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The present study analyses the impoliteness of criticism over social status and distance, incorporating the concept of "levels of imposition." Criticism as a fundamental speech act is commonly used by people in the modern era, either in the digital world or the real world. It usually contains impoliteness if it embodies negative behavior, conveying criticism. This study belonged to an interlanguage pragmatics study and used forty participants from English language learners having Javanese backgrounds. It also applied the role play technique to take data to be analyzed using mixed method analysis. The data showed that the criticizer performed various impoliteness strategies in criticism, considering familiar and unfamiliar relationships in different social status levels. They mainly performed bald-on-record impoliteness and adhered to other strategies such as negative, positive, and mock politeness. Besides that, delivering criticism in high intonation was also perceived as a part of impoliteness. Therefore, it suggested conducting another research concerning paralinguistics and impoliteness in various communication contexts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There is no doubt that many of the vernacular practices have relevance in the Contemporary World. They range from rituals, to architecture and from managing social relations to communition. In this sense, the engagement of Rasa pangrasa: a form of local wisdom that exists in the Javanese society is noteworthy. It is one part of the culture that arises when communicating with others in the communities there. When inculcating a sense of taste is a necessity to bring about collaboration from all parties in film festival management, this loca wisdom seems to be abe to bring that about with ease and relevance. In this context, this study examines the local wisdom of rasa pangrasa as a unique form of local wisdom that has a role to play in organizing film festivals. It employs a phenomenological approach with descriptive qualitative methods. The data was obtained from an in-depth interview with the initiator and founder of Festival Film Pelajar Jogja (FFPJ), Tomy W. Taslim. The analysis was conducted with an interactive model from Miles and Huberman (2014). The findings show that local wisdom Rasa pangrasa is highly effective in the communication process of face-to-face dialogues with people as a condition for forming collaborations. The feeling of taste is seen in the habit of sowan to seniors, nyrateni, mapping and profiling, and the willingness to blend in with all those involved in FFPJ as friends. The taste of taste carried out by the initiator and founder of FFPJ has succeeded in exploring the taste or willingness of the parties to collaborate in the management of film festivals voluntarily by employing the local wisdom: Rasa Pangrasa. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Parentese in each community has its own characteristics. This study aims to describe the interaction between caregivers and infants with a case study in two Javanese families living in the Wonosobo urban area (mother, babysitter, grandmother, and baby aged 0;4 [K1] and 1;6 [K2]), Central Java. This research used the ethnographic method through observation involving both families. The results showed that knowledge of the competence and cognition ability of the baby became the background for caregivers to adjust themselves so as to create an asymmetrical position. This places the caregiver as the party who "dominates" the interaction. In interaction, elements of caregiver contribution can be done by providing verbal stimuli to the baby, giving verbal responses to the baby's behavior, imitating the baby's behavior, shedding, role-playing as a baby, and inviting the baby to do simple games. Meanwhile, babies contribute to vocalizations and kinesic interactions. This study concluded that various interactions between caregivers and infants in two families in the urban environment of Wonosobo, Central Java are evidence that caregivers include babies in interaction activities. That is, caregivers do not wait for the baby to reach the verbal stage for them to start interacting verbally with the baby. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to explore the extent of vocabulary and kinship changes in Javanese dialects in Yogyakarta Special Region between 2019 and 2023. Data tapping was conducted at a number of observation points, namely in the villages of Kebonrejo (Kulonprogo), Pakem Binangun (Sleman), Segoroyoso (Bantul), Planjan (Gunungkidul), and Ngringin (Gunungkidul). The data were obtained using the basic Morris Swadesh vocabulary, the universal vocabulary oftheworld'slanguages. By looking at the data obtained from the same observation points in 2019 and 2023, it is possible to compare the vocabulary developed in Javanese dialects. From the data comparison, it is also possible to compare the level of kinship between dialects to see if there is a shift in their status from different speech, subdialect, dialect, or language. The data were obtained by tapping method with recording and notetaking techniques, then analyzed by comparison, introspection, and dialectometry methods, and presented by formal methods in the form of tables and figures and informal methods in the form of ordinary narratives. The results show changes in vocabulary and kinship levels caused by internal elements, namely vocabulary development, heterogloss, and dialectometry, and external language, namely factors of dialect supporting communities, dialect area development, and the Covid-19 pandemic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This research describes the social and cultural values contained in Indonesian West Javanese folklore. This research is important to provide an overview of the existence of folklore that developed in the West Java region. The research method used was descriptive qualitative. Data collection used the read and write method. The data source in this research is the Anthology of West Java Folklore. The subject of this research is to explore the social and cultural values in West Java folklore. The data in this study are in the field of sentence quotations contained in the Anthology/Collection of West Java Folktales. The results of research related to social values contained the value of empathy, mutual cooperation, tolerance, cooperation, and compassion between the community in daily life or in society as cageur, bageur, bener, pinter, tur singer (healthy, careful, proper, brilliant, creative). Cultural values provide symbols of attitudes or behavior that exist because they are implemented in the community. It is essential to emphasize and introduce folklore to new generations. The large variety of folklore is one of the efforts of researchers to introduce and conserve folklore, especially in the region of West Java. Folklore such as Sangkuriang, Lutung Kasarung, Nyai Anteh the Moon Watcher, Ciung Wanara, and Situ Bagendit contain a lot of social and cultural values that are often implemented by communities in West Java still today. