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Fast in Humanities (FH) is a peer-reviewed academic journal published by the Forum Akademisi dan Dosen Peneliti (FAST), focusing on the dynamic and interdisciplinary field of humanities. Published six times a year in January, March, May, July, September, and November, the journal provides a scholarly platform for critical engagement and innovative research that explores human experiences, cultural expressions, and philosophical reflections across diverse historical and contemporary contexts. The journal welcomes original research articles, conceptual papers, and critical reviews that examine various aspects of humanities including philosophy and ethics, history and historiography, language and literature, religion and theology, the arts, culture and identity, gender and feminist studies, postcolonial and decolonization studies, media and communication, digital humanities, as well as peace, conflict, globalization, and multiculturalism. The journal encourages contributions that bridge disciplines and offer fresh perspectives on enduring and emerging issues in society.
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Constructing Moral Legitimacy through Empathic and Inferential Strategies in Political Discourse toward a Cognitive–Pragmatic Model of Diplomatic Persuasion Priadi, Arum; Medi Prasetyo
Fast in Humanities Vol. 1 No. 4 (2025)
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This study investigates President Prabowo Subianto’s 2025 address to the United Nations General Assembly through the integrated framework of Cognitive Pragmatics and Relevance Theory. It explores how persuasion in diplomatic discourse operates as a distributed cognitive process rather than a mere rhetorical performance. The analysis combines qualitative pragmatic interpretation with corpus-assisted evidence using AntConc to identify patterns of attention, inference, and empathy in the speech. Findings reveal that ostensive cues function as attentional scaffolds directing the audience’s cognitive focus, while inferential mechanisms co-construct moral legitimacy through shared reasoning. Empathy, manifested lexically and prosodically, emerges as a relevance amplifier that fuses affective alignment with inferential cooperation. Quantitative corpus results particularly the high frequency of moral and relational lexemes such as peace, justice, humanity, and together confirm the centrality of moral cognition in persuasive framing. The study extends Relevance Theory by proposing empathy as an epistemic variable mediating the affective–inferential continuum of meaning. It concludes that political persuasion, especially within Global South diplomacy, functions as a cognitive negotiation of shared moral relevance, where understanding and empathy become sources of communicative authority. This research thus contributes to the theoretical expansion of Relevance Theory, the methodological integration of corpus pragmatics, and the empirical understanding of moral cognition in global political communication.
Critical Education Analysis Based on Creative Minority: Case Study at the Sekolah Pemikiran Islam PK IMM FAI UMY Putra, Ramadhanur
Fast in Humanities Vol. 2 No. 1 (2026)
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This study examines the critical education based on creative minority implemented by the School of Islamic Thought (SILAM), an alternative education program run by the Muhammadiyah Student Association (Ikatan Mahasiswa Muhammadiyah) student organization, Faculty of Islamic Studies, Muhammadiyah University of Yogyakarta. It examines its history, processes, and dynamics during 2020–2022, its role in students' intellectual development, and supporting and inhibiting factors in its implementation. This study employed a qualitative research design and a case study approach. Interviews were conducted with the founder or initiator of SILAM, the Chairperson of the 2020, 2021, and 2023 Activities, and two participants in each implementation year (one male and one female). Indirect observation and documentation were also conducted for data collection. The results of this study indicate that SILAM aims to provide a forum for students to strengthen their knowledge of philosophy, sociology, and Islamic thought. They have a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to regulate the implementation of SILAM. The majority of SILAM alumni feel the school has positively influenced their cognitive and social development. Several inhibiting and supporting factors influence SILAM's effectiveness each year.   
From Stereotypes to Understanding: A Phenomenological Study of Javanese Students’ Perceptions of Madurese Peers in Islamic Boarding Schools Wati, Tri Kurnia; Utami, Setyo
Fast in Humanities Vol. 2 No. 1 (2026)
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This study aims to examine Javanese students’ lived experiences in interpreting intercultural interactions with Madurese peers in Islamic boarding schools. A qualitative phenomenological approach was employed to capture the subjective meanings of these experiences. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with two purposively selected Javanese students who engaged in daily interactions with Madurese peers. The data were analyzed using thematic analysis through phenomenological reduction. The findings indicate that participants initially held media-driven stereotypes portraying Madurese students as aggressive and emotionally expressive. However, sustained interaction within the pesantren context led to a gradual shift in perception, with Madurese peers being understood as calm and approachable. Differences in vocal intonation, which initially caused misunderstanding, were later interpreted as culturally shaped communication styles rather than indicators of negative intent. This study underscores that intercultural understanding is constructed through continuous lived experience and plays a crucial role in reducing stereotypes in multicultural educational settings.
