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Retorik: Jurnal Ilmu Humaniora
ISSN : 14126931     EISSN : 25492225     DOI : https://doi.org/10.24071/ret
Retorik: Jurnal Ilmu Humaniora was founded in 2001 with the aim of seeking a new scientific ethos in the humanities with an interdisciplinary, political, and textual spirit. It was, and still remains, the aspiration of Retorik to foster humanities research with a scientific ethos capable of responding to the needs of the Indonesian society that continues to strive to become more democratic, just, and pluralistic in the aftermath of long authoritarian rule, under social, economic, and political conditions still characterized by inequality. In its interdisciplinary spirit, Retorik has drawn insights from an array of disciplines, most notably, political economy, language (including semiotics), and psychoanalysis, to that end. As various managerial requirements stifle the passion for academic and intellectual life, while simultaneously in the broader Indonesian society, the ideals of Reformation are frustrated by political and economic oligarchy that continues to exist with impunity, Retorik affirms the need to defend a scientific ethos at present, for the future. In light of its aims, Retorik promotes original research that makes advances in the following areas: 1. Historically-informed studies that engage with the conditions, contexts, and relations of power within which the humanities were born, and with which the humanities are entwined. 2. Dialogues with various disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, including history, sociology, psychology, and anthropology. 3. Interdisciplinary research pertaining to critical pedagogy, religious and cultural studies, art studies, and new social movements. 4. Experimentation with new forms of knowledge that foster the formation of a more democratic, just, and plural society. 5. Studies that are sensitive to the vital role of both technology and art in contemporary society and seek to understand the ways in which art, technology, and economy together contribute to the formation of contemporary cultures and societies.
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Perantau Bugis dalam Narasi Sejarah: Sebuah Kritik Historiografi Umar, Umar
Retorik: Jurnal Ilmu Humaniora Vol 12, No 2 (2024)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/ret.v12i2.9784

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Perantau Bugis hadir dalam berbagai narasi sejarah. Setiap sejarawan tentu memiliki cara yang berbeda dalam proses penarasiannya. Narasi sejarah tersebut melahirkan berbagai pengertian tentang perantau Bugis. Salah satu pengertian yang sering dilekatkan oleh para sejarawan terhadap perantau Bugis adalah lekat dengan kehidupan bahari. Penelitian ini mengkaji bagaimana sejarawan menghadirkan perantau Bugis dalam narasi sejarahnya. Penelitian ini memakai model penelitian narasi sejarah yang dikembangkan oleh Hayden White. Ada tiga konsep Hayden White yang dipakai dalam penelitian ini, yaitu konsep “representasi”, “individu”, dan “moral”. Konsep-konsep tersebut digunakan sebagai perangkat teoretis untuk menganalisis empat teks sejarah tentang perantau Bugis yang telah dipilih. Hasil analisis tersebut sekaligus menjadi kritik historiografi. Melalui penelitian ini, ditemukan bahwa setiap sejarawan memiliki identifikasi yang berbeda tentang perantau Bugis dalam setiap narasinya. Orang Bugis di Johor diidentifikasi lekat dengan kekuasaan oleh Kesuma. Orang Bugis di Bali diidentikkan dengan perdagangan oleh Suwitha. Orang Bugis di Kamal Muara lekat dengan nelayan menurut Said dan Prabowo. Terakhir, orang Bugis di Ambon diidentikkan dengan Islam oleh Soleh. Setiap sejarawan memiliki posisi yang berbeda dalam menarasikan perantau Bugis. Kecenderungan kesimpulan mereka tidak lepas dari latar belakang mereka masing-masing.
Membaca Pendidikan dalam Pasar Malam Kaho, Eventus Ombri
Retorik: Jurnal Ilmu Humaniora Vol 12, No 2 (2024)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/ret.v12i2.10138

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Penelitian ini bertujuan memahami peristiwa pasar malam sebagai ruang pendidikan informal melalui analisis konsep deteritorialisasi dari Deleuze dan Guattari. Pasar malam sebagai ruang yang dinamis, tidak hanya menjadi arena transaksi ekonomi, tetapi juga ruang interaksi budaya, pertukaran pengetahuan, dan pembentukan identitas masyarakat. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan metode observasi partisipatif dan wawancara mendalam terhadap pengunjung di pasar malam. Data yang diperoleh kemudian dianalisis menggunakan kerangka deteritorialisasi untuk menggambarkan bagaimana pasar malam melampaui batas-batas formal pendidikan, menciptakan ruang belajar yang fluid dan penuh kreatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pasar malam merupakan arena deteritorialisasi pendidikan, di mana nilai-nilai dan pengetahuan lokal, keterampilan negosiasi, serta adaptasi budaya terdistribusi secara organik. Pasar malam memperlihatkan pengaburan batas antara ruang ekonomi dan ruang pendidikan, menjadikannya locus pembelajaran alternatif yang tidak terikat oleh institusi formal. Selain itu, proses deteritorialisasi di pasar malam melampaui pemahaman tradisional tentang pendidikan dengan menunjukkan bahwa pengetahuan dan pembelajaran dapat berkembang di ruang-ruang marjinal dan sementara. Penelitian ini memberikan kontribusi pada diskursus tentang pendidikan informal dan ruang-ruang marjinal, serta membuka peluang eksplorasi lebih lanjut mengenai peran ruang-ruang non-formal dalam membangun masyarakat pembelajar. Pasar malam, sebagai situs deteritorialisasi, menjadi contoh nyata dari bagaimana pendidikan dapat terjadi di luar kontrol institusional, menawarkan alternatif yang inklusif dan fleksibel dalam penyebaran pengetahuan.
Introducing Vol. 12 No. 2 Kim, Min Seong
Retorik: Jurnal Ilmu Humaniora Vol 12, No 2 (2024)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/ret.v12i2.11035

