Journal of Indonesian Social Sciences and Humanities
The Journal of Indonesian Social Sciences and Humanities (JISSH) is a peer-reviewed, biannual journal dedicated to publishing high-quality, interdisciplinary research on Indonesia’s social, economic, political, and cultural dimensions. Now operating under the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), JISSH serves as a platform for scholars, researchers, and practitioners to engage with critical issues both within Indonesia and in broader international contexts. The journal encourages innovative theoretical and empirical work that bridges academic disciplines and contributes to global scholarly conversations. JISSH invites submissions for its biannual issues, published in June and December. As a peer-reviewed journal, it fosters vibrant academic discourse among researchers, educators, graduate students, activists, professionals, and policymakers. We welcome original research articles, research notes, and reviews that explore a wide range of topics related to Indonesia’s society, culture, politics, and international studies. JISSH particularly seeks manuscripts with rigorous analysis—whether theoretical, methodological, or empirical—that contribute to cutting-edge discussions in the social sciences and humanities. Focus and Scope The Journal of Indonesian Social Sciences and Humanities (JISSH) provides a peer-reviewed platform and an authoritative source of information for the exchange of ideas and research among scholars in the social sciences and humanities who are interested in Indonesian Studies and/or Global and Area Studies from a Global South perspective. JISSH seeks to publish high-quality research papers, review articles, and book reviews that contribute to knowledge through the application and development of theory, exploration of new data, and/or rigorous analysis of relevant policy issues. The scope of JISSH includes the following areas: Social Sciences: Anthropology, Asian Studies, Communication, Demography, Development Studies, Gender Studies, Government and Public Policy, Human Ecology, International Relations, Media Studies, Peace and Conflict Studies, Political Science, Science, Technology and Society, Sociology. Humanities: Cultural Studies, Education, History, Human Geography, Linguistics, Philosophy, Religion.
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<![CDATA[Mapping Indonesian Muslim Organizations In The Netherlands ]]>
<![CDATA[Aidulsyah, Fachri]]>;
<![CDATA[Gusnelly]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of Indonesian Social Sciences and Humanities Vol. 9 No. 2 (2019): Indonesian Perspective on Migration, Refugee, and Diaspora Issues ]]>
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<![CDATA[Since few years ago, Indonesian government have been concerning to gain many benefits from Indonesian diaspora in various regions in the world. There are many events and agendas provided by the government which are aimed to embrace many Indonesian diaspora for giving a great contribution towards their homelands. However, its vision for gaining attention from Indonesian diaspora tends to low because the government do not have Indonesian diaspora maps in details, comprehensive, as well as described by historical trajectory. This paper aims to understand the contribution of Indonesian Muslim diaspora by mapping the role of Indonesian Muslim Organizations in the Netherlands by socio-historical perspectives. The main reasons of the Netherlands as locus of this research are; Indonesian Muslim diaspora are the first actors who promoted Islam faces in this country since 1920s and it also was acknowledged as one of the highest Muslim populated countries in Europe. Afterwards, this paper shows that there are numerous Indonesian Muslim organizations in the Netherlands from different perspectives, mazhabs, and backgrounds. Even though the government did not pillarize Indonesian Muslim organizations, albeit most of them have strong connections with some Muslim organizations in Indonesia, starting from Nahdhatul Ulama (NU) until Salafist Movement.]]>
<![CDATA[The Challenges Of Constructing The Connectivity Between Indonesia And Malaysia In The Malacca Strait ]]>
<![CDATA[Irewati, Awani]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of Indonesian Social Sciences and Humanities Vol. 10 No. 1 (2020): Journal of Indonesian Social Sciences and Humanities ]]>
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<![CDATA[One of the strategic and crustal sea lanes in Asia Pacific is the Malacca straits that separates the opposing coasts, between the Indonesia’s island of Sumatera and the Malay Peninsula. This dynamic strait has pushed the pulse of maritime economy of the two countries No exception for people to people relationship have been closely intertwined long time ago. In this case, Medan and Dumai of Sumatera Island in Indonesia are the two cities which have traditionally established people to people interaction with Penang and Melaka cities of Malaysia. This kind of interaction have been formalized under the framework of IMT-GT and the ASEAN Community. By the two frameworks, this interaction is put under the pillar of people to people connectivity. In the context of these two cooperation, there are three elements inherent in the connectivity concept, namely “infrastructures”, “institutions” and “people to people”. Medan and Dumai of Sumatera island still continue to build up the desired connectivity as the maritime corridor remains a major challenge for strengthening the connectivity between Malaysia and Indonesia. This paper aims at scrutinizing the main quest, which focuses on the challenges faced by Indonesia in constructing the maritime connectivity with Malaysia in the Malacca Strait. Through field research of IMT-GT context and the qualitative analysis, the paper is in favor of the argument that the Indonesia’s maritime corridors (Dumai and Medan) have not built adequately. In this regard, the government should streamline the management system linked to the internal connectivity issue.]]>
