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Academia 1 week ago
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‘The Odyssey’: Tricksters, Trojan horses and homecomings
From Hollywood mythmaking to modern populist politics, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey holds up a sobering mirror to figures like Donald Trump and Prabowo Subianto, exposing how disruptive "tricksters" use Trojan horse tactics to hollow out democracy from within.
Society 2 months ago
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‘Izin’ and ‘Siap!’: Military lingo creeps into civilian life
The use of military-related language such as ‘siap!’ (ready) among civilians in formal and casual settings has been common at a time when the military is expanding its role into civilian affairs across the country.
Academia 2 months ago
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Accepting ‘binan’ language but not ‘binan’ identity
The linguistic and social evolution of bahasa binan, particularly its entry into Indonesian popular culture, ironically highlights the continuing stigmatization and discrimination of the queer community from where it originated.
Academia 3 months ago
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TKA 2026: An early warning for Golden Indonesia vision
TKA 2026 proves Indonesia can measure learning at a massive scale, but if the government cannot fix the stark literacy and numeracy deficits revealed by the data, the promise of "Golden Indonesia 2045" will give way to a staggering demographic burden.
Academia 10 months ago
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From Portuguese to ‘gratis’: Prabowo’s double-edged language politics
Skepticism toward state paternalism, visible in online critiques of the free nutritious meal program rollout and in discussions about Prabowo’s ASEAN diplomacy, reflects a generation less easily swayed by spectacle.
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