Wah, mas mas yang budiman, saya jadi nostalgia ini membaca tulisan anda berdua.
Saya telah menulis dan ikuti, dan tentu saja berdebat sengit, dalam Apakabar-nya pak John sejak awalnya. Diawal reformasi, dipenghujung masa pak Harto. Tentu saja masih pakai nama samaran. Seorang penulis andal yang saya kagumi, Faried Basalamah, baru saja saya kenal dan tatap mata setelah belasan tahun di Jakarta ha ha ha. Salam hangat Danardono --- In [email protected], "ariel_heryanto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Mas Radityo yang baik: > > Terima kasih. Pak John ini memang dedengkotnya kajian tentang Indonesia > online. Sayang, karena berbagai alasan, indonesian-studies itu hampir > ditutup. Beliau meminta saya "menyelematkan" list itu. Dengan modal > nekad saja, dan kecintaan pada kajian yang khusus tentang Indonesia, > saya memberanikan diri mencoba menyanggupi mulai 3 minggu lalu. Jadi > saya masih pupuk bawang banget. > > Tentang Sejarah Apa kabar silahkan lihat di bawah ini. > > Salam, > Ariel > > http://www.library.ohiou.edu/indopubs/briefhistory.html > A Brief History of The Apakabar List By John MacDougall > Back to first page <http://www.library.ohiou.edu/indopubs/index.html> > > SEARCH the database > <http://www.library.ohiou.edu/indopubs/search/search.html> > > The 'apakabar' database is a unique resource in Indonesian studies. > Consisting of about 175,000 postings to moderated lists in Indonesian > and English spanning the period October 1990 to February 2002, it was > collectively given the name 'apakabar' by Indonesians in line with the > email address of the lists' moderator, John A. MacDougall. The early > 1990s postings, mainly news and documentation, were carried in a > newsgroup on a proprietary American Internet service provider, the > Institute for Global Communications (IGC), an English-language activist > network. Indonesian students studying overseas who subscribed to the > then two largest Indonesian-language lists, Isnet and Janus, were sent > copies of these postings on a routine basis as a means of keeping them > informed on events at home. > > When the Internet arrived in Indonesia and IGC acquired list technology > of its own, the newsgroup was converted to an independent public > list. This resulted in a dramatic expansion of readership, especially > among Indonesians living in Indonesia who soon comprised the vast > majority of readers. Just as quickly, the dominant language of > postings changed from English to Indonesian. The content of postings > also changed from mainly news to mainly exchanges of opinion among > Indonesians at home and in Indonesian communities abroad. The explicit > policy of the list was deemed pluralism, a codeword for the free > expression Indonesians did not then enjoy in their own country. > > Subscriptions to the independent list soon outgrew the capacity of the > list software and IGC server capacity. The list moderator then moved > the entire enterprise to a commercial host, Esosoft, and created a > moderated Web list site at http://www.indopubs.com, which could be > accessed anytime by a far larger audience. In this phase, many > Indonesian non-governmental organizations and journalists joined in as > active posters, presenting messages and articles which could not get > a hearing in Indonesia except at great personal risk. Anonymity was > extended by the moderator to all who requested it. The 'apakabar' list > grew to become by far the largest Indonesian list in the history of > the Internet, reaching 250,000 readers in 96 countries before it > finally closed. > > List postings often were reproduced in print in Indonesia and > distributed to all social strata, extending the list's reach well > beyond predominantly middle class Indonesian Internet users. The spread > of Internet cafes and kiosks also contributed to this expanded reach > in the last years of the list. > > The 'apakabar' database, searchable in Indonesian and English, contains > the complete set of postings to the list in its various incarnations > over its lifespan. It also contains complete sets of postings to nine > other Indonesia-related lists run by the moderator on the indopubs.com > site as a means of advancing Indonesian studies throughout the world. > > The site, always free to users, was funded by profits by the moderator's > periodicals business, Indonesia Publications. By early 2002, the > expense of maintaining the site had grown too great and the lists > there closed solely for financial reasons. The indopubs.com site has > now been converted by the long-time list moderator to a research and > learning site on Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and the Islamic world. > > > --- In [email protected], radityo djadjoeri <radityo_dj@> > wrote: > > > > Terima kasih Mas Ariel untuk infonya. Saya sudah cukup lama melanggani > milis yang dimoderasi oleh Pak John MacDougall (dan panjenengan) ini. > Kalau tak salah, Pak John ini adalah pendiri milis APAKABAR sebelum > adanya yahoogroups ya? Mungkin dari para senior di MEDIACARE ada yang > bisa menjelaskan? > > > > > > > > Description > > This list covers Indonesian studies throughout the world. > > Membership is open. > > > > You are encouraged to invite others to join. > > > > The main list languages are English and Indonesian. > > > > The list archives are public. > > > > Only the moderators may post. > > > > Current moderators: > > John MacDougall (johnmacdougall@ or john.a.macdougall@) > > and Ariel Heryanto (ariel_heryanto@ or arielh@) > > > > > > > > > > ariel_heryanto ariel_heryanto@ wrote: > > Bagi peminat kajian tentang Indonesia, khususnya (tetapi > tidak melulu) > > analisa akademik, silahkan mampir di mail list > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indonesian-studies/ . Setahu saya, ini > > adalah mail list paling awal dan mungkin juga paling besar di dunia > > dengan anggota inti kalangan sarjana dan peneliti tentang Indonesia > > dari semua benua, dan disajikan dalam dua bahasa: Inggris dan > Indonesia. > > > > Anda tidak perlu mendaftar sebagai anggota untuk melihat-lihat posting > > yang sudah ada disitu sejak 2003. Untuk mendaftar menjadi anggota, > > tidak diperlukan persetujuan dari moderator. Bila bergabung sebagai > > anggota, Anda bisa memilih mendapatkan posting di email secara > langsung. > > > > Terima kasih, > > Ariel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Shape Yahoo! in your own image. Join our Network Research Panel > today! > > >
