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Between the Past and the Possible: Bugis Identity in Motion
No full textThis study explores how the Bugis emerged as a distinct ethnic group by examining the historical, cultural, and social processes that shaped their collective identities. It further investigates the defining features of Bugis’ identity and how ethnic boundaries are constructed, maintained, and negotiated over time. The research were conducted inBugis diaspora areas in Pagatan, South Kalimantan and Jakarta, as well as in several Bugis regions in South Sulawesi—namely Barru, Pangkep, and Bulukumba Regencies—between April and September 2021. This study demonstrates that Bugis’s development as an ethnic group was exclusively connected to the Cina Kingdom in Sulawesi. The expansion of this local kingdom contributed to the formation and shaping ofthe Bugis identity in the ancient period. However, Bugis identity developed and transformed over time; from the tradition of La Galigo it became a Muslim society. In addition, migration and commercial culture helped construct their identity. Re-examining ethnic identity from a long-term historical perspective is important in order to move beyond cultural essentialism, which tends to ignore the shifts and changes as a result from cross-cultural encounters. Ethnic boundaries are not immutable, but are contextually deployed and relationally define
Second Lead Syndrome in The Reception of Romantic Relationships by Indonesian Female K-Drama Audiences
No full textThe Second Lead Syndrome, popular among Indonesian K-drama viewers, involves favoring the second lead over the main character in love triangles, sparking audience contestation. Start-Up (2020) is one of the K-dramas that sparked it and divided its audience into Nam Do-san Team and Han Ji-pyeong Team based on differences in audience views, so this descriptive qualitative research was conducted to describe Han Ji-pyeong Team's reception of romantic relationships in Start-Up. This research combines Hall's Reception Theory, the participatory audience concept, and Sternberg's Triangular Theory of Love. Research data was obtained through in-depth interviews with six informants representing Han Ji-pyeong Team.The findings indicate that the informants perceive the romantic relationships in dominant-hegemonic and negotiating positions. They support the second lead character, Ji-pyeong, by negotiating the romantic relationships shown. They acted on this reception by expressing emotions, preferences, and narrative interpretation on social media, driven by their preferences, identification, and parasocial relationships with the second lead. Their actions become a collective activity contributing to forming a popular culture, the second lead syndrome. This study explores audience reception of romantic relationships in K-dramas and their participation, setting an academic precedent for the second lead syndrome in Indonesian context
Expanding the Horizons of Indonesian Literary Criticism: A Review of Ruang-Ruang Kemungkinan dalam Kritik Sastra Akademik by Saeful Anwar
No full textThis book serves as a significant contribution to the discourse on literary criticism in Indonesia by effectively addressing the gaps left by existing critical works. One of its strengths lies in its balanced analysis, which considers both structure and content while engaging in a thorough dialectical exploration of internal and external elements. Anwar’s writing style stands out for its flexibility, benefiting from his unique perspective as both an academic and a literary author. This dual identity allows him to maintain intellectual rigor without succumbing to the constraints of overly formal academic language
Discursive Battle Over Belis: Online Debates on Bridewealth Tradition in Nusa Tenggara Timur
No full textThis study examines the discursive transformations and contested meanings of belis, a dowry tradition in East Nusa Tenggara, by analyzing how it is debated, redefined, and reinforced in digital spaces. Using Foucauldian Discourse Analysis, it interrogates the power relations, regimes of truth, and subject positions articulated in public discourse surrounding belis. Traditionally, belis served as a social contract symbolizing the union of two families through marriage and reinforcing communal bonds through the exchange of valuable items from the groom’s family to the bride’s. However, contemporary interpretations of belis have shifted under social, economic, and cultural transformations.. Drawing on data from YouTube broadcasts and user-generated comments, this research explores how digital platforms mediate public discourse on belis. The analysis reveals that online debates increasingly frame belis through the lens of economic logic and social prestige, often prioritizing material value over its metaphysical and symbolic significance. This discursive shift reflects a broader cultural reconfiguration in which traditional practices are questioned, redefined, or reinforced within digital spaces. Ultimately, the study argues that the transformation of belis illustrates how digital discourse contributes to the rearticulation of cultural meaning, exposing tensions between heritage and modernity, and between symbolic reciprocity and commodification