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This editorial introduces the five articles included in Vol. 12 No. 2 of Retorik: Jurnal Ilmu Humaniora. It also includes updates about the journal and outlines its plans for a special volume in the year 2025.
Konstruksi Makna Identitas Mena Muria pada Kaus Oblong Kutikata Soukotta, Ferdy Karel
Retorik: Jurnal Ilmu Humaniora Vol 12, No 2 (2024)
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/ret.v12i2.8585

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This study aims to determine how the construction of the meaning of mena murias identity in the Kutikata catalog T-shirts managed by Revelino Barry. This brand offers Maluku identity and literacy information issues, one of which is mena muria. The focus of this research is to find out mena muria as a cultural identity whose meaning of identity does not change in meaning as an identity owned by RMS (Republic of South Maluku), and to find out Kutikatas role in constructing mena muris identity on the medium of T-shirts and social media. This research was conducted using a qualitative descriptive method with the analysis of Manuel Castells model of identity formation, namely resistance identity. This identity model is used by the researcher to reveal social actors, collective resistance and the formation of the Kutikata community. The data collection technique in this study used observation and in-depth interviews with five sources and then processed by researchers to obtain appropriate and accurate data. The results in this study indicate that the social actor who plays an important role in the construction of mena murias identity is Revelino Barry, with Kutikata as an identity-based movement and collective resistance carried out by actors in forming a collective communication network while sharing knowledge about identity, in this case regarding mena muria. The formation of a community then is seen from the dissemination of information online in the Kutikata catalog and offline discussions conducted by actors.
Tanah Hantu (Absentee) Sebagai Simtom Transformasi Sosial Ekonomi Masyarakat Pedesaan Lombok Timur Humaedi, M. Alie; Pasisir, Aliena Anaqu Arung
Retorik: Jurnal Ilmu Humaniora Vol 13, No 1 (2025): "Menemukan Kembali Resonansi": Peringatan 25 Tahun Kajian Budaya di Sanata Dhar
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/ret.v13i1.11864

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The reality and practice of rural Indonesian society are always interesting to study, especially with respect to the issue of land ownership and livelihood systems related to the agricultural world. The second aspect seems to be related to their worldview, according to which land is proof of wealth that must be guarded until death or passed on to their children and grandchildren. However, with the increase in the necessities of life in the modern era, that view began to change. Land has now become an asset that can be bought and sold, and an investment that is full of interests in reorganizing space for the purposes of modern capitalism. Ghost (absentee) lands with unclear ownership or across regional boundaries are present amidst poverty. Conflicts of ownership and resolution of spatial reorganization are a continuation of the process of “ghost land transactions.” This paper attempts to reveal the existence of ghost land and its influence on the socio-economic transformation of rural communities in East Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. Using qualitative ethnographic methods, including in-depth interviews with twenty informants and direct observation of related aspects, it was found that the phenomenon of ghost land is an inseparable part of community life. Ghost lands are caused by cross-regional sales, nominee purchases, and hidden interests in the reorganization of modern non-agricultural space. Emically, the existence of ghost land is a symptom (marker) of poverty in a society that is trying to adjust to the greed and interests of modern capitalism.
Rethinking Human Rights and Peace in Post-Independence Timor-Leste Through Local Perspectives (Book Review) Kaho, Eventus Ombri
Retorik: Jurnal Ilmu Humaniora Vol 13, No 1 (2025): "Menemukan Kembali Resonansi": Peringatan 25 Tahun Kajian Budaya di Sanata Dhar
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/ret.v13i1.12438

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Rethinking Human Rights and Peace in Post-Independence Timor-Leste Through Local Perspectives. Khoo, Ying Hooi, Antero Benedito da Silva, and Therese Nguyen Thi Phuong Tam, eds. Singapore: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022. 
Dari Kios Penjahit ke Pabrik: Menimbang Ulang Upgrading dan Peran Buruh dalam Perdagangan Internasional Indonesia Yulisman, Linda
Retorik: Jurnal Ilmu Humaniora Vol 13, No 1 (2025): "Menemukan Kembali Resonansi": Peringatan 25 Tahun Kajian Budaya di Sanata Dhar
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/ret.v13i1.11870

