Nyaris semua kajian media dalam proses demokratisasi di Indonesia, jauh sebelum slogan "reformasi" diciptakan dan beberapa tahun sesudah tumbangnya Orde Baru, menyinggung peran list Apakabar yang diasuh John MacDougall.
Kita beruntung karena lebih dari 175,000 materi dari Apakabar itu (dari tahun 1990-2002) tersimpan rapi bagi yang berminat mengakses secara gratis dan dengan bantuan alat "cari" di http://www.hamline.edu/apakabar/ seperti yang saya kutip di bawah ini. Disitu tersimpan bukan saja arsip berita-berita dari koran, dan analisa, tetapi juga sejumlah terbitan dan suara kaum pembangkang dari bawah tanah. Ini bukan sumber yang bagus baik bagi mereka yang mau bernostalgia, mau pun bagi mereka yang menyiapkan kajian serius tentang masa penuh gejolak di akhir masa Perang Dingin dan peran media dalam kebangkitan lagi demokrasi Indonesia. Setelah 13 tahun mengelola Apakabar, John meluncurkan list indonesian-studies: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/indonesian-studies/ Salam, Ariel The Apakabar database consists of over 175,000 postings in English and Indonesian (see A brief history of the Apakabar list <http://www.library.ohiou.edu/indopubs/briefhistory.html> .) This archive can be viewed directly by the dates of the postings. Index of Articles by Year [[DIR]] 1990/ <http://www.hamline.edu/apakabar/basisdata/1990/index.html> [[DIR]] 1991/ <http://www.hamline.edu/apakabar/basisdata/1991/index.html> [[DIR]] 1992/ <http://www.hamline.edu/apakabar/basisdata/1992/index.html> [[DIR]] 1993/ <http://www.hamline.edu/apakabar/basisdata/1993/index.html> [[DIR]] 1994/ <http://www.hamline.edu/apakabar/basisdata/1994/index.html> [[DIR]] 1995/ <http://www.hamline.edu/apakabar/basisdata/1995/index.html> [[DIR]] 1996/ <http://www.hamline.edu/apakabar/basisdata/1996/index.html> [[DIR]] 1997/ <http://www.hamline.edu/apakabar/basisdata/1997/index.html> [[DIR]] 1998/ <http://www.hamline.edu/apakabar/basisdata/1998/index.html> [[DIR]] 1999/ <http://www.hamline.edu/apakabar/basisdata/1999/index.html> [[DIR]] 2000/ <http://www.hamline.edu/apakabar/basisdata/2000/index.html> [[DIR]] 2001/ <http://www.hamline.edu/apakabar/basisdata/2001/index.html> [[DIR]] 2002/ <http://www.hamline.edu/apakabar/basisdata/2002/index.html> To read the postings chronologically, click on the box of the year. Then underneath parent directory, click on the number of the month. Then click on the date. All the messages posted on this date will appear on the screen and can be opened one by one. Consider focusing in on postings surrounding important news events between October 1990 and February 2002. Some postings are in Indonesian, others in English. Usually the language of the postings is apparent from the title, but not always. Often the title also reflects the category of the posting -- such as -L (opinion and analysis, mostly in Indonesian), news, views, doc(ument)s, issues, or region (e.g. Timor, Sumatra, etc). The title sometimes includes the author's name or the acronym of the news source from which the message came (e.g., SMH for Sydney Morning Herald, JKTP for the Jakarta Post ...) Search the titles by key word The search engine allows you to search the titles for a particular word or by key word. * For example, if you would like to find all postings which have the word Soeharto in the title, enter that word as the search string. * If you would like to search for postings which have the word Soeharto in the title, and were posted in May 1998, enter the search phrase Soeharto AND May AND 1998 Note that the word AND is capitalized. * If you would like to search for postings which have the word Soeharto or the word Suharto in the title, enter the search phrase Soeharto OR Suharto Once again, note that the word OR is capitalized. The full text of the messages cannot be searched at this time. Enter your search string: --- In [email protected], "RM Danardono HADINOTO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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" > ariel_heryanto@ 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! > > > > > >
