Strengthening national identity partnerships through community participation in border areas

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21831/jc.v19i2.53541

Keywords:

borders, community participation, national identity

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the participation of border communities in maintaining national identity in the border areas between Indonesia and Timor Leste. The research approach utilized in this study was a case study, and data were collected through interviews, observations, and documentation. The study focused on border communities in East Kobalima District, Malaka Regency, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. The findings revealed that border communities participated in maintaining the spirit of nationalism and national identity in three ways. Firstly, they participated in Technical Guidance (Bimtek) on Border Guard Management and capacity building activities for border communities, including the maintenance of national boundary markers such as National Boundary Pillars (PBN) and Border Sign Posts (BSP) along the national border. Additionally, they preserved local culture. Secondly, the community actively participated in flag ceremonies to commemorate the anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Indonesia and National Education Day. Thirdly, they participated in preserving the national language in border areas to communicate with fellow Indonesians and citizens of the Democratic Republic of Timor Leste (RDTL).

Author Biography

Makarius Erwin Bria, Pancasila and Civic Education Study Program, Universitas Nusa Cendana

I'm a Lecturer

References

Arifin, M. A. N., Putro, H. P. H., & Firman, T. (2022). Territorial politics in cross-border local development strategies in the Krayan – Ba’Kelalan region at the Indonesia – Malaysia border. Journal of Borderlands Studies, 1–25. https://doi.org/10.1080/08865655.2022.2104341

Arifin, S. (2014). Hukum perbatasan darat antar negara. Sinar Grafika.

Asmorojati, A. W., & Risti-P, A. V. (2018). Nationalism understanding: Citizens’ national consciousness. Proceedings of the Annual Civic Education Conference (ACEC 2018). https://doi.org/10.2991/acec-18.2018.29

Broich, M., Hansen, M., Potapov, P., & Wimberly, M. (2013). Patterns of tree-cover loss along the Indonesia–Malaysia border on Borneo. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 34(16), 5748–5760. https://doi.org/10.1080/01431161.2013.796099

Carter, D. B., & Poast, P. (2020). Barriers to trade: How border walls affect trade relations. International Organization, 74(1), 165–185. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0020818319000353

Creswell, J. W., & Poth, C. N. (2018). Qualitative inquiry & research design: Choosing among five approaches (4th ed.). SAGE.

Dupont, A., Fox, J. J., Thomas, R., White, H., Horta, J. R., Soesastro, H., & Wainwright, E. (2002). East Timor’s security problems. In New Neighbour, New Challenge (Australia and the Security of East Timor). Australian Strategic Policy Institute. http://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep04123.7

Hadiwijoyo, S. D. (2009). Batas wilayah negara Indonesia; dimensi permasalahan dan strategi penanganan. Gaya Media.

Kingsbury, D. (2003). The political economy of cross-border relations. South East Asia Research, 11(3), 269–296. https://doi.org/10.5367/000000003772657373

Mansyah, A. (2017). Nasionalisme masyarkat Indonesia di perbatasan dan dampaknya terhadap kedaulatan negara (Studi di Kabupaten Sanggau, Kalimantan Barat). Peperangan Asimetris (PA), 3(3), 17–40. https://jurnalprodi.idu.ac.id/index.php/PA/article/view/141

Nurdin, E. S. (2017). Civic Education policies: Their effect on university students’ spirit of nationalism and patriotism. Citizenship, Social and Economics Education, 16(1), 69–82. https://doi.org/10.1177/2047173416688039

Okhonmina, S. (2017). States without borders: Westphalia Territoriality under threat. Kamla Raj Enterprises, 24(3), 177–182. https://doi.org/10.1080/09718923.2010.11892853

Parameswara, A., Saskara, I. A. N., Utama, M. S., & Setyari, N. P. W. (2021). The role of place identity, local genius, orange economy and cultural policies for sustainability of intangible cultural heritage in Bali. International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning, 16(8), 1551–1561. https://doi.org/10.18280/ijsdp.160816

Raharjojati, W., Rozi, S., & Noor, F. (2009). Nasionalisme dan keindonesiaan di perbatasan (2nd ed.). Suluh Media.

Rohman, A., & Ningsih, Y. E. (2018). Pendidikan multikultural: penguatan identitas nasional di era revolusi industri 4.0. Prosiding Seminar Nasional Multidisiplin, 1, 44–50.

Sebayang, E. R. (2020). Mempertahankan identitas nasional di era digital. RANGKIANG: Jurnal Pengabdian Pada Masyarakat, 1(2), 107–110. https://doi.org/10.22202/rangkiang.2019.v1i2.3778

Seman, A. A. (2018). Multicultural and ethnicity history approach towards national integration in Malaysia. Historia: Jurnal Pendidik Dan Peneliti Sejarah, 11(2), 38–49. https://doi.org/10.17509/historia.v11i2.12328

Sigalas, E. (2010). Cross-border mobility and European identity: The effectiveness of intergroup contact during the ERASMUS year abroad. European Union Politics, 11(2), 241–265. https://doi.org/10.1177/1465116510363656

Taher, P. (2021). Pancasila as the basis of the state unity of the Republic of Indonesia. Pancasila and Law Review, 2(2), 133–140. https://doi.org/10.25041/plr.v2i2.2449

Villegas-Torres, P., & Mora-Pablo, I. (2018). The role of language in the identity formation of transnational EFL teachers. HOW, 25(2), 11–27. https://doi.org/10.19183/how.25.2.418

 

Downloads

Published

2022-10-31

How to Cite

Bria, M. E., & Lam, K. F. T. (2022). Strengthening national identity partnerships through community participation in border areas. Jurnal Civics: Media Kajian Kewarganegaraan, 19(2), 329–335. https://doi.org/10.21831/jc.v19i2.53541

Issue

Vol 19, No 2 (2022)

Section

Article

License

  1. Authors certify that the work reported here has not been published before and contains no materials the publication of which would violate any copyright or other personal or proprietary right of any person or entity.
  2. Authors transfer or license the copyright of publishing to Jurnal Civics: Media Kajian Kewarganegaraan to publish the article in any media format, to share, to disseminate, to index, and to maximize the impact of the article in any databases.
  3. Authors hereby agree to transfer a copyright for publishing to Jurnal Civics: Media Kajian Kewarganegaraanas a Publisher of the manuscript. 
  4. Authors reserve the following: 
    1. all proprietary rights other than copyright such as patent rights; 
    2. the right to use all or part of this article in future works of our own such as in books and lectures;
    3. use for presentation in a meeting or conference and distributing copies to attendees; 
    4. use for internal training by author's company;
    5. distribution to colleagues for their research use;
    6. use in a subsequent compilation of the author's works;
    7. inclusion in a thesis or dissertation;
    8. reuse of portions or extracts from the article in other works (with full acknowledgement of final article);
    9. preparation of derivative works (other than commercial purposes) (with full acknowledgement of final article); and
    10. voluntary posting on open web sites operated by author or author's institution for scholarly purposes, but it should follow the open access license of Creative Common CC BY-NC-SA License.