Konstruksi Masyarakat Peribumi dalam Sejarah Alam Melayu Penggal I: Analisis Historiografi Awal Malaysia (The Construction of Indigenous Society in Sejarah Alam Melayu Volume 1: An Analysis of Early Malaysian Historiography)

Siti Zahrah Mahfood, Rabaah Rabaah Abdullah, Norsaliza Mohd.Shuhaini, Ahmad Zainudin Husin, Sharan Syahmi Sharif

Abstract


ABSTRAK


Penghasilan karya sejarah moden di Tanah Melayu bermula sekitar pertengahan tahun 1920- an bertepatan dengan peranan penting Sultan Idris Training College (SITC) sebagai pemangkin kelahiran guru terlatih Melayu. Dalam konteks ini, Sejarah Alam Melayu (1925) oleh Abdul Hadi Hasan muncul sebagai salah satu karya perintis penulis tempatan. Meskipun signifikan, kebanyakan kajian terdahulu sering terikat pada analisis teknikal dan struktur penulisan, manakala penggambaran dan naratif masyarakat peribumi dalam karya ini masih kurang mendapat perhatian yang sewajarnya. Oleh itu, kajian ini bertujuan untuk meneliti secara mendalam penggambaran masyarakat peribumi dalam Sejarah Alam Melayu melalui pendekatan analisis perbandingan dengan karya-karya sezamannya. Kajian ini menggunakan kaedah kualitatif Sejarah dengan menumpukan kepada sumber primer dan aplikasi analisis tekstual bagi menelusuri perubahan tema, gaya, dan perspektif naratif peribumi dalam konteks historiografi tempatan. Dapatan utama menunjukkan bahawa Sejarah Alam Melayu mencetuskan perubahan signifikan dalam cara masyarakat peribumi digambarkan. Karya ini berjaya menonjolkan suara dan perspektif tempatan yang inklusif dan berwawasan Nusantara, berbeza dengan naratif kolonial yang mendominasi era tersebut. Kajian ini bukan sahaja memperkayakan korpus historiografi Malaysia, tetapi turut membuka ruang baharu untuk penelitian lanjut terhadap siri Sejarah Alam Melayu dan sumbangannya yang tidak ternilai dalam pembentukan kesedaran sejarah nasional awal.


Kata kunci: Historiografi; Alam Melayu; Masyarakat Peribumi; Abdul Hadi Hasan; SITC.


ABSTRACT


The production of modern historical text in Malaya emerged around the mid-1920s, coinciding with the pivotal role of Sultan Idris Training College (SITC) as a catalyst in producing welltrained Malay teachers. In this context, the Sejarah Alam Melayu by Abdul Hadi emerged as one of the pioneering works by a local author. Despite its significance, most previous studies have focused on technical and structural analysis, while the portrayal and narrative of indigenous communities in these works have received insufficient attention. Therefore, this study aims to examine in depth the portrayal of indigenous peoples in the Sejarah Alam Melayu through a comparative analysis with other works produced during the same period. Employing a qualitative historical approach, this study focuses on primary sources and applies textual analysis to trace changes in theme, style and perspective of indigenous narrative within the context of local historiography. The main findings indicate that the Sejarah Alam Melayu brought about significant changes in the depiction of indigenous peoples. This work succeeds in highlighting local voices and perspectives with a Nusantara wide inclusivity and vision, contrasting sharply with the colonial narratives that dominated the period. This study not only enriches the corpus of Malaysian historiography but also opens new avenues for further indepth research on the Sejarah Alam Melayu series and its invaluable contribution to the formation of early national historical consciousness.


Keywords: Historiography; Malay world; indigenous community; Abdul Hadi Hasan; SITC.


Keywords


Kata kunci: Historiografi; Alam Melayu; Masyarakat Peribumi; Abdul Hadi Hasan; SITC.

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