THE PRESENCE OF THE MODERN INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TRADITIONAL COMMUNITIES IN EAST TIMOR

Objective: The aim of this study is to find negative impacts of the construction of the modern infrastructure of the toll road and find out a good solution in East Timor. Methods: The research methodology used is descriptive qualitative research methodology, namely, collecting data, interviewing key persons, making data deduction, analyzing data, drawing conclusions, and expressing recommendations, especially for the contractors and for the government. Results: The construction of the toll road infrastructure megaprojects in the new country of Timor-Leste has both positive and negative impacts. The negative impact is huge and this is not taken into account by the contractors and the government in the construction of the Suai-Beasu toll road that connects the city of Suai on the South coast and the town of Dili on the North coast of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste. Hence, the recommendations suggested for the contractors and the government are to implement the aspirations of the communities, especially in the fair and just payment for the area used for the projects and building new cross-traffic for the residents alongside the toll road. Conclusion: The presence of the toll road had positive impacts but there are several negative impacts on the lives of the Suai people, therefore, it is better that if the government and the contractors pay serious attention to overcome the negative impacts

Traditional Farmers of Wamena Tribes in Jayapura-Indonesia

Traditional agriculture has a relationship with the culture of the local community that is the norms agreed upon by the ancestors related to the use of natural resources to meet the needs of daily life. This article aims to describe the traditional agricultural process of the Wamena people in Jayapura, Indonesia. The perspective used in analyzing traditional agricultural processes was the perspective of sustainable livelihoods of traditional communities in a development context. This research was done in a descriptive-qualitative manner by using primary and secondary data. The primary data was obtained from in-depth interviews. Meanwhile, the secondary data was obtained from observations and document studies. The results indicate that the traditional agricultural process of the Wamena Tribe in Jayapura was able to maintain the livelihoods of traditional communities based on the principles of sustainable development. This could be seen from several stages, such as access to land resources, land ownership, agrarian social relations, and gender issues in the division of traditional agricultural work of the Wamena people in Jayapura. This shows that the local wisdom in the cultural norms of the Wamena people could be used in environmentally friendly agricultural activities that did not have a conflict with the perspective of sustainable development.&nbsp

LIFE SURVIVAL STRATEGY MASYARAKAT MISKIN DESA SASUR KECAMATAN SAHU KABUPATEN HALMAHERA BARAT

This study aims to describe and analyze the charcteristics of poverty that are faced by Sasur’s people in Sahu district, West Halmahera. The method used is qualitative descriptive with sample data from 188 families. The results showed that 90% of poor villagers are categorized as working-age and 100% of people are working in the informal sector. Survival strategies they use include: make loans to some traders, including coconut, nutmeg, cloves and cocoa traders, sell sopi and become laborers in the city. When it rains, they shift from rice farming activity to planting cassava and taro and this effort helps them survive

KEMISKINAN DI LAHAN SUBUR: Latar Belakang Sosial Budaya dan Tantangan Pertanian di Kabupaten Sumba Barat Daya, NTT

With a qualitative approach, this study intends to describe in depth the socio-cultural background and challenges of agriculture in Southwest Sumba Regency (SBD) which cause the problem of high levels of poverty in the area despite having a wealth of great agricultural potential. This research found that the world of SBD agriculture faces challenges in the form of a high level of agricultural vulnerability and not optimal management of agricultural potential. These two challenges are difficult to overcome due to the lack of farming capital caused by debt bondage due to high-cost customary practices and the characteristics of subsistence farmers. On the other hand, the trade-oriented model of commercial farming of SBD while not leaving cultural values and local knowledge has been proven to be able to overcome the challenges of agricultural vulnerability and not optimal management of SBD agricultural potential

Local Papuan Migrants: Wamena Migrants in an Urban City of Jayapura, Papua-Indonesia

This study aimed to understand the role of local migrants in urban economic development. A qualitative case study approach was used to examine the characteristics and role of the social capital of migrants from Wamena in Jayapura, Indonesia. The data used in this study were collected through in-depth interviews and field observation as well as statistical data from the Central Statistics Agency of Jayapura. The results indicate that the social capital of migrants reconstructed cultural values through an intensification of multi-ethnic relations within the domestic economic system of urban areas. Wamena migrants contributed to the economic growth in urban areas because of the correlation between norms, beliefs and social networking as forms of local wisdom. Local wisdom was able to strengthen the internal and external social relations of the Wamena migrant community in various economic activities as coping and survival strategies. Specifically, the findings of this study offer an additional view to the conceptual framework of sustainable livelihoods from Robert Chambers and Gordon Conway (1991), namely that local wisdom integrated with forms of social capital can be utilized to create sustainable livelihoods. Thus, this study shows that the local migrants from Wamena have formed a community-based economic system integrated with local wisdom to maintain a livelihood in urban areas, in this case Jayapura, Indonesia.Abstrak. Artikel ini bertujuan untuk memahami peran migran lokal dalam pembangunan ekonomi perkotaan. Pendekatan studi kasus kualitatif digunakan untuk memeriksa karakteristik dan peran modal sosial migran dari Wamena di Jayapura, Indonesia. Data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini dikumpulkan melalui wawancara mendalam dan observasi lapangan serta data statistik dari Badan Pusat Statistik Jayapura. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa modal sosial yang dibentuk telah merekonstruksi nilai-nilai budaya yang konservatif ke liberal, melalui intensifikasi hubungan multi-etnis yang terintegrasi dalam sistem ekonomi domestik di daerah perkotaan. Migran Wamena memainkan peran penting dalam pertumbuhan ekonomi di perkotaan karena korelasi antara norma, kepercayaan, dan jejaring sosial sebagai bentuk kearifan lokal. Kearifan lokal mampu memperkuat hubungan sosial internal dan eksternal komunitas migran Wamena dalam berbagai kegiatan ekonomi sebagai strategi koping dan bertahan hidup. Secara khusus, temuan ini menawarkan ide baru dalam kerangka konseptual pendekatan penghidupan berkelanjutan oleh Robert Chambers dan Gordon Conway pada tahun 1991, bahwa kearifan lokal yang diintegrasikan dengan bentuk modal sosial dapat digunakan untuk mempertahankan strategi penghidupan. Dengan demikian, penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa para migran lokal dari Wamena telah membentuk sistem ekonomi berbasis masyarakat yang terintegrasi dengan kearifan lokal untuk mempertahankan mata pencaharian di daerah perkotaan, yang dalam hal ini adalah Jayapura, Indonesia.Kata kunci. Migran lokal, ekonomi perkotaan, pengetahuan lokal, modal sosial