Poor peasants who are very sensitive in economic domain, decreasing and harvest failure
will cause againts to hold in livelihood. Subsisten morality and safety of peasants to yield risk and
decrease probability of harvest. It is not maximize profit oriented. In that context, peasant have
rejected market economic which were maximal profit oriented. Basically, rural community have to
much local knowledge or local wisdom that are key to recognise socio cultural of community. This
study in the first aimed: (1) to discribe how holding strategy of Samin community to face outsider;
(2) to describe how adaptation strategy of Samin vcommunity for change.
This study focused on Samin community in Sukolili Subdistrict, Pati District. It is local
people with the principal activity of the main source of income as a farmer. This region was chosen
as the location and the object of this study is based on the consideration: (1) communities in the
region still upholds the values of Samin Culture, (2) the geographical area is an agricultural
region in the vicinity of the forest, a very important role in preservation of the environment, (3)
historically this area save a lot of oral tradition manifested in attitudes and behavior of traditional
and local knowledge is very influential in the formation of future generations cognition. The study
applied a qualitative method based on single case study. The method of analysis employed was
single case analysis. The process of analysis followed a full interactive model of analysis, which
comprised of data reduction, data display, and verification.
Actually, there are two debate to recognise response of Samin community to face outsider
at this moment. The first, Samin community refuse market which are profit oriented. The second,
Samin community farm with subsistance which only to fulfill need. There are things, or perhaps a
paradox that is difficult to understand when the researchers conducted interviews and observations
in the field who might be said to be the indicators to help analyse two of the mainstream. First,
Samin community on the one hand seen alive within the limitations, but they do not want to be
given assistance. Second, Samin community is very weak in accessing natural resources around
them but they are very concerned about the existence of mountains Kendeng. Third, Samin
community still did cultivation food crops as manifestation of agriculture traditional system which
only to provide for Sikep family, but they are also eroded by modernization with the use of tractors,
fertilizer purchases from outside
