Author Guidelines

Kawalu: Journal of Local Culture, established in 2014, is a bilingual (English and Indonesian) peer-reviewed journal focusing on Indonesian local cultures, with a broader interest in cultural studies from around the world. The primary goal of the journal is to offer readers deeper insights into local cultures, their dynamics, and current developments through the publication of scholarly articles, research reports, and book reviews.

The journal welcomes submissions from scholars and experts across various disciplines, including anthropology, the humanities, and social sciences. Manuscripts must be original, research-based, unpublished, and not under consideration by other journals. All submissions undergo review by the editors, the editorial board, and blind peer reviewers. Papers that do not adhere to the journal's formatting or length guidelines will be rejected without review.

Manuscripts must be written in English and should be between 9,000 and 10,000 words in length, including all text, tables, figures, notes, references, and appendices. Each submission must also include a 150-word abstract and five keywords. Any quotations, terms, or phrases in local or foreign languages should be translated into English. Kawalu accepts only electronic submissions, and authors are required to log in to the journal's submission system before uploading their manuscripts.

 

Formatting Guidelines

  1. The entire manuscript should be typed in one-and-a-half spacing on A4-sized paper, with margins of at least 2.5 cm on all sides.
  2. Use Goudy Old Style font, size 12.
  3. References should be typed with one-and-a-half spacing on a separate sheet.
  4. Use endnotes, not footnotes.
  5. Pages should be numbered consecutively throughout.
  6. British spelling is preferred for submissions to Kawalu: Journal of Local Culture. However, British spelling may be used if consistency is maintained throughout the text. When writing in Indonesian, refer to the Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia.

 

Starting from 2024, Kawalu uses APA formatting guidelines.

Books

In-Text Citation:

Paraphrasing: The role of Islam in shaping Indonesian politics has been significant since independence (Ricklefs, 2001).

Quotation: "Indonesian Islam has undergone significant transformations from the colonial era to the modern day" (Ricklefs, 2001, p. 103).

Reference: Ricklefs, M. C. (2001). A history of modern Indonesia since c. 1200. Palgrave Macmillan.

 

Journal Articles

In-Text Citation:

Paraphrasing: The transformation of religious practices in Indonesian communities reveals the strong connection between religion and political change (Beatty, 1999).

Quotation: "The influence of religion in Indonesian politics has grown, particularly in rural Java" (Beatty, 1999, p. 324).

Reference: Beatty, A. (1999). Varieties of Javanese religion: An anthropological account. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 30 (2), 321–331. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022463400013411

 

Book Chapter in an Edited Volume

In-Text Citation:

Paraphrasing: Traditional practices in Indonesia are increasingly influenced by global processes (Schiller, 1994).

Quotation: "Globalisation has both eroded and transformed local cultural practices in Southeast Asia" (Schiller, 1994, p. 78).

Reference: Schiller, J. (1994). Global transformations and the shaping of local cultures. In D. R. Mitchell & C. Henry (Eds.), Cultural dynamics in Southeast Asia (pp. 66–85). Oxford University Press.

 

Dissertations

In-Text Citation

Paraphrasing: The role of adat (customary law) remains critical in Indonesian rural areas, particularly in resolving local disputes (Syafrizal, 2013).

Quotation: "Adat remains a powerful force in rural Indonesia, shaping both personal identity and communal governance" (Syafrizal, 2013, p. 55).

Reference: Syafrizal, M. (2013). Adat and the politics of identity in rural Indonesia (Doctoral dissertation, University of Indonesia). University of Indonesia Press.

 

Newspaper Articles

In-Text Citation: Paraphrasing: Recent laws regulating religious freedom in Indonesia have sparked widespread debate (The Jakarta Post, 2022).

Reference: The Jakarta Post. (2022, June 15). Indonesia debates religious freedom law. The Jakarta Post. https://www.thejakartapost.com

 

Website

In-Text Citation, paraphrasing: New regulations are set to improve the standard of living in rural Indonesian communities (Ministry of Rural Development, 2023).

Reference: Ministry of Rural Development. (2023, August 21). New initiatives for rural communities. https://www.ruraldevelopment.go.id/new-initiatives

 

Citing Secondary Sources

If you are citing a source cited in another work, use the following format:

In-Text Citation: Raden Kartini’s letters from colonial Indonesia highlight the struggles faced by women (Kartini, 1904, as cited in Blackburn, 2004).

Reference: Blackburn, S. (2004). Women and the state in modern Indonesia. Cambridge University Press.

 

APA Style for Long Quotations

If a quotation is 40 words or more, use a block quotation:

Indent the entire block of text 0.5 inches from the left margin. Omit quotation marks. Example:

Geertz’s (1976) view on culture offers a unique lens:

Culture is not a power, something to which social events, behaviours, institutions, or processes can be causally attributed; it is a context, something within which they can be intelligibly—that is, thickly—described. (p. 14)