• October 28^th, 2017
• FEBRI YULIKA (Faculty of Philosophy Gadjah Mada University)

Abstrack:

Minangkabau society is one so many ethnic groups in Indonesia and uniquely embraces matrilineal system and its people are famous for their non-sedentary habit. It is also worthy to note that Minangkabau culture is also based on Islamic teachings. The religion has been considered very crucial to shape one?s personality. The harmony between matrillinieal system and the adherence to Islamic teachings has made a differing characteristics of Minangkabau society when it is compared to other Indonesian ethnic groups. read more

• October 28^th, 2017
• KATHERINE BRUHN (Ohio University)

Abstrack:

During the later half of the 20th century throughout the world both developed and developing nations began to feel the impact of neoliberal economic policies and the spread of globalization. With the spread of this new neo-liberal paradigm came the implementation of specific market-oriented reforms and the rise of urban cultures. While such reforms pushing for privatization and decentralization were considered key to development by the international financial institutions, civil society organizations throughout the world were working to counter such reforms that were already showing signs of continued inequality and uneven development. In Indonesia, the strength of such civil society organizations including NGOs, tudent groups, and religious organizations played an important role in bringing the authoritarian New Order regime to an end. read more

• October 28^th, 2017
• WIDYA FRANSISKA F. ANWAR (Lecturer of Dept. Architecture, Sriwijaya University Ph.D Candidate of Faculty of Built Environment University Teknologi Malaysia)

Abstrack:

This study investigates the expression of ethnic cultural activities on Palembang?s riverside urban structure from 1700s to 2000s. Its objectives are: (1) to understand the cultures of Chinese, Arabian and Native Malay-Palembang in perspective of their daily activities; (2) to investigate how their living environments accommodate the activities; and (3) to differentiate the physical spatial order of riverside settlement between the three ethnics. This study answers a research question of how those cultures are reflected in the Palembang urban structure. From literature review, the study explores the history and culture of the three ethnics. read more

• October 28^th, 2017
• YOHANNA I. MERAY (FBS Univesitas Negeri Manado)

Abstrack:

Symbol has the important meaning in human life. Without symbolism there can be no social and cultural interaction. For the purpose the need to built mutual relationship with others, man continuously creates symbols. Started from creating symbol, man constructs groups of society which give birth to culture. A group of society is bounded up by their cultural values which are uttered in symbolical form. Symbol than appears as a central core, as a means of communication produced by social convention. Communication, whether or not accommodates language occurs only when using symbols. read more

• October 28^th, 2017
• DARU WINARTI (Gadjah Mada University)

Abstrack:

As people are going through their social life, they are naturally supposed to deal with any physical and mental experiences. Some of those natural experiences may well make them pleased, happy, and comfortable; or, otherwise, those could bring sad, disappointed, suffering, and even tortured feelings to them. For the former, those are usually called good experiences, while for the latter the bad ones. Then, learning from such experiences those people are certainly supposed to either keep doing something good, as for the former or, else, taking action for overcoming those regarded bad, for the latter. All of these are, particularly, reflected in dolanan song, which is a part of the dolanan driji. read more

• October 28^th, 2017
• ELLY KENT (ANU, Australia)

Abstrack:

The title of this talk is taken from this illustration in a book by community activist and writer Roem Topatimasang. The book is called ?School is an Addiction?, and the comic describes a time before formal schooling was introduced to Indonesia, when every place was school, and every person was a teacher. I must admit, I have not read the book fully, but I chose the expression as a title because this concept, and the book that discusses it, were cited repeatedly by members of the organizations I will be discussing here. read more

• October 28^th, 2017
• FRANCISCUS ADI PRASETYO (University of Jember)

Abstrack:

The word ?development? itself is currently in the community has several meanings. According Migley (2005: 3) it means a process of economic change brought about by the industrialization process. Development also means a process of social change resulting from urbanization, adoption of modern lifestyles, and behaviors of today. Furthermore, this term also has connotations of prosperity that offer that development can increase income; increase the level of education, improving housing conditions and health. read more

• October 28^th, 2017
• KASIYAN (Ph.D Student of Performing and Fine Arts Studies Gadjah Mada University)

Abstrack:

Discussing the current urban culture phenomenon, it is commonly believed that it has a significant strategic meaning as it meets the reality that there are more than fifty percent of world society currently live in urban cities. Seen from the cultural-sociological perspectives, urban culture phenomenon is mostly the result of modernization phenomenon (Zijderveld, 2009: 51; Parker, 2004: 13) One of the main positive characteristics of the urban city society compared to the rural society is their ability and potentials to take control on the production constuct, reproduction and distribution of knowledge as the main pillar of dinamic process and change of culture. read more

• October 28^th, 2017
• ANDRIAN LIEM (Faculty of Psychology Gadjah Mada University)

Abstrack:

Scavenger or trash picker in Bahasa called as Pemulung. Pemulung refer to people that have a profession as a collector of trash or used things (Azhari, 2009). Commonly pemulung are able to finded on urban or city area because more garbage produce here than sub-urban or village area. Some of them live in street (homeless) and called as gelandangan. Gelandangan coming from ?gelandang? which mean ?rove, wander?. Their life style is actually equal with Gypsy community life style, who also doing an odyssey (Ghofur, 2009). But parts of them choose to live in a fix area and work around there. Basically, the members of the second group already tired to keep moving and play ?hide and seek? with government officers. read more