• Authors: Adi H. Mohammad
• From: Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, MALAYSIA

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The flood disaster that took place in Batu Pahat (2013) has drawn a significant public attention as the natural disaster affected large areas and required much effort to restore the original conditions. As a main institution of higher education in Batu Pahat, it is the social responsibility of Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) to assist flood victims, especially by providing manpower for the humanitarian mission. One of the voluntary bodies under Malaysia National Disaster Management Agency (NADMA) is SISPA, which is a part of the University?s extra-curricular units. This article discusses the positive impact of involving university students in humanitarian mission, specifically related to this flood disaster. The impact is based on two aspects, namely the social aspect and selfdevelopment aspect. The social aspect involves the contribution towards the flood victims, and the self-development aspect for the students? soft skills cultivation. The discussion covers three main activities of the mission: general restoration, disaster relief supply distribution and post traumatic psychological support for young flood victims. In general, both flood victims and UTHM students have benefited from the humanitarian mission as discussed in this article. The mission helped to alleviate the flood victims? physical and psychological needs, and facilitated a more efficient restoration process of the affected areas. On the other hand, the students who gave a helping hand via SISPA gained various experience and social skills, grooming them to be more socially responsible adults and be prepared for any voluntary public services whenever required. read more

• Author: Arifah Rahmawati
• from : Center for Security and Peace Studies Universitas Gadjah Mada

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This paper presents an example how gender function as a resource in peace-building and femininity in specific way becomes productive for peace. It supports the argument that the peace-building process is an important element of social engineering and the creation of gender equality (Gizelis 2009). The women in Poka of Ambon Maluku created community identity  the ‘Poka-ness’ to strengthen women’s capacities as peace-builders. Their success in peace-building resulted in them receiving greater trust and respect from the men and youths of Poka, which has led to greater gender equality. This paper finds that women’s strength in peace-building is not only found in their capacity as mothers and as caregivers for the community’s social life (Ruddick 1983; Cohn dan Jacobson 2012) but also in their identities and relations as members of their villages; these identities and bonds reinforce women’s capacity and motherly natures. Identity has a strong influence on women?s unity and helps mobilize them to ensure the security and peace of their families and the community. It shows that identity is an essential element of one’s understanding of one’s self and connections with other individuals as well as one’s community, one which is very real and powerful because it is connected to emotions (Fisher 2000). The data used in this paper is part of the data from a research project on “The Gender Dimension of Social Conflicts, Armed Violence and Peacebuilding” by a team of researchers from Geneva, Indonesia and Nigeria. The research in Maluku was carried out on November-December 2014 and January 2015. The research project is funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. read more

• Authors: Dati Fatimah
• From: Faculty of Cultural Sciences, Universitas Gadjah Mada

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This article aims to examine the gender-based agency at work in a peasant movement in Wongsorejo. Banyuwangi. This movement, which began after the fall of the Soeharto regime, is reclaiming peasants’ rights over land which was seized by a private company. Initially,men took action on initiating this movement, which is connected to other peasant movements in several parts of Java. Men alsoacted as leaders of the movement, including in determining agendas. They took risky yet masculine political actions, and some ended up being sentencedby the courts. However, there are also narratives which indicate that women have actually contributed significantly to the movement. They have efficiently mobilized mass support for political demonstrations,committed espionage on the company, and informally been involvedin the movement’s agenda discussions. They are the ones who perform daily acts of resistance, such as silently disturbing the company?s activities, protecting male activists targeted by the company, and bravely acting as witnessesduring the court process for activist kidnapping cases. However, women?s contributionsare often neglected and invisible, as many people only lookat formal political processes. This article will answerthe question of how, and in what condition, gendered agency has been part of the peasant movement to reclaim land rights. read more

• Authors: Armaidy Armawi
• From: National Resilience, Graduate School of Universitas Gadjah Mada

