Apa yang dihur ai dan dibincang t adi bukanlah suat u w acana yang exhaust ive m engenai ilm u kolonial, yang kini begit u luas pengar uhnya, sam a ada disedar i at au t idak, dalam sist em pendidikan kit a, khasnya dalam pengaj ian kem asyar akat an dan kem anusiaan di selur uh dunia. Yang lebih pent ing bagaim ana ianya m em bent uk t r aj ekt or i bar u sej ar ah int elekt ual m asyar akat bekas j aj ahan seper t i Malaysia. Yang m am pu dihidangkan dalam t ulisan ringk as ini cum alah sedik it lat arbelak ang m engenai sej ar ah idea ser t a per kem bangannya. Geneologi idea dan hist oris ini cuk up pent ing unt uk m em ast ik an kit a t idak t er per angkap dengan kekelir uan yang cukup gaw at dalam usaha kit a m em aham i ilm u k olonial dan pengaplik asianny a di Malay sia.
Kesan paling m endalam yang kit a t idak lagi r asakan secar a sedar adalah t er hadap at au dalam sist em pendidik an kit a sekar ang, khususnya dar i segi sum ber bacaan yang kit a gunakan pada per ingkat sekolah m enengah dan pengaj ian t inggi yang m asih bergant ung k epada t ulisan- t ulisan ‘k lasik ’ y ang t elah dit ulis oleh pegaw ai k olonial sepert i Winst edt , Wilk inson dan Sw et t enham . Kit a t idak nafikan t ent ang t ingginya k ualit i t ulisan berk enaan at au m enghakim sum bangan ber kenaan, baik- bur uknya, dar i segi m or al. Yang pent ing t ulisan ber kenaan t et ap m er upakan ilm u kolonial yang cukup ber pengar uh dalam per kem bangan sej ar ah int elekt ual kit a, yang t er us m ener us m enghayat i pr oses per cam bahan idea, penulisan dan pengkar yaan seni kit a.
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Abou t KI TA
The I nst it ut e of Et hnic St udies ( KI TA) w as officially est ablished on Oct ober 8t h, 2007 by Univ er sit i Kebangsaan Malay sia ( UKM) t o under t ak e academ ic r esear ch on subj ect s per t aining t o et hnic st udies in Malay sia. This r esear ch inst it ut e is ‘only one of it s k ind’ in Malay sia, focusing specifically on ‘et hnic st udies’ w it h t hem at ic st udies or ient at ion. The I nst it ut e em er ged out of t he need t o m aint ain at hom e t he pr esent peaceful int er - and int r a- et hnic exist ence against w or ldw ide pr oblem at ic, and som et im es violent et hnic sit uat ions.
Or ganisat ionally , KI TA has five r esear ch clust er s, each being led by a pr om inent scholar or a highly exper ienced pr ofessional per son. The five r esear ch clust er s ar e: Social Theor y and Et hnic St udies; Et hnicit y and Religion; Et hnicit y at Wor kplace; Et hnicit y and Consum er ism , and The Ar t s and Social I nt egr at ion. KI TA’s post gr aduat e pr ogr am ( PhD and Mast er s) w as launched in Decem ber 2009.
M e n ge n a i KI TA
I nst it ut Kaj ian Et nik ( KI TA) dit ubuhkan secar a r asm i oleh Univ er sit i Kebangsaan Malaysia pada 8 Okt ober 2007. KI TA m er upak an sat u- sat uny a inst it ut peny elidik an di Malay sia yang m em ber i t um puan sepenuhnya kepada segala kaj ian ber k ait an dengan ‘et nik ’ dan ‘et nisit i’.
Dar i segi or ganisasi, KI TA m em punyai lim a r um pun penyelidik an. Set iap sat u r um pun diket uai oleh seor ang sar j ana at au ahli pr ofesional yang m em punyai r ekod pr est asi cem er lang. Lim a r um pun penyelidik an ber kenaan adalah: Teor i Sosial dan Kaj ian Et nik; Et nisit i dan Agam a; Et nisit i di Tem pat Ker j a; Et nisit i dan Konsum er ism e; dan Kesenian dan I nt egr asi Sosial. Mulai Disem ber 2009, KI TA m enaw ar kan pr ogr am sisw azah ( PhD dan Sar j ana) .