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Java offers exciting opportunities to trace human--cattle relations in a Southeast Asian context . By foregrounding inscriptions, court poems (kakavin), and other textual and iconographic sources, we aim to unearth some historical and cultural aspects of pre-Islamic cattle management and milk consumption, paying special attention to the words used for different breeds, dairy products, and other bovine terminology . Contacts with the Indian subcontinent heralded the introduction of larger cows and eventually milk-based economies, despite the conventional wisdom that the early Javanese avoided dairy products . When read critically and comparatively, Old Javanese texts reveal that locally domesticated cattle (sapi) had a relatively low status and were often used for heavy work . South Asian zebus (lmbu), by contrast, enjoyed more prestige and were valued for their holy profile and superior lactation . The consumption and ritual use of dairy products was especially prevalent in Hindu circles, but appears to have had an impact on rural village life more broadly . When the religious hegemony of Brahmins decreased, the production of milk and butter generally ceased to be seen as a worthwhile investment . As a result, the bovine landscapes reconstructed in this article gradually changed beyond recognition in Islamic, colonial, and postcolonial times . [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this research is to explore the role of fathers in caring for early childhood children in Javanese culture. The phenomenon of fatherlessness in parenting is increasingly widespread in Indonesia. The Javanese tribe, one of the largest ethnic groups in Indonesia, was the sample in this research. The research method used is qualitative research with an ethnoparenting approach. The research locus was determined based on the subject's domicile, which was the Wonolelo area, Pleret, Bantul, Yogyakarta. The snowball technique was used as a method in selecting respondents. Involving 14 families as participants, the data was collecting through direct observation and interviews. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. The research results show that the role of the father in the Javanese tribe of Wonolelo Village is still the same as the role of most fathers in Indonesia, namely as a decision maker and as a leader, the economic provider, where the family still adheres to a patriarchal culture. Fathers do not always directly involve in parenting at children's daily life. Fathers play more of a role as disciplinarians, role models in carrying out religious teachings, cultural and social traditions. The mother dominates the parenting role at home. It is essential for fathers to increase their parenting role by interacting directly to meet children's psychological and physiological needs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the legacy of Professor Dr. Haji Kajeng Pangeran Hario Koentjaraningrat, the Indonesian founder of anthropology, focusing on his academic contributions and institutional impact. It explores Koentjaraningrat's early education, his pivotal role in shaping Indonesian anthropology, and his significant research on the Javanese kinship system during his studies at Yale University.

The escalating global environmental crises demand an urgent reevaluation and the adoption of sustainable and ecological management practices. Amidst this, the indigenous knowledge encapsulated in local wisdom, such as the Javanese "Memayu Hayuning Bawono" (MHB), offers a unique lens through which communities perceive and interact with their environment. Although MHB has been practiced for generations, a comprehensive understanding of its realworld application and efficacy in contemporary environmental management remains starkly underexplored, presenting a critical research gap. This study embarks on a two-fold objective: 1) to explore the depth and manifestation of MHB within Javanese communities, focusing on its role, significance, and application in environmental stewardship; and 2) to critically evaluate the practicality, challenges, and impact of implementing MHB principles in current environmental management and preservation strategies. Employing a descriptive qualitative methodology, data were meticulously collected through in-depth interviews and observations, involving local leaders and environmental activists from selected regencies (Lumajang, Pasuruan, Malang, and Tulungagung). Analytical rigor was ensured through the application of Miles and Huberman's interactive analytical model, which encompasses data collection, reduction, display, and conclusion derivation and verification. The study underscores the imperative to amplify indigenous voices and integrate local wisdom into mainstream environmental policies and practices, thereby navigating a path toward more sustainable and culturally resonant environmental management paradigms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Indonesia consists of various regional tribes, where each tribe has cultural diversity and some even have their own regional letters, like Javanese tribe has Javanese characters. Javanese letters consist of 20 basic letters called Nglegena script. Subject about Javanese language is delivered to elementary student until now aims to preserve Indonesian culture especially the Javanese. In this study, we present two feature extraction methods are Local Binary Pattern (LBP) and Profile Projection (PP). Neural Network (NN) chosen as classifiers for classifying 20 javanese letters Nglegena. Some digital image processing processes are carried out, are image inversion, dilation, denoising and skeletoning. The Javanese script dataset is taken from the Kaggle database with the name Aksara Jawa: Aksara Jawa Custom Dataset, consists of 2154 train images and 480 test images. The experiment were carried out in two models, Projection Profile Histogram - Neural Network (PPH-NN) and Local Binary Pattern Histogram - Neural Network (LBPHNN). The experiment show that both feature extraction methods have very good performance, 99.98% PPH-NN and 89.6% LBPH-NN on average. