ISIS NETWORK AND WOMEN TERRORISM IN INDONESIA: AN ANALYSIS FROM ACTOR-NETWORK THEORY

JIBRANI, MEILISA (2024) ISIS NETWORK AND WOMEN TERRORISM IN INDONESIA: AN ANALYSIS FROM ACTOR-NETWORK THEORY. Journal of Social and Political Sciences (jsp109). pp. 1-24. ISSN 2615-3718

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Abstract

This article examines how the ISIS network might encourage women's involvement in Indonesian terrorist
activities starting in 2016. This study adopts a qualitative method through the Actor-Network Theory (ANT)
analysis tool that Bruno Latour and Michael Callon developed. ANT is used to dissect networks composed of
both human and non-human actors. Primary data collection was conducted through in-depth interviews from
June to July 2023 with three female former ISIS sympathizers directly involved in the network from 2016 to
2021. Through this study, it was found that women who became ISIS sympathizers experienced translational
stages in the network consisting of moments of problematization, interessement, enrollment, and mobilization.
Nevertheless, the translational stages experienced by the three women varied. One of the three experienced a
perfect translational moment up to mobilization and volunteered to blow herself up in 2016. The other two failed
to reach the fourth translational moment due to the intervention of the authorities. On the other hand, it was also
found that social media such as Facebook, Telegram, and WhatsApp is not only a tool but also has agency in
binding women to the network and leading them to be involved in acts of terrorism. Social media can become a
space for intermediaries to stabilize the network and keep each actor in it firmly bound.
Keywords: ISIS Network, Women Terrorism, Actor-Network Theory, Social Media, Technology

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	ISIS Network, Women Terrorism, Actor-Network Theory, Social Media, Technology
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences
Depositing User:	Eko Yuli
Date Deposited:	04 Jun 2024 02:12
Last Modified:	04 Jun 2024 02:12
URI:	http://eprints.upnyk.ac.id/id/eprint/39607

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