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This article examines the export-oriented industrial policy, particularly in the textile and garment sector, adopted by President Joko Widodo’s administration that ended his two five-year tenures in 2024. While a number of scholars acknowledge that the sector has managed to achieve economic upgrading, primarily proven by better export performance, very few have highlighted its failure to bring about social upgrading, even by normative standards as measured by the Decent Work Agenda of the International Labor Organization (ILO). I argue Indonesia’s textile and garment industry should aim higher by attaining social upgrading, namely the fulfilment of labor rights and entitlements that will enhance the quality of their employment. But I suggest that the social upgrading is better understood from a “bottom-up” approach, in which improvement of working conditions results from the balance of power between labor and capital, institutionalized by the state, instead of a “top-down” approach as laid out by the DWA, which justifies the capital’s imperative to accumulate surplus through labor exploitation. By understanding social upgrading through a “bottom-up” approach, I argue, one can better grasp the exploitative nature in capitalist relations as well as labor resistance against capitalist exploitation, and consequently, overcome the view that workers are passive victims. 
Menemukan Kembali Resonansi Sunardi, St.
Retorik: Jurnal Ilmu Humaniora Vol 13, No 1 (2025): "Menemukan Kembali Resonansi": Peringatan 25 Tahun Kajian Budaya di Sanata Dhar
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/ret.v13i1.12865

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Stanislaus Sunardi is a key figure in the establishment of the Graduate Program in Cultural Studies at Sanata Dharma University. He is also the initiator of this journal, Retorik: Jurnal Ilmu Humaniora. In this editorial, Sunardi conveys his reflections on USD Cultural Studies and the journal Retorik, and introduces the articles published in this special edition celebrating twenty-five years of Cultural Studies at USD.
“Redupnya” Pesan dan “Menguatnya” Informasi: Refleksi Komunikasi Sebagai Sistem Seleksi Sholikhah, Nur Imroatus
Retorik: Jurnal Ilmu Humaniora Vol 13, No 1 (2025): "Menemukan Kembali Resonansi": Peringatan 25 Tahun Kajian Budaya di Sanata Dhar
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/ret.v13i1.11871

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The rapid development of digital technology has fundamentally transformed the landscape of contemporary communication studies. Information now circulates in large volumes, spread rapidly, and is often no longer structured within complete, coherent messages. This paper proposes the need for reflection through two questions: (1) How the possibility of communication can be constructed through frameworks beyond the logic of message transmission; and (2) to what extent communication studies that emphasize information can contribute to reducing the complexity of social problems in modern society. This reflection revisits the evolution of communication studies by challenging three influential theoretical perspectives: Harold Lasswell, Jürgen Habermas, and Niklas Luhmann. The Lasswellian model is challenged especially in the context of message confusion and unclear authority of the message sender. Habermas’ communicative rationality is confronted by the dominance of algorithmic logic and emotional expressions that permeate social media spaces. Meanwhile, Luhmann’s systems theory raises further questions regarding the relevance of communication studies in the digital era, where information circulates autonomously, often without requiring the active involvement of human actors. Within the information society, communication is no longer solely a bridge between subjects but also operates as a selection system. Communication processes occur autonomously through the selection of meaning within the social system and decoupled from the ‘burden’ of individual consciousness. This approach to communication as a selection system is particularly relevant for positioning the role of information within the increasingly disruptive digital landscape. Amidst the information flood and a growing crisis of meaning, communication studies need to move beyond the traditional paradigm towards more contextualized and systemic frameworks.
Selaras Tapi Tak Setara: Tegangan Antara Kajian Queer dan Kajian Budaya di Indonesia Thajib, Ferdiansyah
Retorik: Jurnal Ilmu Humaniora Vol 13, No 1 (2025): "Menemukan Kembali Resonansi": Peringatan 25 Tahun Kajian Budaya di Sanata Dhar
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24071/ret.v13i1.11944

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Queer Studies and Cultural Studies are closely intertwined, each offering valuable perspectives on the relationship between power, identity, and social norms. Both fields emerged as responses to marginalization, challenging dominant social and political norms. However, unlike Cultural Studies in Indonesia, Queer Studies has yet to establish a strong academic presence. The primary obstacle is the political and social climate, which restricts space for queer discourse in both public and academic arenas. Despite this, queer knowledge continues to evolve in Indonesia, often woven into gender studies, literature, and cultural studies, and more prominently, outside of academia. These conditions, combined with the absence of a formal curriculum, make it challenging to develop Queer Studies cohesively in Indonesia. This paper adopts a scoping review approach, interwoven with personal reflections drawn from my experiences as a researcher situated across two academic realities—Indonesia and abroad—as well as from a decade of engagement with fellow queer scholars in both contexts. It opens by mapping by tracing the development of Queer Studies at transnational, regional, and national levels. The discussion then focuses on the dynamic interplay between Queer Studies and Cultural Studies in Indonesia. Through this inquiry, it becomes evident that the relationship between the two not only reflects a mutually enriching intellectual exchange but also reveals tensions that mirror power dynamics in the production of knowledge. These tensions take hold not only at the discursive level, but also in material, institutional, and affective forms.

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