Orang Indonesia Berbahasa Indonesia

Sebuah bangsa yang diminta berbahasa satu berarti meminta agar bangsa itu mempunyai satu kesadaran, satu selera, satu cara memahami dan membangun kenyataan sosial.

“Orang Indonesia Berbahasa Indonesia”, wawancara Alizami Ramli dan Ifdhal Kasim, Solusi, 1(1), 1986: 11-16.

kata kunci: absah, bahasa, kenyataan, kepentingan, kesadaran, Krama, Sansekerta

Asia literacy: A deeply problematic metaphor

In many parts of Asia, smiling does not mean being happy, amused or friendly. Some Indonesians cannot utter a complete sentence without a burst of giggles, regardless of the topic. When I first lived abroad, I worked very hard to learn not to smile ‘too much’, so not to risk offending people.

Heryanto, Ariel (2015) “Asia literacy: A deeply problematic metaphor”, in C. Johnson, V. Mackie and T. Morris-Suzuki (eds), The Social Sciences in The Asian Century, Canberra: ANU Press, pp. 171-189, https://press-files.anu.edu.au/downloads/press/p325111/pdf/ch104.pdf

keywords: digital technology, Euro-American centricism, literacy, new media, privacy, orality, smile