<![CDATA[Online Hoaxes, Existential Threat, And Internet Shutdown: A Case Study of Securitization Dynamics in Indonesia ]]>
<![CDATA[Lee, Antony]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of Indonesian Social Sciences and Humanities Vol. 10 No. 1 (2020): Journal of Indonesian Social Sciences and Humanities ]]>
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<![CDATA[As one of the countries in the world with the highest growth of internet users, Indonesia is experiencing a rapid growth in social media usage. Some use social media for networking but some others use it to spread hoaxes, fake information, or disinformation. During presidential election in Indonesia in the period from 2017 to 2019, hoaxes and disinformation were widely circulated through social media and instant messaging. This phenomenon has triggered heated public debates on the nexus between digital spaces and security, which include how the online disinformation has threatened Indonesian security. For example, hoaxes were represented in the public sphere as an existential threat to Indonesian unity. Immediate question regarding this phenomenon is: why are online hoaxes and fake information represented in public spheres as a security threat? This paper argues that as a response toward the increase of online hoaxes, there were securitizing moves made by political elites and special agencies in Indonesia before and in the aftermath of the 2019 Indonesian presidential election. Employing discourse analysis of selected relevant news articles around the period of 2017-2019, this paper analyses the dynamic of the securitization of online hoaxes in Indonesia. Grounded within Securitization Theory, this paper analyses; the facilitating condition; the triumvirates of securitizations, which are the securitizing actors, the threats posed by hoaxes, and the audiences; as well as extraordinary measures executed to handle the threats; internet throttling and internet shutdown when necessary.]]>
<![CDATA[‘Women’s Work’ In Indonesia’s Social Media-Based Online Store Businesses: Social Reproduction and the Feminization of Work ]]>
<![CDATA[Izzati, Fathimah Fildzah]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of Indonesian Social Sciences and Humanities Vol. 10 No. 1 (2020): Journal of Indonesian Social Sciences and Humanities ]]>
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<![CDATA[This paper seeks to analyze ‘women’s work’ in Indonesia’s social media-based online shop businesses by looking at the forms of work that emerge in those businesses. This paper employs qualitative research methods by using transcribed in-depth interviews with 20 informants from six cities in Indonesia. By looking at flexibility as the defining characteristic of exploitation under platform capitalism, home as the central working space in the social media-based online store, and the ongoing process of feminization of work in the online business sector, this study advances two claims. First, the intersection between platform capitalism and logistics revolution in the online shop businesses has created new forms of work. Second, the social media based online store, which is mostly operated by women, shows that flexibility and feminization of work under platform capitalism have impacted on the lives of the women business operators and their work. A closer look at the emergence of social media-based online stores also reveals how social reproduction work shapes ‘women’s work’ in online store businesses.]]>
<![CDATA[Industrial Relations In The Digital Sharing Economy: A Critical Review of Labor Informalization and Social Partnership Relations ]]>
<![CDATA[Kurniawan, Fuat Edi]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of Indonesian Social Sciences and Humanities Vol. 10 No. 1 (2020): Journal of Indonesian Social Sciences and Humanities ]]>
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<![CDATA[This study provides a critical analysis of digital transformation which not only creates new patterns in production, distribution, and consumption but also has implications for power. Various issues have yet to be responded to thoroughly by policymakers to have allowed the new labor relations created in the digital sharing economy to develop quickly and become fragile, especially for laborers. In this article used a qualitative method with the desk study approach, by collecting data and information through examinations, analyzing information data using secondary data. This data is in the form of books, journals, workforce data from BPS (Statistics Indonesia), supporting data from related institutions, laws and regulations related to work, reports and literature studies. The results of this study show the emergence of an online transportation based digital platform which has opened new job opportunities, on the other hand, the industrial relation formed are only based on “virtual agreement”. The social partnership relations that exist between business/industry players and workers also give rise to new anomalies. This relation obscures the rights and protection of laborers who are unknowingly experiencing exploitation. Digital platform businesses cover the practice of labor exploitation within the rhetorical frame of freedom, flexibility, and partnership. It is the company that is at the peak of power, with control over technology, capital, and access. This study provides input to stakeholders, both government and digital industry, that digital developments should be able to be utilized in influencing social transformation that builds industrial optimism, technology, and empowers society more broadly. State authority and private power need to be integrated to act and be socially responsible. New findings in this study are on aspects digital-based industries cannot be separated from the process of commercialization and the massification of modern capitalism. Lack of regulations that become safety nets makes the labor’s position vulnerable and prone to being exploited. The industrial relation of social partnerships, and the absence of regulations governing the work of the informal sector, especially on the digital online transportation platform, creating new anomalies and problems for the labor.]]>
