Community of Blind Writers in Indonesia: An Appreciative Perspective

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10.2991/978-2-38476-152-4_13How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Writing Community; Disability; Blindness; Motivation

Abstract

The study of contextual writing is currently the concern of various parties, one of which is related to the writing community. In this regard, this article aims to explore the Indonesian blind writing community. The method used in this study is qualitative because the researcher focuses more on narrative data. Respondents in this study amounted to 101 respondents who are members of the Indonesian blind writing community, with a distribution of 45.5% male and 55.5% female. Data collection techniques were carried out using two models, namely interviews and questionnaires. Data analysis techniques used identification, classification, reduction, exposure, verification, and finalization stages. The research results show that first, the community of blind writers is a community of blind writers that is still new but has members spread across various regions, starting from East Java, Central Java, West Java, Papua, Sumatra, and Kalimantan. This shows that this community is categorized as in demand by friends from all over the country. Second, the Indonesian blind writing community is a writing community that is still new among the blind. Even so, their interest and motivation in writing are categorized as high. Until now, they, as a writing community, have produced writings that have been published in the mass media as well as books that have been published nationally.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Anas Ahmadi
AU  - Bambang Yulianto
AU  - Kisyani Kisyani
AU  - Siti I. Savira
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/12/19
TI  - Community of Blind Writers in Indonesia: An Appreciative Perspective
BT  - Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Arts and Humanities 2023 (IJCAH 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 145
EP  - 151
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-152-4_13
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-152-4_13
ID  - Ahmadi2023
ER  -