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Learning by Laughing: The Use of Ethnic Humor in Increasing Students’ Multicultural Awareness in Indonesia

Authors
Surahmat1, *
1Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: surahmat@mail.ugm.ac.id
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Surahmat
Available Online 17 January 2023.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-35-0_66How to use a DOI?
Keywords
ethnic humor; multicultural awareness; multiculturalism; pluralism
Abstract

This study investigates the effectiveness of ethnic humor in increasing students’ multicultural awareness. As a form of discourse, humor possesses distinctive textual property and towering persuasive force, encouraging the implied message more understandable and pleasing at once. Besides, humor appreciation also incorporates a unique cognitive process that is useful for socializing specific values. These features make ethnic humor have massive potential to instill students’ multicultural awareness. This study applied the literature review method. The results point out that ethnic humor can increase students’ knowledge of diverse Indonesian cultures. Besides taking a role as a means of socialization, ethnic humor can instill a positive attitude towards diversity. Since the adoption of multiculturalism values is influenced by students’ personal experiences, environmental support is needed.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the Unima International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities (UNICSSH 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
17 January 2023
ISBN
10.2991/978-2-494069-35-0_66
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2352-5398
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10.2991/978-2-494069-35-0_66How to use a DOI?
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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