(Unila): Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP) the University of Lampung (Unila) hosted a guest lecture with the theme “Identity and Ethnic Politics in Nusantara” Thursday 9 March 2023, inviting distinguished guest lectures from overseas.
Prof. Mohammad Reevany Bustami, a senior researcher at CenPRIS (Centre of Policy Research and International Studies) Universiti Sains Malaysia delivered guest lectures, explaining the phenomenon of clustering and primaryization that reinforces self-identity as Malay also recognised as a family or Malay Stock rather than as a tribe.
This suggests that the discipline of sociology embraces a broader study from an archipelago perspective.
He also presented the topic with respect to Malay identity in the archipelago context, examining four identities in terms of social dimensions, processes, phenomena, and the phenomenon of acceptance of Malay ethnic identity.
According to him, the phenomenon of acceptance of Malay ethnic identity as an identity in the middle wider community, can label each individual or a certain group so Malay identity is inherent.
The Guest Lecture “Identity and Ethnic Politics in the Archipelago” was officially opened by the Head of the Department of Sociology, Dr. Bartoven Vivit Nurdin with the moderator, Ifaty Fadliliana Sari, M.A., a lecturer in Sociology at FISIP Unila.
The event was enthusiastically attended by students and lecturers majoring in Sociology FISIP Unila both offline and online. [PR Team]