Individualism in Everyday Communication among University Students: A Qualitative Study of Self-Expression and Social Interaction Amaliyah, Ilmi
Fast in Humanities Vol. 2 No. 1 (2026)
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This study investigates how individualism is enacted in the everyday communication of university students, examining self-expression, autonomy, and social interaction within both face-to-face and digital contexts. While prior research has predominantly treated individualism as a stable cultural or psychological trait, this study reconceptualizes it as a dynamic, interactionally accomplished, and contextually negotiated phenomenon. Employing a qualitative interpretive design, data were collected through semi-structured interviews, focused participant observations, and digital communication artifacts from fifteen purposively sampled undergraduate students. Data were analyzed using an iterative thematic approach informed by practice-based and power-sensitive perspectives, ensuring credibility through method triangulation, member reflection, and reflexive memoing. Findings reveal that students strategically deploy autonomy, assertiveness, and self-expression, modulating their communicative behavior according to relational considerations, institutional norms, and digital affordances. Individualism is neither absolute nor unbounded; rather, it is hybrid and relationally regulated, coexisting with concern for social harmony. Digital platforms extend opportunities for self-expression, yet visibility and audience awareness impose new constraints, illustrating that individualistic communication is always situated and mediated. The study contributes theoretically by advancing a practice-centered framework of individualism that foregrounds interactional accomplishment, contextual contingency, and structural constraint. Practically, it highlights the need for higher education institutions to recognize diverse forms of student engagement, including reflective silence, selective participation, and digitally mediated expression, as legitimate modes of agency. By reframing individualism as a communicative practice, this study provides both a robust theoretical lens and actionable insights for fostering balanced and contextually aware communication in higher education settings.
Cultural Awareness of Indonesia in the Eyes of the World: An Analysis of “That Evan Guy” Vloggers’ Perception of Indonesia’s Cultural Strength and Modernity Mahmuliana, Ika Firdausi Aini
Fast in Humanities Vol. 2 No. 1 (2026)
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This study examines how Indonesian culture and modernity are discursively constructed in global digital space through the YouTube travel narrative of a foreign vlogger, That Evan Guy. The study departs from the observation that external digital representations of Indonesia often diverge from dominant domestic narratives, particularly regarding infrastructure quality, cleanliness, and cultural coexistence with modernity. These differences indicate a form of perceptual discordance that warrants critical examination at the level of discourse rather than opinion. Employing a qualitative approach grounded in Critical Discourse Analysis, the study analyzes selected excerpts from a verbatim transcript of a YouTube video documenting railway stations and high-speed train services in Indonesia. Data were collected through documentation, transcription, and non-participant content observation, then analyzed using thematic coding and discourse analytical procedures to identify evaluative framing, positioning, comparison, presupposition, and omission within the narrative. The findings show that Indonesian modernity is constructed through systematically positive evaluative language, emphasis on accessibility and ordinariness, and contrastive comparison with Western contexts. Cleanliness and infrastructure quality function as key discursive signifiers that challenge dominant global stereotypes associated with developing countries. The analysis further reveals that perceptual discordance emerges not from factual disagreement, but from competing discursive regimes that assign value and legitimacy differently to culture and development. The study concludes that foreign vlogger narratives operate as influential discursive sites where national culture and modernity are symbolically negotiated outside institutional frameworks.
Fading Cultural Identity among High School Students: An Analysis of Low "Adiluhung" Cultural Literacy in Indonesia Hifdiyah, Shinta Nuriyatil
Fast in Humanities Vol. 2 No. 1 (2026)
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This study aims to examine how low levels of adiluhung cultural literacy and ineffective cultural mediation contribute to the fading of cultural identity among Indonesian high school students. Against the backdrop of increasing globalization, adiluhung culture representing noble national values continues to be formally present in educational settings, yet its role in shaping students’ identity remains questionable. Employing a qualitative descriptive-analytical design, the study involved purposively selected senior high school students. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, open-ended questionnaires, and document analysis, and were analyzed using an interactive model supported by technique and source triangulation. The findings indicate that students’ adiluhung cultural literacy is largely fragile, characterized by surface-level recognition of cultural symbols without interpretive understanding or value internalization. Cultural exposure in schools tends to be limited, episodic, and predominantly formalistic, offering minimal opportunities for sustained or experiential engagement. Consequently, students demonstrate identity ambivalence: while cognitively acknowledging the importance of national culture, they orient their self-expression toward global cultural forms perceived as more relevant to contemporary life. The discussion shows that this condition reflects a failure of cultural mediation, in which cultural knowledge exists but does not function as a meaningful resource for cultural identity formation. This study concludes that the weakening of students’ cultural identity is driven less by cultural loss than by inadequate mediation between cultural exposure, cultural literacy, and lived experience. Strengthening cultural identity therefore requires interpretive and experiential cultural education that enables adiluhung culture to operate as a living source of meaning within globalized educational contexts.  