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Drawing on Kuhn's understanding of scientific paradigms as exemplary ways of problem solving, this article critically assesses the current status of the study of Javanese Islam, in particular the long-standing debate on its nature. Is it a syncretist, animist religion or is it essentially Islamic? An analysis from a Kuhnian perspective indicates that both stances are actually the outcome of the same standardized theoretical approach. Consequentially, certain phenomena that are usually considered part of the Javanese religious condition now appear as anomalies of a paradigm. They will remain unsolvable, unless different theoretical approaches are developed. Locating a central assumption in the research into non-Western cultures – the universality of religion – is a step in that direction. From there, generating new descriptions and new research questions becomes a possibility. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Javanese, with their unique values, behaviors, and habits, represent the largest population among the many ethnicities in Indonesia. They adhere to specific values to maintain happiness in their lives, namely narima (acceptance) and rila (compliance). These values have psychological significance as they encompass resilience and the ability to regulate emotions. Furthermore, from a psychological perspective, resilience and emotion regulation play crucial roles in shaping the happiness of the Javanese population. Therefore, this study explores the relationship between emotion regulation, resilience, and happiness among the Javanese population. 250 Javanese from East Java and the Special Region of Yogyakarta were involved in this study. This study utilized the interdependent happiness, resilience, and emotion regulation scales. The findings showed a significant relationship between resilience, emotion regulation, and happiness among Javanese. Both independent variables accounted for 51.8% of the happiness experienced by the participants. Therefore, these findings shed light on the psychological processes and mechanisms underlying happiness among Javanese. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Javan gibbon (Hylobates moloch) is endemic to the island of Java and its distribution is restricted from the western tip of Java to the Dieng Mountains in Central Java. Unlike the other known habitats that hold a large population of Javan gibbons, the Dieng Mountains have not been protected and experience various threats. This study, which was conducted in 2018 and 2021, aimed to provide an update of the current density and population size of Javan gibbons in Dieng after the most recent study in 2010 and to investigate their relationships with habitat characteristics (vegetation and elevation). The triangulation method and a new acoustic spatial capture-recapture method were used to estimate group density. A new approach for extrapolation, based on the habitat suitability model, was also in the Dieng Mountains has most likely increased. The mean group density in each habitat type was high: 2.15 groups/km² in the low suitable habitat and 5.55 groups/km² in the high suitable habitat. The mean group size (3.95 groups/km², n = 20) was higher than those reported in previous studies. The overall population size was estimated to be 1092 gibbons. This population increase might indicate the success of conservation efforts during the last decade. However, more effort should be made to ensure the long-term future of this threatened species. Although the density significantly differed between habitat suitability types, it was not influenced by the vegetation structure or elevation. A combination of multiple variables will probably have a greater effect on density variation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to determine the denotative meaning, connotative meaning, and symbolic meaning contained in Javanese traditional events in Maredan Barat, Tualang District, Siak Regency. The source of data in this study is a Javanese traditional event in Maredan Barat, Tualang District, Siak Regency which includes qualitative data such as writing words and sentences in the traditional event. The method in this study uses descriptive analysis. The method used in this research is ethnographic research method. Data collection techniques with observation, documentation, interviews, note-taking techniques, and recording techniques. The data obtained at the Javanese Traditional Event in Maredan Barat, Tualang District, Siak Regency amounted to 8 data and were analyzed based on the problems studied. Semiotics data analysis on Javanese Customary Events in West Maredan, Tualang District, Siak Regency is divided into (1) denotative meaning, (2) connotative meaning; and (3) symbolic meaning. The analysis of the three meanings was carried out in Javanese traditional ceremonies, namely: (1) Temu manten, (2) Throwing Betel, (3) Stepping on the Egg, (4) Carrying Manten, (5) Kacar- kucur, (6) Dulangan, and (7) Sungkeman. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper seeks to examine a set of Begalan in the library collection of Prof. K.H. Saifuddin Zuhri Islamic State University Purwokerto as one of the library's efforts to increase the representation of Banyumasan cultural identity in the library space. Begalan, recognized by UNESCO as an intangible cultural heritage in 2018, is a mode of performing arts that was developed in the Banyumas region of Central Java. The library has an important role in preserving and promoting the cultural heritage of its community, so that the information contained within can be preserved and used by its patrons. This research uses a semiology approach to connect library collections with cultural identity. This research seeks to contribute to an increasing aware of the existence of the Banyumasan culture as a sub-culture of Javanese culture and toward a collective awareness within the community of the importance of cultural identity as a part of national identity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Establishing the biological profile of an unknown skeleton is one of forensic anthropologist main tasks; sex is one of them. In sexing the skulls, specific standard assessment designed for each population can improve the accuracy rate due to its population-specific traits. This study aims to describe the sexual dimorphism in contemporary Javanese crania while employing metric methods. The measurements of 50 male and 37 female crania were traditionally collected from nine craniometric points (i.e., g-op, eu-eu, ft-ft, zy-zy, n-pr, n-ns, apt-apt, go-go, n-gn) using calipers. This study found that out of nine measuring points, two (ft-ft, apt-apt) variables does not differ significantly between the male and female samples. This indicates that, in accordance with previous studies, ft-ft and apt-apt are not good predictors for sex. Future studies observing the non-metric sexual dimorphism on Javanese crania would serve as a meaningful aid in improving the accuracy and reliability when sexing Javanese crania. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines the relationship between religion, tradition and identity as seen from the myth about eclipses in a village in Central Java. Javanese people in rural areas still hold beliefs passed down from their ancestors about eclipses, both lunar and solar eclipses. Using a qualitative approach, the results of the study showed that the villagers believe that eclipses occur because of evil giants called buto named Batara Kala who try to devour the sun or the moon. This natural phenomenon is believed to bring disaster to pregnant women and livestock. To fight the disaster, they must perform certain ceremonies or rituals. Based on ethnographic studies, this research provides an overview of eclipse mythology for Javanese locals and analyses it from identity theory. This shows that mythical rituals reflect a continuous identity formation. Although the traditions associated with these myths to some extent transcend the boundaries of the Islamic religion, they remain unchallenged. Contribution: This research suggests that myths play an important role in the life and identity of the people who believe in them and perform the rituals associated with them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Contextualising biblical teaching entails the adoption of certain forms, terms or thought patterns that might confuse the original message, especially if the effort takes place in a Javanese culture context that is full of subtlety and indirect communication. This study analyses a Javanese poetry form that contains the narrative of Jesus’ encounter with a Samaritan woman. The indigenous poems are widely sung by the adherents of Javanese indigenous religions. However, only a few studies are conducted on such indigenous poems that contain Christian messages. This study examines whether or not the poetry form and religious terms that the writer used could serve as a vehicle to convey the good news message of the narrative of John 4:4–42 instead of creating impediment. Through literary form analysis followed by content analysis, the results showed that the Javanese poem contains several cantos, each with an embedded meaning. Finally, it intends to demonstrate how a combination, instead of contestation, of the indigenous, Islam and Christian terms is effective for the writer’s purpose. Thus, the writer’s choice was suitable in his effort to communicate the original teaching. Contribution: This study contributes to inter-religious communication by identifying the Javanese indigenous communication pattern, particularly the placement of their messages inside their poem’s structure and in various terminologies. Strengthening inter-religious communication to create a mutual understanding in Indonesian pluralistic society is needed especially as the Javanese indigenous religions are often misunderstood. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper discusses the political legacies of transmigration in local elections in Indonesia. Lampung province has an unusual ethnic make-up because in the past 100 years both the Dutch colonial administration and Indonesian Government have been implementing a transmigration programme. Transmigration has therefore changed the demographic pattern of Lampung. Since 2005, the mode of local election has been changed from indirect to direct. As a consequence of this, there is a revival of ethnic identity politics in local elections. In this paper, we focus on a transmigration affected area where the descendants of Javanese transmigrants are numerically dominant and correspondingly powerful in local politics. This research leads us to argue that ethnicity has become an important factor in local elections and that in transmigration affected areas it has led to the political domination of Javanese transmigrant descendants in local politics. We further to show how, in response to this, native Lampungese elites have adopted a number of strategies to help them retain a role in local politics. Our argument runs contrary to that of some scholars who have claimed that ethnicity is playing a diminishing role in Indonesian local elections. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Javanese context is rich of phenomena potentially used as a starting point to learn mathematics. On the other hand, the Indonesian students' performance in PISA is consistently low due to the small number of PISA-like problems which can be used to foster the students' mathematical literacy measured in PISA. Therefore, this research aims to develop a set of PISA-like problems using the Javanese context targeted for 8th-grade students of Junior High School. It is a development study using Plomp's framework in the stage of need analysis and prototyping. We have successfully developed a prototype of PISA-like mathematics problems using Javanese context. There are six items covering seven basic competences in the 8th-grade of junior high school. The items used various mathematics skills such as communication, representation, mathematization, devising strategies, and reasoning. We could explore some Javanese contexts such as traditional building, transportation, calendar system, community meeting, and historical place. Meanwhile the school mathematics materials include number sequence, Cartesian coordinate, relation, linear function, linear equation system in two variables, and Pythagorean theorem. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Transmigration processes in Indonesia have heavily influenced incoming and hosting communities' sense of identity and belonging. However, the social and cultural aspects of building a new life elsewhere are still an unexplored topic. In this article, I would like to show how modern descendants of Javanese transmigrants living in the village of Waemital in West Seram, part of the Moluccas, sustain links with Java in their everyday lives. Despite their extended residence, internal migrants struggle with the stigma of being outsiders. This article also explores how resistance to local adaptation has fostered social tensions between transmigrant and indigenous communities, hindering mutual understanding. How might a description of Waemital inhabitants' everyday lives help us understand the impact of organized migrations in Indonesia? [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Sikep society is known as one of Javanese cultural heritage keepers. Moreover, the society has unique religiosity attitudes that are somehow it misunderstood as disobedience. This research tries to dig the religiosity attitudes reflected on Sikep society's Macapat songs, especially their focuses and objects. The analysis used appraisal language theory as the approach. The data of the research are words, phrases, or metaphors that reflect attitude in the texts of Sikep society's macapat songs. The result of the study showed that thereare only two dimensions of religiosity attitudes found in Sikep society's Macapat song, those are beliefs and values. The value of religiosity reflected