Usmar Ismail, the Father of Modern Indonesian Cinema
Usmar Ismail is known as the father of modern Indonesian cinema. He was born on 20th March 1921 in Bukittinggi,...
Literature and Immigrants
Having been elected the 45th president of the United States in 2017, Donald Trump sparked further controversy as he imposes...
Students and Mental Health during Online Learning
The case of a suicide of a high school student in Gowa Regency, South Sulawesi, some time ago during online...
Young Entrepreneurs and Politics
Once an election is approaching, we will spot many large billboards along the road displaying faces of the candidates ready...
Independence Day and Collective Amnesia
The Republic of Indonesia is now 76 years old. Those who turn 76 mean that they are in the ageing...
Inclusivity Central to Bukittinggi’s Tourism its adjacent provinces
The writer is a lecturer at the Faculty of Humanities, Andalas University. Every time I pay a visit to the...
Intercultural Communication Key to Global Understanding
BOOK REVIEW “Cultures and Communication” An Indonesian Scholar’s Perspective. In an increasingly globalised world, how people interact across cultures have...
Spirituality in Eid al-Fitr
Ramadhan will be over soon. Muslims around the globe, including Indonesia, will happily welcome Eid al-Fitr as a symbol of...
Mob Mentality and Critical Thinking
Din Syamsuddin, a lecturer at the Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta and former Muhammadiyah chairman, was reported by the...
Please, Thank You and Sorry
Is there any link between language and behaviour? A lot of research will say “yes” over their inseparable and reciprocal...
Education and Patriotism
Education is an important instrument to enhance knowledge and instil values. The serious contemporary problems involving young people such as...
The need of the patriotic education and its values among young students
Education is an important instrument to enhance knowledge and instill values. The serious contemporary problems involving young people such as...
Why do We Study Humanities?
University students taking humanities such as literature, linguistic or history are familiar with a parental dinner table question as a...
Looking into University Press in Indonesia
The crucial role of the university press in disseminating knowledge, research and academic works to the public has been indubitable....
Elevating Our Culture
The coming 2021 remains to be a great challenge following Indonesia’s fight against COVID-19 of flattening the curve of new...
Literary Postmodern Perspective in “Will Badrul Mustafa Never Die”?
“Will Badrul Mustafa Never Die? Verse from the Front” comprises a series of poetry that incorporates various traditions into modern literary...
We Shouldn’t Lack the Principle of Balance
With the Indonesian regional election just around the corner on December 9, 2020, this month is being dubbed the most...
Social media Speaks Louder than Mainstream Media
How do you find out what is going on various protests against the recently passed Job Creation Law in Jakarta...
Influencers and public policy
-The writer is a lecturer of the Faculty of Cultural Sciences at Andalas University- The government’s use of social media...
Covid-19 and creative minority
By Donny Syofyan – a lecturer at Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Andalas University The Covid-19 outbreak has given birth to...
Fasting: From Health to Happiness
Ramadhan, the holy fasting month for Muslims, is back to greet Muslims around the globe. For Indonesian Muslims, this Ramadhan...