Arabic-learning among the Minangkabau: attitudes, motivations, and collective religious memory

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dc.contributor.advisorDe Sondy, Amanullah
dc.contributor.advisorButler, Jenny
dc.contributor.authorNaska, Isralen
dc.contributor.funderKementrian Agama Republik Indonesia
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-19T14:56:54Z
dc.date.available2024-09-19T14:56:54Z
dc.date.issued2024en
dc.date.submitted2024
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates the role of Minangkabau cultural identity in shaping learners’ motivation to learn Arabic and their attitude toward the language. Minangkabau is a matrilineal society whose homeland is the West Sumatra province of Indonesia. Islam connects the Minangkabau people and Arabic. While the language functions as the sacred language of Islam, the Minangkabau people make Islam one of the most fundamental aspects of their cultural identity. This intersection brings out a particular social dynamic that plays a role in Arabic learning motivation and attitudes toward the language among Minangkabau learners of Arabic. Concerning the historical dynamics between Islam and Minangkabau, collective religious memory, which Maurice Halbwachs and Danièle Hervieu-Léger suggested, functions as the theoretical foundation of this thesis’ data analysis. Ethnography serves as the approach to collecting and analyzing the data. Thirty-six participants who have the Minangkabau cultural background from 4 cities of West Sumatra (Padang, Padang Panjang, Bukittinggi, and Payakumbuh) participated in the study. The study concludes that Arabic holds a distinctive significance among the Minangkabau because of four key aspects: religious rituals, religious authority, Qur’anic language, and identity or “Minangkabauness.” These aspects contribute to shaping participants’ motivation to learn Arabic.en
dc.description.statusNot peer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationNaska, I. 2024. Arabic-learning among the Minangkabau: attitudes, motivations, and collective religious memory. PhD Thesis, University College Cork.
dc.identifier.endpage142
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/16413
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherUniversity College Corken
dc.relation.projectKementrian Agama Republik Indonesia (MORA Scholarship)
dc.rights© 2024, Isral Naska.en
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectArabic
dc.subjectMinangkabau
dc.subjectReligious collective memory
dc.titleArabic-learning among the Minangkabau: attitudes, motivations, and collective religious memory
dc.typeDoctoral thesisen
dc.type.qualificationlevelDoctoralen
dc.type.qualificationnamePhD - Doctor of Philosophyen
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