on appreciation and judgment; the belief of religiosity consisted of appreciation, judgment, and affect. The objects of religiosity attitudes in the Sikep society's macapat songs include people (Sikep society, Ki Surantika, man, the children of Sikep society, government, and the ancestors), and something that is humanized (intention, body and soul). The focus of positive moral attitude involves all words, phrases, and metaphor that reflected the principles, prohibitions, ideals; the focuses of negative moral attitude expressed the negative attitudes and behaviors that they proposed to be avoided. Here, the dominant positive attitudes showed their social life. Then, the only two dimensions of religiosity indicate the lack of restricted rules and ritual applied in their religious life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aims to identify the women's contribution to the development of a peripheral Javanese community, Bagalen. This research is vital due to relatively scarce information about women's contribution in this area. So far, knowledge of community development is predominantly occupied by men or noblewomen. Library research develops this study. Hence, the authors collect data via research books and theoretical construction that are derived from relevant historical documents. The results reveal that peripheral Javanese women instead of central Javanese significantly contribute to preserving tradition and religion. In the past, the area was once led by a woman, namely Nyai Bagelen. However, the existence of women's leadership in the past didn't inspire the progress of women today. Then, the contribution of Bagelen women in preserving dolalak dance, upholding religious verses through Islamic verses and songs, is almost acknowledged by the public as a woman's effort in standing up for tradition and upholding their religion due to the prevailing hegemony. Hence, the knowledge should provide space to prove that the women's contribution is significant to the resources of the community so that community development is persistently inspired by its localities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The large number of ethnicity becomes its own uniqueness for Indonesia's diversity. Ethnicity is a tool for individuals to see the world through their respective cultural filters (Matsumoto and Juang, 2004). Matsumoto and Juang (2014) explain that each ethnic has values passed down from generation to generation. The value becomes a reference for every individual in behaving and thinking; and affect the formation of individual self-concept. Self-concept becomes an important component in the formation of individual trait. In other words, the ethnic plays an important role in the formation of individual trait that affects the way individuals think and behave. The individual traits then play an important role in perceiving the world around them, including perceiving the stressor that is the source of psychological distress. In Indonesia, the majority tribe is with a percentage of 40.22% (Na'im & Syaputra, 2010). The Javanese are known as an optimistic tribe, highly appreciate the feelings of others, and have a passion to achieve high ideals but not in a hurry (Sartini, 2009). This shows that the Javanese have high optimism. Based on research Rachmawati (2016), optimism relates negatively to psychological distress. This means that the higher the level of optimism, the lower the level of psychological distress, so it can be concluded that the Javanese people may have a low level of distress. This research is a quantitative research with correlational research design that aims to see the relationship between personality traits and psychological distress on the Javanese Tribe community in Indonesia. A total of 460 Javanese people aged 18-25 years participated in this study. Early adult age was chosen because this age is a transitional age in which suicide is the second leading cause of death in this age range (WHO, 2014), whereas suicide is the most fatal response of psychological distress. In other words, psychological distress is vulnerable to the early adult society who have demands on their developmental tasks. Participants were obtained by convenience sampling technique. The measurement of personality traits was performed using the Big-Five Inventory 44 (BFI-44) measuring instrument developed by John (1990), then adapted by Syafri (2014) into Indonesian. Psychological distress measurements were performed using the Hopkins Symptom Checklist-25 (HSCL-25) gauge developed by Turnip and Hauff (2007) and have been adapted into Bahasa Indonesia. Data retrieval is done online and offline. The data collected is processed through descriptive statistical techniques and pearson partial correlation, and one-way anova. The results showed that there was a significant negative relationship between the extraversion personality dimension and psychological distress (r = -0.18, p <0.05). This means that the more individuals love to interact with others, cheerful, optimistic, and loving, the lower the level of psychological distress. In addition, there was no significant correlation between psychological distress and conscientiousness personality dimensions (r = -0.089, p> 0.05) and agreeableness (r = 0.077, r> 0.05). This means that high or low levels of conscientiousness and agreeableness in early adult ethnic Javanese communities are not associated with psychological distress. A significantly positive association was found between psychological stress and neurotics (r = 0.506, p <0.01) and openness (r = 0.095, p <0.05). This means that the higher the level of anxiety, the desire to know new things, and the imagination, the higher the level of public distress of the early adult Javanese Tribe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Candra Aditya's short film Dewi pulang (2018) shows how Dewi's life in Jakarta is in tension with the life of her Javanese village, to which she returns when her father dies. Understanding Jakarta and the village as Wittgensteinean 'forms of life', I argue that the film portrays the two as simultaneously antagonistic and mutually intertwined, as each form of life is present in the other as a trace. The film uses the Javanese literary convention of sěmu , through which subtle messages are simultaneously revealed and concealed, to suggest that the transcendence of the conflict in the final scene defies reification through language because it seems impossible. By pointing to the reality of the unthinkable, the film proposes an understanding of incompatible forms of life and social locations as connected through complex interplays of presences and absences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Many things play a role in the tendency to engage in cyberbullying. This study aimed to identify the determinant factors of the