Community Initiative and Harmonizing: Key Strategies in Community-Based Tourism Development in Bejiharjo, Gunungkidul
No full textThis study examines the key strategies behind the success of community-based tourism in Bejiharjo Village, Gunung Kidul, Yogyakarta which has become a model of good practice compared to other less successful initiatives. Using a phenomenological approach, this study draws on two years of the researchers’ involvement in a local tourism development program. Through in-depth interviews and sustained engagement between 2022-2024, the research explores how the community articulated its aspirations and developped tourism strategies from the ground up. Findings shows that community initiative plays a critical role in encouraging the community to take ownership and lead tourism development. This challanges the assumption that community empowerment must be externally driven and highlights how meaningful local participation can lead to more sustainable and socially grounded outcomes. The study identifies six key strategies of community empowerment: (1) initiating, (2) networking, (3) mobilizing, (4) building trust, (5) protecting, and (6) harmonizing (integrating efforts for long-term sustainability). These findings provide insights for the government and stakeholders in tourism development to plan better programs resulting in more benefits for improving community welfare
Two Sides of Peer Support: A Qualitative Study on Peer Influence and Alcohol Consumption among Students at Universitas Negeri Makassar
No full textThis study aims to explore how social support and social relationships are perceived and experienced by university students who consume alcoholic beverages on campus, and how these factors relate to expressions of aggressiveness. The research is motivated by the growing concern over aggressive behaviors among students involved in alcohol consumption, as well as the limited number of studies that address this issue from a social and cultural perspective. Previous research has predominantly employed quantitative approaches or focused on individual psychological factors. To address this gap, the present study adopts a descriptive qualitative approach with an interpretivist orientation, aiming to uncover the meanings and lived experiences of students. Eight active students from the Gunungsari campus of Universitas Negeri Makassar were selected as participants using purposive sampling. Data were collected through in-depth interviews and analyzed using data condensation, data display, and conclusion drawing and verification. The findings reveal that forms of social support emotional, informational, and instrumental as well as social relationships characterized by cooperation, accommodation, and assimilation, shape how students interpret and respond to situations involving alcohol use and aggression. These results suggest that aggressive behavior is not solely an individual response but is deeply embedded in the surrounding social context. This study contributes to the literature on student behavior and mental health from a socio-cultural perspective, particularly within the context of higher education in Indonesia
Women’s Motivation in Utilizing Culture for Sustainable Economic Improvement at Desa Pesanggrahan
Full text linkWomen play a crucial role in driving advancements in the local economy in alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals. This research seeks to offer an unbiased understanding of women’s motivational levels, perspectives, and roles in Desa Pesanggrahan, Mojokerto, East Java, contributing to the development of their cultural landscape. This descriptive qualitative study utilized data collected from August to September 2023 through document reviews, interviews, and observations with female members of the Family Welfare Development (Pembinaan Kesejahteraan Keluarga [PKK]) in Desa Pesanggrahan organization in Desa Pesanggrahan. We employed Abraham Maslow's theory on the hierarchy of needs as a base for the analysis of this paper. The result of interviews with the locals, documentation, and observation carried out in the data collection of this research found that women in Desa Pesanggrahan still have low motivation based on Maslow’s theory. This affects their ability to generate innovative ideas and make independent decisions in the development of local culture. Women tend to select men as their leaders, as they often lack the confidence to assume leadership roles in the village. Their role in developing their cultural products in the village is overshadowed by the men of the village
Farming While Aging: Reasons and Strategies for Maintaining Family Farming in Parbotihan Village, North Sumatera
