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International Journal of Advanced Multidisciplinary Research and Studies

Volume 2, Issue 3, 2022

Representation of Ethnic and Cultural Identity in Indonesian History Textbooks



Author(s): Nur Agustiningsih, Hieronymus Purwanta

Abstract:

Indonesia is known as a multicultural country in terms of ethnicity, language, culture, and religion. This diversity is an element that has formed Indonesian nationalism. In the history of textbooks, as one component of the curriculum, it plays a role in achieving learning outcomes with various teaching sources that carry an ideological mission in the formation of the identity of the Indonesian nation. This study aims to identify the representation of ethnicity and cultural identity in class X history textbooks. The research method used is Norman Fairclough's critical discourse analysis study. There are three stages of analysis, namely text analysis, discursive practice analysis, and social practice analysis. The analysis was carried out on Indonesian history books for the Tenth Grade, 2013 curriculum which consisted of three publishers, namely the Ministry of Education and Culture, Mediatama, and Erlangga. The results of the analysis of the 2013 curriculum history textbooks show that the writing of history books has not represented the ethnic and cultural identities of the diverse Indonesian people. There are mentions of several ethnicities and cultures but as examples or shown in the form of pictures, only a few are explained in narrative form. Ethnic Arabs and Chinese are mentioned in textbooks but in the context of trade and the spread of religion.


Keywords: Ethnicity, Cultural Identity, History Textbooks

Pages: 437-443

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