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Seminar Akhir Hasil Penelitian Mahasiswa ACICIS
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Students of Australian Consortium for In-Country Indonesian Studies (ACICIS) cohort 31 University of Muhammadiyah Malang (UMM) had finally completed their research. The results, during a semester research, were presented in meeting room of Vice Rector I, Wednesday (12/8). ACICIS, a program under Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP) UMM, in each cohort took six months for each study.
Cohort 31 had four students with different research. Brooke Nolan examined the "Fishermen’s Life in Sendang Biru", Angharad Lodwick did research about "Culture of Tattooing in East Java', Jessica Rae Ann studied on" Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation" and Zainul Danny Arifien Fairhead did research on "Multiculturalism and Economics in Kalimas Port after 1970".
Zainul Danny Arifien Fairhead took theme of his research on cultural diversity or multiculturalism in Kalimas Port, Surabaya, which was influenced by economic factors. Danny concluded, obtained from the study, that there was a relationship between Kalimas and history in people’s life at Surabaya. "Kalimas helped build multicultural life in Surabaya," Danny concluded.
On the other hand, Angharad Lodwick took phenomenal research on tattoo culture in East Java as the theme, especially after the reform era. The results revealed that the people in East Java had already understood that tattoos were works of art and no longer attached to the crime.
The image of tattoo as the identities of crimes doers was still in people’s minds. It seemed that the tattoo, which valued arts, also expressed the owner.
Meanwhile, Jessica Ann Rae was interested in the issue of forests illegal logging in Indonesia and its influence on carbon emission level.
According to the Coordinator of ACICIS, Prof. M. Mas'ud Said, Ph.D., this program was a form of good relation between Indonesia and Australia. The presence of Australian students, who did study and research in Indonesia, provided the value of intellectual property for Indonesia from the outside perspective.
"We hope this program will bring enrichment values of the critical intellect and a better relationship in the future," added Mas'ud.(trs/nas/t_ris)