Full text linkOne of the challenges for farming sustainability and food security into the future is the aging of farmers. The reluctance of youth to work in farming and their choice to migrate to urban areas has resulted in a scarcity of productive workers in rural areas. As a result, farming production relies on aging farmers. The implications of this condition not only have an impact on decreasing farming productivity but also to the family farming sustainability and threats of food security in the future. Apart from the impact on decreased production, it is important to see how aging farmers overcome their limited capabilities by rely on farming as a source of their daily needs. This research aimed to explain the impact of migration of rural youth for family farming’s sustainability and what strategies that aging farmer carried out to maintain their farm when they become the main actors in farming. This research was conducted on rice farmers in the village of Parbotihan, North Sumatra using qualitative methods and data collection techniques through observation and in-depth interviews. The findings in this study are that the reluctance of rural youth to work in farming is influenced by society’s negative view of farming. This negative view encourages rural youth migrate to urban areas and leave their family farming for their parents who have limited capabilities yet still fulfil their needs. In the end, farmers made efforts to overcome their limitations in several ways, such as setting a more flexible planting schedule, choosing the type of crop, and maintaining the season once a year
Saparuik and Moknehi: Kinship-based Tensions in Care for Older People
No full textThis article provides information on a comparison of elderly care systems in two regions in Indonesia with different ethnicities and cultures, namely the Minangkabau in West Sumatra and the Abui of Alor. This article shows how the saparuik kinship in the Minangkabau community which is matrilineal with different customary constellations and how the patrilineal moknehi kinship in the Abui community takes care of elderly women. This paper explains the influence of caregivers’ life journey on their burdens of life. The burden of life perceived by caregivers arises from various factors. Among the various influencing factors are emotions, economy, knowledge, kinship and the right to manage inheritance. Kinship is a form of reciprocal relationship between various elements in both Minangkabau and Abui societies. In the Minangkabau ethnic group, the smallest kinship system in society is called saparuik kinship (Minang language), while the smallest kinship system in Abui is called moknehi (Abui language) which means “brother”. Paruik can be interpreted as “stomach”. While the word moknehi, which has variants in Abui such as muknehi, mokneng and motneng, likely derives from words moku “child” and neng “male”, whose meaning is equivalent to “brother, sibling”. Literally, saparuik are people who come from the same stomach or mother, while moknehi refers to people who come from the same mother and or father. People who are in saparuik are people who come from the same grandmother, while moknehi are male brothers who come from the same grandfather, who then develop into several extended families. Both extended families in paruik or moknehi consist of several nuclear families. Likewise, saparuik and moknehi consist of several extended families. The extended family in saparuik is formed in one grandmother (not a literal grandmother, the grandmother in this case is the mother of the grandmother or the grandmother of the grandmother), in one “rumah gadang”, and sharing inheritance. Otherwise, moknehi are not only formed in one grandfather, but also male great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather (male great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather in this case are father of grandfather and grandfather of grandfather), in one clan, and sharing inheritanc
Entrusting Children to Grandmothers: Exploring Care Dynamics through Multiple Roles of Women in Eastern Indonesia
No full textThis paper investigates the practice of entrusting children to relatives in Alor Tengah Utara, Alor Regency. It highlights the socio-economic factors compelling parents to work away from home. Often, this leads to parents leaving their children in the care of their grandparents. Despite the stagnant economic growth in Alor regency, many young individuals migrate in search of better opportunities, creating a dynamic where women, particularly grandmothers, become “double mothers” by caring for both their own and entrusted children. Conducted from June 2021 to July 2022, this ethnographic study reveals the challenges and economic vulnerabilities these households face, exacerbated by the inadequate intergenerational care provided by ageing grandmothers or inexperienced young female relatives. The findings highlight the need for more equitable caregiving arrangements and support for these families, shedding light on a practice deeply rooted in being a cultural responsibility yet fraught with economic and emotional complexities