Learning by Laughing: The Use of Ethnic Humor in Increasing Students Multicultural Awareness in Indonesia Surahmat
Universitas Gadjah Mada
Abstract
This study examines the effectiveness of using ethnic humor in increasing students multicultural awareness. As a form of discourse, humor possesses a distinctive textual property that it eventually becomes understandable and pleasurable. Also, the process of humor appreciation entails a solitary cognitive function so that it is effectively utilized to socialize certain values. Ethnic humor can increase students multicultural awareness in fun instead of dogmatic ways. This research method was literary review. Data were collected from two scientific article indexing databases. The results point out that ethnic humor can improve students knowledge about the cultural diversity of the Indonesian nation, which is an advantageous basis for building students^ multicultural awareness. Ethnic humor cannot stand alone since its values adaptation gets impacted by the life experiences of students and the support of the surrounding environment.
