This week Wednesday Forum provides the discussion with the topic “REPORTING ISLAM: CASE OF LOCAL NEWSPAPER IN ARIZONA”. The Speaker is Ali Amin M. A. We invite you to join this forum. The time, place, and brief information about this forum are here inturn:

Date: Wednesday, 18 March 2009
Time: 12.30 pm ? 2.30 pm (free lunch)
Venue: Room 306, UGM Graduate School Teknika Utara Pogung
Speaker: Ali Amin M. A

Abstract:

This paper will discuss the representation of Islam in an American news paper The Arizona Republic. It will focus on what most The AZ Republic covered about Islam during 2005-2006 related to some major events in that period such as London bombing, on going war in Iraq, immigrant protests in France, Bali bombing two, conflict Israel-Palestine, tension with Iran, and Danish cartoon. It will concern on the recurrent language, text, and image in this news paper. The aim of this study is to identify the representation of Islam in American media testing the hypothesis that Islam and Muslims? coverage in Western media is usually negative, or biased with certain ideological orientation. This also will identify whether Western media especially The AZ Republic is Islam-phobic. In order to examine the hypothesis systematically, I will apply both quantitative and qualitative methods. Quantitative approach is used in order to achieve certain patterns of The AZ Republic when covering about Islam relating to the major events by examining the recurrent language, text, and image of Islam and Muslim. All on- line news and articles in this period January 1, 2005- March 30, 2006 containing the words of Islam and Muslim are selected, classified, and percentaged based on its focus such as terrorism, women in Islam, social culture, domestic and international affairs. Also, I will conduct qualitative content analysis by using principals of critical discourse analysis (CDA) such as investigating the sociopolitical background of the discourse and and focusing on dominance relations by elite groups and institutions as they are being enacted, legitimated or otherwise reproduced by text and talk (Dijk, Teun A. van. 1993). This leads to determine the level of subjectivity, objectivity, or neutrality of the news and articles also highlight the complexities involved in constructing Islam and Muslim on The AZ Republic.

This week Wednesday Forum provides the discussion with the topic “REPORTING ISLAM: CASE OF LOCAL NEWSPAPER IN ARIZONA”. The Speaker is Ali Amin M. A. We invite you to join this forum. The time, place, and brief information about this forum are here inturn:

Date: Wednesday, 18 March 2009

Time: 12.30 pm

Religious terrorism has been shocking many people in Indonesia and other countries. Some of us question what actually causes the some religious people committed to that action. This can be answered in our forum this week which discusses about “Psychology of Religious Terrorists: Theoretical & Methodological Reflections”. Dr. Tomas Lindgren is the speaker in this forum who will lead us to discuss more about that interesting topic. We invite you to join this forum. Some information about this forum can be read as follows.

Religious terrorism has been shocking many people in Indonesia and other countries. Some of us question what actually causes the some religious people committed to that action. This can be answered in our forum this week which discusses about “Psychology of Religious Terrorists: Theoretical & Methodological Reflections”. Dr. Tomas Lindgren is the speaker in this forum who will lead us to discuss more about that interesting topic. We invite you to join this forum. Some information about this forum can be read as follows.

Our forum this week will discuss about dynamic of negotiation between santri (student) and pesantren (or kyai and teachers) in constructing sexuality discourse. This will be led by Mustaghfiroh Rahayu, M.A., as the speaker. We invite you to join this forum. Some information about this forum can be read as follows.

Date: Wednesday, 04 March 2009
Time: 12.30 pm ? 2.30 pm (free lunch)
Venue: Room 306, UGM Graduate School Jln. Teknika Utara Pogung YKT
Speaker: Mustaghfiroh Rahayu, M.A.

Abstract:

The role pesantren (Islamic boarding school) as one of the social, cultural and religious power in Indonesia could not be neglected. From the late of eighteenth century, pesantren has contributed in Indonesian?s education. Pesantren is a model of education takes place in the boarding house and a house of the teacher at the center. Mosque as the center of activities, santri (student), kyai (pesantren leader), and classical book teaching are the main characteristic of a pesantren. Pesantren life has its own norms which is much different from the society’s one. Some attitudes that can be tolerated in the society, in some ways, cannot be tolerated in pesantren. However, the development of pesantren in nowadays-Indonesian life is seemingly more function as a provider of a secure dormitory instead of as a learning institution. Most Indonesian muslim parents prefer to choose pesantren as a living place for their children when they have to stay out of home for studying, especially for their daughters. However, female students are a biopsychosocial human (Crooks and Baur, 2008:5). Their sexual activities are in response to their hormonal, nervous system, emotional needs and values taught. Pesantren can assure that they already give a ?true discourse? on sexuality, but when santri (students) go beyond pesantren?s gate, pesantren can not control them anymore. Life outside pesantren provides them with abundant information and chance to express their sexuality, especially campus life. This research will analyze dynamic of negotiation between santri (student) and pesantren (or kyai and teachers) in constructing sexuality discourse. Based on the constructionist approach on sexuality this research will answer question on how does sexual discourse constructed in pesantren. How is the dynamic relation between the leader and students in constructing this discourse? What are the tools both used in their negotiation? Whose power is more effective in this discourse construction?

Our forum this week will discuss about
dynamic of negotiation between santri (student) and pesantren (or kyai and teachers) in constructing sexuality discourse. This will be led by Mustaghfiroh Rahayu, M.A., as the speaker. We invite you to join this forum. Some information about this forum can be read as follows.

Date: Wednesday, 04 March 2009

Time: 12.30 pm