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Indonesian majority people are Muslim or Islamic followers. Halal problem phenomenon in a Muslim country is common problem; however it is still interesting to be studied further, especially about the society’s behavior to choose food products with halal label. It is interesting to study its effect on food products competitiveness in the market. It will affect business resilience of the food products seller. The establishing of business resilience needs to be analyzed further relate to halal labeling and certification on food product and its relation with the product?s competitiveness. The research is using field research to describe society’s phenomenon in choosing food products base of the halal label enclosed on the food products in Surakarta, and also halal labeling and certification of food products from Surakarta MUI and the business resilience of the food seller. The research result is relation to the eight important points of halal labeling and certification process namely halal certification requirements and join SJH (Sistem Jaminan Halal) training held by MUI, applying SJH, preparing halal certification documents, registering halal certification (upload data), monitoring post-audit and paying the certification; auditing, gaining halal certification. The effect of halal labeling and certification relating to consumer’s interest on food products is in time will imply food seller’s business resilience in Surakarta. read more

• Authors: Slamet Suprayogi
• From: Department of Environmental Geography, UGM

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Infiltration wells have been widely applied in urban areas to control runoff so that flooding can be reduced or even prevented. Rain water falling in the roof or impervious object forms overland flow infiltrate into the infiltration wells. Overland flow contains some sediments and chemicals that may enter into the infiltration wells and deposited in the wells. Therefore, it can reduce the effectiveness of the infiltration wells. This study aims to analyze the characteristics of sediment carried by overland flow and its influence on the effectiveness of infiltration wells in sub-urban area. This research was conducted in Sub-Urban dense with housing. A total of 19 infiltration wells have been observed and sediment in those wells were collected and analyzed to study the sediment characteristics. Grains size of the sediment was analyzed in the laboratory. This study shows that the sediments deposited in the infiltration wells mostly classified as loam to sand. Of the 19 wells which were studied, most of them have been filled with sediment over a third of its depth that occurred during the period of 2010-2016. Based on the grain size characteristics, it could be concluded that sediment originated from the surrounding yard area and some of them as a results of Mt. Merapi eruption in 2010 and Mt. Kelud in 2014. Infiltration wells that collect overland flow from the roof tend to have the finer sediment than those collect overland flow from road and yards. They also have a thicker sediment layer. Therefore, infiltration wells that collect water from the roof is more effective than infiltration wells that collect water from roads. read more

• Authors: Mesalia Kriska
• From: Development Communication and Extension, Graduate School, Universitas Gadjah Mada

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Presidential Instruction number 9 year 2000 stated that every development program that held in Indonesia must approach with gender issue between man and women in that program. That?s why this research aims to know about social participation by gender in the empowerment of local food community in Tempel Sub-District, Sleman Regency. Research method that is used was qualitative methods with case study approach. This research held in Mororejo Village, Tempel Sub-District. This location selected purposively because that village is the only one village which has the group of local food empowerment. Data gathered by observation, interview, and documentation. The results showed that women dominated in every empower activity, such as training of local food processing, arisan, local food contest, and products manufacture in home. Man only participated in heavy work such as harvesting cassava and accompanies his spouse to shop other ingredients in traditional market, also helps them to market the product. Those empowerment activities holds to give another alternative in local food processing that have a higher price to give supplementary income for their family. read more

• Authors: Djati Mardiatno
• From: Magister of Geo-Information for Spatial Planning and Disaster Risk Management, Graduate School of Universitas Gadjah Mada