tendency to engage in cyberbullying by adolescents in Java. A sample of 1038 teenagers aged between 12 and 18 who used internet-connected electronic information and technology equipment. The measuring instruments used in this study included a cyberbullying tendency scale, an empathy scale, a self-esteem scale, a friendship quality scale, and an emotion regulation scale. Path analysis was used to process the data. The data showed that self-esteem served as a predictor of cyberbullying tendency whose relationship was negative only when it was mediated by emotion regulation. Friendship quality was a predictor of cyberbullying tendency both in a direct fashion and mediated by empathy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Translating cultural terms from Javanese is an area of interest because this language has numerous various cultural fixed expressions that challenge the translator in conveying the intended message to target readers. This study investigates the Javanese fixed expressions, as well as the translation techniques employed to translate them, for three novels: Burung-Burung Manyar (The Weaverbirds), Pengakuan Pariyem (Pariyem's Confession), and Para Priyayi (Javanese Gentry). Relying on content analysis design and a qualitative approach, this study analyzed 32 Javanese expressions obtained from the above three novels. The data was analyzed using domain, taxonomy, componential, and thematic analysis, as well as through an evaluation by experts in a focus group discussion. The results reveal that seven types of Javanese fixed expressions are used in the studied novels. When translating these expressions, translators tend to employ the description and deletion techniques, while the use of modulation, adaptation, established equivalent, and explicitation techniques tend to produce the best translations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Eighteenth-century Javanese sources indicate that in pre-colonial Javanese kingdoms, a distinction was drawn between the monarch's personal wealth—called monies that were 'pure in intent, from the sweat of the king'—and the revenues of the kingdom as an institution. The distinction was probably of Islamic origin. It seems probable that only such personal royal wealth was acceptable for funding acts of personal religious merit. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Cultures hold different perceptions of death and demonstrate different linguistic behaviors when performing funeral rituals. This article compares angkating layon speech in Javanese society and eulogies in American society focusing on the use of death-related expressions to reveal their rhetorical function and significance in articulating the two societies' perception toward death. The data are collected from ten angkating layon speech texts recorded from actual funeral ceremonies and ten eulogy texts downloaded from the internet. Conceptually, this article applies Kunkel's and Dennis's (2003) idea of eulogical rhetoric and Lakoff's and Johnson's (1980) theory of conceptual metaphor. The findings show that both societies conceptualize death into DEATH IS A JOURNEY and DEATH IS REST. Angkating layon speech is an allusion for sincere acceptance of death, uses less elaborate positive euphemism as a brief report of the deceased's good characters, and evokes empathy and sincere prayer for the deceased. Meanwhile, a eulogy is a means of maintaining togetherness between the dead and the living, uses elaborate positive euphemism to create a good impression of the eulogized, and thus, appeals more strongly to the memory of the living. It concludes that the Javanese are open about the dead body, create such euphemisms as almarhum(ah), layon/jenazah, and swargi to mark the dead as 'other' suggesting that he/she is no longer part of the society, and readily accept a permanent separation from the dead. On the contrary, Americans are reluctant to mention the dead body, deny separation from the dead, and use almost non-existent lexical marker 'late' signifying death as another episode of life that never affects their relationship with the deceased. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on a photographic study to evaluate frontal and profile soft tissue facial parameters of southern Chinese adolescents, and to compare the results with other racial standards. To improve the diagnosis and treatment planning of patients from different ethnic and racial backgrounds, frontal and profilometric examinations were performed on 42 male and 42 female Chinese adolescents. Results reflect that with the exception of Javanese population, all ethnic groups exhibited similar overall profile measurements. The Chinese sample showed considerable protrusive tendencies and a more convex soft tissue profile than the Thai or Javanese. The Chinese had narrower eyes and mouth, and a wider nose. There was wide individual variation in nasiolabial and geniolabial angles.

This study seeks to understand the Larap Slambu cultural event as a cultural tourist attraction at Mount Kemukus while exploring its rituals routed in the mixed concepts of belief, religion and myth prevalent in ancient Javanese communities referred to as Kejawen. A ritual as a habitual action contains transcendental values. Thus, rituals associated with voluntary performances by a community can be hereditary and characterized by a patterned behavior. This study uses a qualitative approach with the interpretive paradigm of ethnography method of communication. The findings reveal that the Larap Slambu, as a ritual commemorating the Javanese New Year (Malam Suro), is being used as a cultural tourism attraction featuring rituals in commemoration of Prince Samudro, an ancient Javanese prince, at his tomb and through puppet shows. Rituals performed are determined by a belief system adhered to by each ritual participant. Larap Slambu rituals can build social solidarity and togetherness through the 'slamatan' event, a form of gratitude for the blessings that have been received by ritual participants. Over the recent years, with an increase of tourists to the cultural site, sex rituals feature more. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The current study is aimed at examining the level of comprehensibility of Javanese as used by a pranatacara with a particular emphasis on the young generation of Javanese. In one wedding reception, 50 people, aged (judging from their appearance) between 20 and 35 years old, were interviewed on how much they understood the Javanese spoken by the master of ceremony (pranatacara). The criteria for assessment were set as: (1) fully understood, (2) partly understood, and (3) did not understand. The findings indicate that most of the subjects (74%) partly understood, 10% fully understood, and the rest (16%) did not understand. The reasons for comprehensibility varied from one subject to another. As a local language of high cultural heritage, Javanese has to be preserved in all its manifestations. As a preliminary research, this does not fully describe the real situation. Other studies must be conducted, employing different methods, subjects, and settings. However, it is important that special steps be undertaken to preserve Javanese as a local language of high cultural heritage. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Estimation of stature is important in forensic examination. It is difficult to identify the deceased when the body has been mutilated and only fragmented remains are found . Body height estimation from fingers has been useful in establishing stature approximation. The present research attempts to construct a formula from measurements of the whole fingers from proximal to distal ends. The material for the present study comprises fifty (50) Mongoloid Javanese men between the ages of 21 and 25 years. Measurement of fingers and stature are taken on each subject based on internationally recommended standard methods and techniques. This study uses Pearson correlation test, and Regression analyses to determine the body height formula. The results indicate average height of the subject is 1675.96 mm. The results of index, middle, and ring finger measurements are positively correlated (p < 0.001) with stature. There are moderate correlations-r=0.4 to 0.5, between the length of fingers and body height. It can be concluded measuring each segment of finger can provide an estimation of stature. However, measuring the intact fingers is easier and more practical and is sometimes appreciated by the victims' families. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The 1950s marked the advent of formal education in traditional Javanese performing arts as educational institutions were established in Central Java. These schools have since become the main route into a performing arts career for most gamelan musicians. This standardised education contrasts with the ways previous generations learnt to play gamelan, which was a process of knowledge acquisition that often arose from a family background in arts and from performing together from a young age. The institutionalisation alleged to have taken place at the arts schools is a source of debate among musicians and others in the industry. However, drawing upon Bourdieu’s theory of family, this article argues that the performing artist families which predate schools as sites of learning are themselves examples of institutions. Moreover, as today’s arts institutions are largely populated by members of artist families, it appears that one type of institution has, to some extent, become another. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article deals with the mystical stream called Kejawen and its current form and impact on the culture and traditions of the Indonesian Java Island. The presented findings are based not only on the study of secondary sources, but also on qualitative field survey. As appropriate methods have been chosen semi-structured interview. Respondents (Javanese) have been asked about knowledge and their relation to the traditional Kejawen. Besides the interview, observation has been chosen method in the case of traditions and rituals. Photographs, individual texts and items related to the topic have been analyzed by document analysis. Although Kejawen is not an officially recognized religion according to Indonesian legislation, its influence is visible until today. Especially in rural areas are still a lot practicing supporters. The influence of Kejawen is connected to life of Javanese deeper than most of them is willing to admit. Nevertheless, mystical tradition has influence on their daily life, decision making, art, traditions and also contemporary mass culture. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article examines different dominant scholarly representations of the Javaneseslametanritual, with a special focus on its representation as a syncretist ritual. Such syncretism is often seen as the source of Java’s social harmony and religious tolerance. My analysis shows that these representations are identically structured as expressions of beliefs. However, this seems not to be corroborated by Javanese reflections on theslametan. An analysis of the 19th-century origins of the discourse on Javanese Islam shows that both this religion and the role of theslametanin it were conceived within a Christian theological framework. Furthermore, the logical consistency of that original depiction depends on two main assumptions, which today can no longer be assumed. Considering the well documented, steady demise of the syncretistslametan, and perhaps also of the concomitant religious tolerance, there is an urgent need to develop a new scholarly understanding of this Javanese tradition. Positioned at a meta-level, this article does not discussslametan, syncretism, and Javanese Islam as such, but rather critically assesses the study of it. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose This paper aims to provide an overview of existing condition, rules and implementation of CSR and create harmony models of corporate social responsibility (CSR) between regulation, Javanese culture values and universal principles, to fill the lack of CSR regulation in Indonesia.Design/methodology/approach This study is based on sociology legal research. The regulations and principles have been studied by using the approach of law and social sciences. That characteristic is descriptive evaluative. The primary data are taken from interview with the senior source relations of PT Pertamina Hulu Energi (PHE) in Jakarta, President Director of PT Rosalia Indah Group in Surakarta and Your Honour Prince of Surakarta Hanadiningrat Kingdom. Secondary data are obtained from the review of the literatures pertaining to the material. Secondary data consist of legal materials such as regulations, books, papers and other references. Data analysis technique use theoretical interpretative.Findings CSR is implemented by company only for lifting the image. CSR fund allocation is still a company’s secret, and it becomes evidence of the lack of transparency for companies to manage and provide social cost to society. It can also be found that some companies collect donations from the public for disaster relief, but in the distribution of aid, they use the name of a CSR company. There is polarization in the implementation of CSR. A government- owned company is already bound by the provisions of the Regulation of the Minister of state-owned enterprises.Research limitations/implications This paper discusses the CSR implementation in Indonesia and it creates a model of accountability of CSR to fill the legal vacuum that occurs at this time. This paper formulates a good relation between traditional Javanese value, government regulations and universal CSR principle.Practical implications There remains a mismatch between the Javanese values of philosophy with the positive regulatory norms that result in the implementation of CSR only to meet the requirements of the positive regulatory norm and ignore the obligations involved and to aid the prosperity of the public society.Social implications Communities around a company have not been able to enjoy the advantages of the company. Communities should fight for their own lives without being dependent on or being supported by a company’s existence.Originality/value This research combines the Javanese values with the positive legal regulations in the implementation of CSR in Indonesia. This research has not been conducted by the others. This research will provides benefits on the idea of imposing sanctions on the non-implementation of CSR, not only through positive legal regulations but also through social sanctions embodied in the Javanese values. