Research Note

Digital mediation of cultural pluralism in a minority Islamic school in Hindu-majority Bali, Indonesia

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ID19477238
AuthorsSyarof Nursyah Ismail (0009-0005-3168-4745, STAI Denpasar Bali, corresponding author), Haris Nursyah Arifin (0009-0001-1377-6380, STAI Denpasar Bali)
Year2026
Pages1-7
Publication date2026-06-17
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Intercultural studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0952-391X • E-ISSN: 1469-8439
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14675986.2026.2690868
OpenAlexW7165013561
LanguageEN
References cited12

This Research Note examines how one Islamic school (madrasah) in Hindu-majority Bali, Indonesia employs digital platforms – Google Classroom, YouTube, Instagram, and Zoom – to mediate intercultural coexistence between Islamic and Balinese Hindu cultural values. Drawing on qualitative interviews with five key stakeholders and grounded in Allport’s Contact Theory, the study identifies four findings: digital platforms function as mediators of cultural convergence through pedagogical reframing of shared values such as gotong royong; intercultural coexistence is co-constructed across digital and physical spaces; religious leadership provides normative scaffolding for culturally sensitive digital integration; and digital mediation is constrained by the digital divide, misinformation risks, and uneven teacher capacity. Theoretically, the study extends Contact Theory to digitally mediated educational contexts through the concept of the ‘digital contact zone’, contributing to frameworks for digital intercultural pedagogy in minority-majority religious settings

Cognitive reframing · Cultural diversity · Cultural pluralism · Grounded theory · Intercultural communication · Islam · Mediation · Multiculturalism · Normative · Asian Studies and History · Islamic Studies and Radicalism · Multicultural Education and Local Wisdom

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