermedial Transformation of Asmat Motifs into Contemporary Choreography : Ukiran Menari: Transformasi Intermedial Motif Asmat ke dalam Koreografi Kontemporer Murda, Muhammad; Matlawa , Fachry Destyanto
GETER : Jurnal Seni Drama, Tari dan Musik Vol 9 No 1 (2026): April 2026
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Surabaya

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Wood carvings in Asmat are not only a visual art but also a medium of memory, ancestry, and expression of cultural identity. However, many young generations are increasingly alienated from this heritage. This research investigates Sculpting Menari (Sculpting Kayu Menari), a choreographic work that takes the motif of Asmat wood carving as the inspiration for the source of contemporary movements. Qualitative practice research with flexible guidance of exploration, improvisation, and Hawkins formation phases based on the studio process was used in this study. Research has concentrated on Kaweinak motifs and the types of animals that repeatedly appear in Asmat carvings. In constructing movement, dancers do not follow the form literally but respond to the quality of the movement of load, tension, rhythm, and structure. The results showed that the adaptation of Adi's traditional movements with the chosen hip-hop techniques, especially robotics and popping, gave rise to a movement quality that felt strong, angular, and segmented. In the formation of the group, the interdependence of the dancers becomes the center of the choreography and reflects the principle of Ja Amanam Apcamar from Asmat (Strong If Together). This research implies that choreography is able to reactivate cultural knowledge through contemporary representational portraits.