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Laras is one unresolved aesthetic concept and gendhing garap models as the triggers have not been identified yet either. This paper is a case study which discusses a case of jineman garap Uler Kambang pélog lima, the first winner of Sindhèn Idol contest 2012, which is considered to have the most qualified performance to meet laras criteria. The purpose of this research is to figure out the laras concept construction and identify the gendhing garap models as its triggers. Laras concept reconstruction within the aesthetic framework of Javanese karawitan and identification of gendhing garap model are discussed based on concept of garap in Javanese karawitan. This research uses a qualitative-descriptive method. The results show that laras is a beautiful, delicate, and deep karawitan sense containing elements of mat, lega, betah, adhem, ayem, tentrem, jinem, sengsem, and marem. The triggering gendhing garap models include: garap of leres, rempeg, greget-urip, and sarèh-sumèlèh. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article focuses on the cultural politics of the invention and revival of public traditions. By drawing on the ethnographic example of akirab budaya(cultural parade) in Kota Gede, a historic area of Yogyakarta, it shows the complex renegotiations and discursive tension connected to religious spectacles in contemporary Java. This article understands popularised traditions as reflections of the current dynamics between Islamisation, policymaking, and a culture open to diverse negotiations and individual interpretation. The conclusion of this study is that commodifying local religious rituals as tourist events for economic reasons make them acceptable in an increasingly Islamised environment. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In this article I investigate changing household labour relations and women's work in the Dutch empire. I question how colonial connections affected the division of work between men, women, and children, not only in the colony - the Dutch East Indies (i.c. Java), but also in the metropolis - the Netherlands. Entanglements can be found in the influences of colonial economic policies on both colony and metropolis, as well as in the more indirect effects of colonial exploitation and taxation, and, finally in the sphere of sociopolitics and ideologies. I will analyse the entanglements between the Netherlands and Java in these domains, comparing similarities and differences, but also paying attention to the connections and transfers between both parts of the Dutch empire. Although some of the conditions and developments were highly specific to the Dutch empire, I aim to show that the method of comparing and establishing direct and indirect connections between different parts of an empire can lead to new insights that can also be applied to other parts of the world and different time periods. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article proposes that Nini Towong, a Javanese game involving a possessed doll, is an involution of fifth-century Chinese spirit-basket divination. The investigation is less concerned with originist theories than it is a discussion of the Chinese in Indonesia. The Chinese have been in Southeast Asia from at least as early as the Ming era, yet Chinese contributions to Indonesian culture is an understudied area. The problem begins with the asymmetrical privileging of Indic over Sinic influences in early European scholarship, a situation which in turn reveals the prejudices that the Europeans brought to bear in their dealings with the Chinese of Southeast Asia in the seventeenth to nineteenth century. Europeans introduced the Chinese-Jew analogy to the region. Their disdain contributed to indigenous hostility toward the Chinese. Racialism is a sensitive topic but a reminder of past injustices provides a timely warning in this moment of tense world geopolitics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Body height estimation is one of important parameters used for establishing the individuality in cases of mutilated bodies or found body parts. It is not rare that in the cases of mutilation the police authority would only give the body parts or remaining skeletons of the victims. The aims of the study were to find body height estimation formula based on percutaneous of foot length and foot breadth in Javanese females at Surabaya Muhammadiyah University. The type of research design was cross-sectional observational study. Samples were Javanese females student at Muhammadiyah University of Surabaya, which was selected as the sample unit. The samples are in this study was Two-hundred and twenty-two people. The variabel independent of this research are foot length and foot breath, the variabel dependent is body height. Data were analyzed using normality test with Kolmogorov Smirnoff (α>0,05), Pearson correlation test (α<0,05) and linear regression test (α <0,05) to get body height estimation formula. The results of this study is, 1) A significant correlation between foot length and body height (r = 0,731), 2) A significant correlation between foot breadth and body height (r-0,323), 3) A significant correlation between foot length, foot breadth and body height (r=0,732), 4) The body height estimation formula based on foot length is 688,435 +3,745*foot length, 5) The body height estimation formula based on foot breadth is = 1273,002 + 2,942*foot breadth, and 6) The body height estimation formula based on foot length and foot breadth is 695,227 + 3,805*foot length - 0,229*foot breadth. As a conclusion of this study is the obtained estimation formula of body height based on foot length and foot breadth of Javanese females is 695,227 + 3,805*foot length - 0,229*foot breadth. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]