Misinterpretation of Arabic Music as Salawat: A Study of Cultural Representation in Indonesian Music Sa’diyah, Nikmatus
Fast in Humanities Vol. 2 No. 1 (2026)
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This study aims to examine how cultural representation and digital media practices shape the reinterpretation of non-religious Arabic music as salawat in Indonesian society. In this context, Arabic cultural elements are often strongly associated with Islamic identity, leading to the perception that Arabic-language music is inherently religious. This phenomenon reflects the dynamic nature of meaning construction within cultural and media environments. This study employs a qualitative approach within cultural and media studies, using a case study design. Data consist of six non-religious Arabic songs and 60–90 related digital media contents from TikTok and YouTube collected between 2023 and 2025. Data are gathered through ethnographic observation and analyzed using qualitative content analysis and semiotic analysis, guided by representation theory and the encoding/decoding model. The findings show that reinterpretation is a structured process. Cultural representation establishes a dominant code linking Arabic culture with Islam. Musical elements and visual imagery reinforce religious associations, while digital media practices frame and amplify these meanings. Audience interpretation further consolidates the reinterpretation. The study concludes that musical meaning is socially constructed through cultural symbols, media practices, and audience interpretation, highlighting the role of digital media in shaping contemporary religiosity
Representation of Cultural Awareness in EFL Textbooks in Indonesian Secondary Schools: A Descriptive Qualitative Study Sholihah, Mar’atus
Fast in Humanities Vol. 2 No. 1 (2026)
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This study aims to examine how cultural awareness is represented in Indonesian secondary school EFL textbooks. Cultural awareness forms essential component of intercultural communicative competence, and textbooks serve as primary sources shaping learners’ exposure to cultural perspectives. Depth and orientation of such representation require systematic investigation. The study employs descriptive qualitative design using qualitative content analysis. Corpus consists of three nationally aligned secondary school EFL textbooks at grade seven, eight, and nine levels. Unit of analysis includes reading texts, dialogues, visual images, and learning activities. Cultural awareness is analyzed through five categories: self-cultural awareness, awareness of other cultures, critical cultural reflection, cultural values and norms, and representational bias. Data are coded and examined to identify forms and structural patterns of representation. Findings show that cultural awareness is constructed mainly through descriptive presentation of local identity and selective exposure to foreign contexts. Narrative texts and visuals emphasize shared practices and socially endorsed norms. Foreign cultures appear predominantly through English speaking references with limited regional diversity. Reflective tasks are present but remain peripheral and largely restricted to surface comparison. Cultural awareness functions primarily as structured knowledge embedded in language themes rather than as sustained intercultural inquiry. Representational framing and pedagogical sequencing shape depth of engagement. Inclusion of cultural content alone does not ensure critical intercultural development.
Developing University Students’ Critical Thinking through the Depopulation Phenomenon in Kōfu Town_A Pedagogical Study of Nihonjijō Putra, Jeni; Widianti, Susi; Hayati, Novia
Fast in Humanities Vol. 2 No. 1 (2026)
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Japan's rural depopulation has emerged as a critical socio demographic issue closely intertwined with population aging and sustained urban migration, and within Nihonjijo education it provides an authentic and socially grounded context for cultivating students' critical engagement with contemporary Japanese society, enabling to move beyond descriptive cultural knowledge toward higher-order thinking. This study investigate how undergraduate students apply Paul and Elder's critical Thinking framework when engaging with the depopulation case of Kofu Town, Tottori, Prefecture. Data comprised thirty Indonesian language essays (approximately 400 -500 words each) produced by students enrolled in a Nihonjijo Course at UNIKOM Bandung. Using qualitative content analysis, essays were classified  into six cognitive stages. Knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and action. The findings show that students reached the action stage, higher-level responses were characterised by contextual interpretation of datam integration of multiple information sources, and comparative reflection linking Japan's condition with parallel challenges in Indonesia. Overall, the results suggest that Nihonjijo learning can function as a pedagogixal space for developing socio-cultural awareness and reflective reasoning rather than merely transmitting factual content, and the study therefore recommends the explicit embedding of critical thinking frameworks in course design, the use of inquiry-based learning activities, and assesment practices oriented toward analytical and reflective outputs; future research should explore the longitudinal effects of sustained critical thinking instruction across multiple Nihonjijo courses,

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