ABSTRAK
Dalam setengah dekade terakhir, produksi karya sastra pekerja migran di Singapura berkembang pesat. Para pekerja migran tersebut berkumpul untuk menarasikan kisah melalui segi pandang mereka sendiri, bertekad untuk membentuk ulang narasi dominan mdash;yang cenderung negatif mdash;seputar pekerja migran. Beberapa peneliti telah mulai mempelajari karya sastra produksi pekerja migran. Namun, penelitian yang mereka lakukan hampir selalu terfokus pada karya sastra itu sendiri; belum ada peneliti yang mendiskusikan produksi karya sastra pekerja migran dalam kaitannya dengan kekuasaan negara. Penelitian ini berusaha memahami bagaimana penulis migran memosisikan diri mereka di tengah sistem semi-otoriter Republik Singapura. Melalui metode etnografi daring online ethnographic method , peneliti mengumpulkan data melalui wawancara-wawancara yang dilakukan dengan penulis migran terkemuka yang karyanya telah dicetak dan diterbitkan oleh penerbit lokal. Penulis-penulis migran tersebut meliputi Wina Indonesia , Fedelis Filipina , dan Hasan Banglades . Hasil penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa kesadaran kolektif dan politik para penulis migran dipicu oleh Migrant Worker Poetry Competition dan program-program pasca-acaranya yang diselenggarakan bersama Sing Lit Station. Dalam praktiknya, skema work permit untuk pekerja rumah tangga dan konstruksi bangunan menggeser kekuasaan dari pusat negara kepada para majikan; hal ini menciptakan efek pendisiplinan berganda terhadap para penulis migran. Sering kali, kondisi ini menimbulkan kekhawatiran bagi mereka. Akan tetapi, para penulis migran tersebut nyatanya dapat melakukan negosiasi terhadap kondisi ini. Faktor-faktor yang menentukan proses negosiasi tersebut meliputi: latar belakang pendidikan, kecakapan menggunakan perangkat sastra literary devices , dan kasus hukum yang pernah mereka alami.

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ABSTRACT
The last half a decade has seen the proliferation of migrant literary writings in Singapore. These migrant writers have banded together to narrate their stories through their own lens, determined to reshape the dominant mdash often negative mdash discourse surrounding migrant workers. Researchers have begun to study these literary writings. However, such researches are invariably centered on the literary works no one has discussed the production of migrant literary works with regards to State power. This research attempts to understand how migrant writers position themselves amidst the soft authoritarian system of Singapore Government. Using online ethnographic method, I gathered data from online interviews with three prominent migrant writers who have their literary works published and circulated by local publishers. These writers include Wina Indonesian , Fedelis Filipino , and Hasan Bangladeshi 1 . The results demonstrate that the migrant writers rsquo political and collective consciousness is raised, in large part, by Migrant Worker Poetry Competition and its post event programs put together in collaboration with Sing Lit Station. In practice, the existing work permit scheme for domestic and construction workers decenters power from the State to employers, creating multiple disciplining forces towards migrant writers. Often, this condition raises concerns among said workers. Nevertheless, some negotiation is enacted by these migrants. The factors determining the negotiation enacted by these writers include educational background, mastery of literary devices, and legal cases that they have had in the past. 1 The names Wina, Fedelis, and Hasan are not their real names