Cultural Communication Practices Paper Proposal I would like to look into the culture of the Indonesian. The reason for choosing the Indonesian culture is because I realized that it is the country that I know the least about when it comes to South-east Asian countries, and I want to explore more about their ways of life. I want to expand my knowledge on their daily lifestyle, their ideology as a nation, and their beliefs. I believe these three points to be the most important aspects of any country cultural foundations. Daily lifestyle like people behavior, eating habits, working etiquette, etc. Gives you surface understanding of the country. A country ideology usually ties with politics and historical events and contexts that shape or heavily impact on their lifestyle, which will give you a deeper understanding of the country. A country belief system is also a crucial element because it not only impacts the country ideology but also their daily lifestyle as well and vice versa. Last Name 2 Reference Azmil Abidah (2020, April 1). The Impact of Covid-19 to Indonesian Education and Its Relation to the Philosophy of “Merdeka Belajar”. From: https://media.neliti.com/media/publications/316626-the-impact-of-covid-19-toindonesian-edu-df1bb916.pdf This article talks about how the Indonesian deal with their educational problem in the time of the COVID 19 pandemic. How they incorporate their Merdeka Belajar ideology to their daily life and school life to minimize and solve the impact of the pandemic on their educational crisis. Furthermore, the article also goes in depth on the Digital Learning in Indonesia to Face Covid-19 by exploring many methods like Smart Class, Sekolahmu, Zenius, Google Indonesia, Microsoft, etc. Commisceo Global Consulting Ltd. (2020, January 1) Indonesia - Language, Culture, Customs and Etiquette. Retrieved from https://commisceo-global.com/resources/country-guides/Indonesia-guide This article provides number of key areas including language, religion and beliefs culture, social etiquette, customs Business culture and etiquette, etc. This article gives surface understanding of the country, and I will be using it in the daily lifestyle section in my paper. Mcdaniel (2015, June). Indonesia, modernity and some problems of religious adaptation. From https://www.researchgate.net/publication/ 282465621_Indonesia_modernity_and_some_problems_of_religious_adaptation This article discusses the challenges of adaptation for Indonesian religion. It describes the ways that the major Indonesian religions have changed to fit in with the time in Indonesia. It also look into the traditional Ideology of “faith and works” in Indonesia, and the concerns used to balance modernization and religious freedom. Diah Wulandari (2000). Empowerment perspective in Indonesian culture. From: https://jurnal.ugm.ac.id/jieb/article/view/39143/22200 This article discusses, uncertainty avoidance, masculinity versus femininity, collectivism versus individualism, and the power distance of the Indonesian culture and how its impact the practices of empowerment in the working environment in their organizations. However, the type of job carried out by staff members and their position or level in the organizations influenced the degree of empowerment.