<![CDATA[Labor Absorption, Inflation Volatility, and Inflation Targeting Framework (ITF): The Case of Three Economic Sectors in Indonesia ]]>
<![CDATA[Meilianna, Ruth]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of Indonesian Social Sciences and Humanities Vol. 10 No. 1 (2020): Journal of Indonesian Social Sciences and Humanities ]]>
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<![CDATA[Labor is one of the important inputs affecting shocks in economy. Various economic problems increase when unemployment is high. High volatility (uncertainty) at prices (this study used inflation), is a risk for the company. When facing the uncertainty, the company can choose to delay investing and change the decisions in recruitment plan; it is used to collect the information about prices before investing (this concept called Irreversible Investment), subsequently cause a reduction in labor absorption. Moreover, this uncertainty is a cost for the company. This condition makes it difficult for companies to determine the optimal number and combination of inputs (including labor), as consequences the company has to decide reducing the inputs. Inflation Targeting Framework (ITF) is one of the frameworks used by Bank Indonesia and the government to reduce and stabilize inflation. There are pros and cons of the irreversible investment concept and the success of the ITF. This study aims to determine whether uncertainty in inflation (illustrated by inflation volatility) affects investment and labor absorption. In addition, it is to find out whether the ITF has succeeded in making inflation stable and affecting other macroeconomic variables. The data used are annual data from volatility of inflation, employment, investment, GDP and ITF dummy. This study used three sectors in Indonesia, for instance, the industrial; trade, restaurants, accommodation services and transportation sector; and transportation, warehousing and communication, because of limited data. The result of this study was that volatility affect the labor absorption, both directly and indirectly (through investment). Furthermore, the ITF has affected the volatility of inflation.]]>
<![CDATA[Negotiating Soundscape: Practice and Regulation of Adzan in Indonesia ]]>
<![CDATA[Pratisti, Siti Aliyuna]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of Indonesian Social Sciences and Humanities Vol. 10 No. 2 (2020): Journal of Indonesian Social Sciences and Humanities ]]>
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<![CDATA[This article explores the historical context of practice and regulation of Adzan in Indonesia. As historical underpinnings, this article will follow a structural timeline of post-independence Indonesia to the current development of the state’s regulations of Adzan. To understand the social context of Adzan, Schafer’s conception of Soundmark and Hirschkind’s ethical soundscapes will be employed as theoretical framework to analyze how Indonesian (government and civil society) negotiates social tension caused by the use of loudspeaker in Indonesian mosques. Government regulations will be used as primary sources, while newspaper, journal and websites, provide additional information on the practice and regulations of Adzan in Indonesia. This article, however, will limit its study to the historical and social aspect of Adzan. Discussion on the theological aspect will not be covered by this article.]]>
<![CDATA[The Rise Of Exclusive Boarding Houses: Gentrifying Kampung Through New Wave of Urbanization in Jakarta ]]>
<![CDATA[Kusumaningrum, Dwiyanti]]>;
<![CDATA[Anuraga, Jalu Lintang Yogiswara]]>;
<![CDATA[Hafsari, Tria Anggita]]>
<![CDATA[ Journal of Indonesian Social Sciences and Humanities Vol. 10 No. 2 (2020): Journal of Indonesian Social Sciences and Humanities ]]>
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<![CDATA[This study discusses gentrification in Kampung Paseban caused by the urbanization of Jakarta. The aim of this study is to show how urban processes create gentrification in kampung, focusing on the rise of exclusive boarding houses and its consequence on social changes within Kampung Paseban in Central Jakarta. The analysis employs a qualitative approach that emphasizes the interpretation of the spatial and urban social changes in Kampung Paseban. The method consists of literature review, spatial mapping, in-depth interviews, and field observations. This study shows that the rise of exclusive boarding houses followed by the influx of middle-class migrants has created dualism in both the physical and social aspects of the kampung. The old kampung vibe in Kampung Paseban has now diminished and has been replaced by the emergence of exclusive boarding houses which has become ubiquitous since the 2000’s. Gentrification has created a competitive environment in the local economy which causes struggles for the natives and the settlers. In terms of sociocultural impact, the existence of exclusive boarding houses that provide a more private space and are disconnected from the surrounding environment causes social interaction to become more less between the newcomers and the natives. This study shows how kampung copes with urban situations; creating a new social environment, which demonstrates urbanism within kampung.]]>
