Negosiasi Identitas Islam dan Budaya Jawa dalam Representasi Digital serta Implikasinya bagi Pendidikan

Abstract

Descriptions of Javanese Islam often combine claims about religious identity, local traditions, and cultural legitimacy. When such descriptions circulate digitally, the relationship between a situated practice and its representation requires careful examination. This article develops a conceptual framework for studying that relationship through a purposive narrative review of selected scholarship on Javanese Islam and digital religion. It distinguishes practitioners’ self-descriptions, scholarly categories, and platform-oriented representations rather than treating them as equivalent evidence. The synthesis proposes four analytic questions concerning naming, religious authority, historical context, and the selection of visual or verbal features. Three explicitly hypothetical scenarios illustrate how a tradition may be presented as heritage, devotional practice, or a disputed identity marker without demonstrating that any particular community has undergone such a change. The educational contribution is a source-comparison activity that asks learners to identify speakers, document provenance, separate description from judgment, and explain the limits of inference. An initial rubric assesses contextual accuracy, comparison of perspectives, source accountability, and argumentative restraint. No interviews, platform dataset, or community-level findings are reported. The framework therefore supports the design of a future inquiry and teaching materials rather than establishing the effects of digital media on religious identity. Further research should combine consent-based documentation of local practice with analysis of the specific digital representations and reception contexts through which it is discussed.