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Landscape of Kulon Progo coastal area is very attractive with abundance natural resources and adequate accessibility. On the other hand, this landscape provides a challenge for the new airport development planning. This area is composed by mountains, hills, coastal areas, and flood plains which potentially results in various hazards. All potential hazards may become disaster that could potentially lead to damage and loss to various vital infrastructure and vulnerable elements. An integrative and comprehensive study regarding multi-hazards that may occur is necessary. Development planning should be integrated with disaster risk assessments, so the research on multi-hazards in the site plan of the new airport of Yogyakarta is very important. This research has three main goals: 1) to identify the relationship between landscape characteristics with the potential hazards that may exist, 2) to identify the type of hazards in each unit of landforms in the study area, 3) to identify the potential multi-hazards in the study area. This research used survey method, i.e. by landform analysis through image interpretation and compilation of supporting data to generate a multi-hazards map. The preliminary finding of this research indicated that landscape has a specific characteristic and it is correlated with one or more potential hazards. Some coastal hazards occur in fluvio-marine landform are tsunami, storm surge, and windstorm. In fluvial landform the hazard than commonly found is flood and wind storm. Earthquake may happen in both landform types. The multi-hazards type in the research area can be divided into two types, i.e. (i) collateral multi-hazards, such as earthquake that trigger tsunami, and (ii) simultaneous hazards, indicated several hazards occur in the same time but no correlation among them. For example, flood, wind storm, and storm surge happen in the same time triggered by hydrometeorological phenomena. The output of this research are multi-hazards map and integrated analysis report regarding multi-hazards analysis based on landscape approach. read more

• Authors: Passavon Sungsorn
• From: Faculty of Liberal Arts, Thammasat University

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Winter fairs were seasonal leisure places in Bangkok before the World War II era. These fairs were established at Wat Benchamabophit (Marble temple) and Sanamseupah area, which both are close to royal residences. The fairs had been popular due to their various leisure activities such as performance entertainment, retail shops and particularly, gambling. The winter fairs had been divided as the elites? area (Pumeebandasak) with the entrance fee and the commoners? area (Sampek) without any fee. This reflects how the winter fairs had served as the leisure spaces for both the elites and commoners. In fact, on occasion entrepreneurs had to ask permission with the interior minister to set up gambling by guaranteeing charitable aims rather than their own business profits. It reflects the unique leisure and entertainment in Bangkok before the World War II era. That also reflects a social transformation from rural leisure places such as Wat fairs (Buddhist temple fairs) or local gambling dens to the winter fairscomplex entertainment spaces with modern electricity and urbanization. The winter fairs are not only the representation of Bangkok leisure before the World War II era but also reflect a unique social transformation, modernization, and urbanization within the history of Bangkok. read more

• Authors: Bayu Citra Raharja
• From: Religion and Cultural Studies Universitas Sanata Dharma

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Various genres of music comes in with the mass of fans are so diverse. Slank with Slankers is one manifestation of a new form of language or identity in society. Various materials appear on the back of the work or of the figure. The material contained in the works have anesthetic to win the public in the pain that they feel. Upheaval appeared, both in the social order, economic or political give a sense of dissatisfaction and pain within the community. The pain is exacerbated when other countries and order system does not give you peace. Apparently Slank with all the material that was in him giving drugs to calm the public so that they lightly treat the pain and does not make him rebel against the state. The next interesting thing is to see the fantasy, esthetic experience, state and democracy in the subject formation Slankers background. read more

• Authors: Henry Prihanto Nugroho
• From: Tourism Studies, Graduate School of Universitas Gadjah Mada

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In the case of Godean Traditional Market, the eel craker sellers who are considered by the local authority causing traffic jam in front of the market had been relocated to a new place named Godean Eels Culinary Center. The methods and approaches used in this study is grounded research and participation action research. An attempt to find a variety of social issues on Godean Eels Culinary Center and optimize its performance as an organization. The second method is participation action research (PAR) with some Focus Group Discussion (FGD) to collect information from the leaders of the Office of Market as well as market traders and customers in a comprehensive manner. Based on the research findings, the relocation of traders to the new place caused a change in the arrangement of the merchant. In the new place the earnings and number of visitors on Godean Eels Culinary Center are decreasing. This research recommends the local market office to make actions such as improvements on the facilities, to take a solution to the problems including merchant capacity, product development and marketing to improve Godean Eels Culinary Center as a regional culinary tourist attraction. read more