https://jds.unand.ac.id/index.php/jds/issue/feed 2026-05-10T20:29:01+07:00 Handoko handoko@hum.unand.ac.id Open Journal Systems <p>The Journal of Digital Sociohumanities is a forward-thinking interdisciplinary platform dedicated to exploring the intricate connections between digital technologies and various sociohumanistic domains. Our primary focus is on investigating the transformative impact of the digital era across a broad spectrum of disciplines, including but not limited to digital culture and society, communication and media, education and learning, ethics and privacy, arts and humanities, health and well-being, law and governance, business, and philosophy. We are committed to shedding light on the multifaceted implications of digitalization, addressing both challenges and opportunities within these domains. Through our inclusive approach, we encourage researchers, scholars, and practitioners to contribute high-quality, original research articles, reviews, and critical discussions that deepen our understanding of the dynamic interplay between digital technologies and the complex fabric of human society.</p> https://jds.unand.ac.id/index.php/jds/article/view/41 2026-04-25T08:22:56+07:00 Sumudu Nisala Embogama sumudu.e@vpa.ac.lk

<p>This multimodal phenomenological study investigates the lived experiences of low-proficiency ESL undergraduates’ emotional, cognitive, and metacognitive responses during human versus AI chatbot-partnered spoken interactions using the target language of the learners, i.e., English. A multimodal visual analysis approach, grounded in thematic coding, supported the analysis of participant drawings, and the data from the semi-structured focus group discussions were thematically analyzed. The findings reveal a significantly positive response to including voice-enabled AI-chatbots as potential L2 speaking partners due to their non-judgmental, uncritical, accommodating, and facilitative potential, drastically reducing Foreign Language Anxiety (FLA), cognitive overload, fear of making mistakes, being judged, and ridiculed, all of which were present during their spoken interactions in English with a proficient speaker. Situated in a postcolonial context, the implications of reticence in speaking English yield significant findings that highlight nuanced, problematic, and ideologically and socially laden implications as they unravel the internalized power asymmetries and linguistic marginalization rooted in unwarranted colonial legacies. The study’s major contribution lies in its depiction of the underrepresented postcolonial perspectives of linguistically disempowered individuals during their L2 speaking skills development. While reflecting on the potential of AI as an enabling resource for supporting the development of spoken English among beginner-level adult ESL learners, this study also draws attention to the structural inequalities within a postcolonial community that should be addressed with the understanding that AI alone cannot mitigate reticence in English speaking.</p>

2026-05-10T00:00:00+07:00 Copyright (c) 2026 Sumudu Nisala Embogama https://jds.unand.ac.id/index.php/jds/article/view/45 2026-05-10T20:29:01+07:00 Khansaa Mohammed Cherif khansaa.mohammedcherif@phd.uni-pannon.hu

<p>Algeria faces increasing environmental pressures associated with desertification, water scarcity, climate change, and hydrocarbon dependent development. At the same time, environmental debates in the country are shaped by competing discourses concerning nature, development, and sovereignty. This study examines how environmental meanings are constructed and contested within Algerian environmental discourse through the interaction between traditional ecological knowledge, state developmental narratives, and contemporary environmental activism. The study adopts a qualitative discourse analytical approach grounded in the post structural discourse theory of Laclau and Mouffe. The analysis is based on a purposively selected corpus consisting of policy documents, academic studies, environmental reports, and media and activist texts related to anti-fracking mobilizations in southern Algeria. The findings reveal that traditional ecological systems such as foggaras and ghout oasis agriculture articulate environmental stewardship through communal governance, ecological adaptation, and sustainable resource management. In contrast, post-independence developmental discourse frames natural resources primarily as instruments of industrial modernization and national sovereignty. The study further demonstrates that contemporary environmental activism challenges this extractivist model by linking environmental protection with democratic participation, social justice, and cultural identity. Environmental discourse in Algeria, therefore, emerges as a field of political and ideological contestation in which competing actors attempt to define legitimate models of development and sustainability. The study contributes to environmental discourse scholarship by demonstrating how ecological debates in North Africa are deeply connected to historical memory, political authority, and struggles over resource governance. The findings further suggest that sustainable environmental governance in Algeria requires greater recognition of local ecological knowledge and more participatory approaches to environmental decision-making.</p>

2026-05-31T00:00:00+07:00 Copyright (c) 2026 Khansaa Mohammed Cherif