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COFFEE AND IDENTITY: Consume Coffee, Build Identity, Maintain Variety on Palintang Community West Java Rahman Latif Alfian; Budiawati Supangkat; Johan Iskandar
Sosiohumaniora Vol 22, No 1 (2020): SOSIOHUMANIORA, MARCH 2020
Publisher : Universitas Padjadjaran

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | Full PDF (4004.028 KB) | DOI: 10.24198/sosiohumaniora.v22i1.24424

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This article discusses the Palintang coffee and its social, cultural and ecological impacts on the people of the Palintang Hamlet. Palintang hamlet is located in directly adjacent to the forest under the management of the State Forestry Corporation (Perhutani). Last fifteen years, the government began to intensify the cultivation of coffee plant in the Palintang hamlet. Palintang hamlet is located approximately 1,400 above sea level. As a result, coffee of Arabica plant (Coffeea arabica L) grows well in the area. The purpose of this article is to elucidate at the impact of coffee on the social identity of the Palintang community. The method used in this study was ethnographic approach which aims to reveal meaning from the point of view which of cultural stakeholders. Some field research techniques, namely observation, deep interviews, and participant observation were applied in this study. The results of this study showed that the coffee cultivation in Palintang hamlet has been an important impact not only an economic, but also social and ecological aspects of the Palintang community. The community always highlight the distinctive characteristics of the Palintang coffee, even some people claim that Palintang coffee has a characteristic that no other coffee has. This process then makes coffee as one of the markers for the community of Palintang, because through coffee of the community members are known to other community groups. The distinctive characteristic of Palintang coffee also adds to the repertoire of varieties of archipelago coffee, especially those related to the character of coffee. 
LANDRACES, UTILIZATION, AND MANAGEMENT OF BAMBOO IN SUKAMENAK VILLAGE, SUMEDANG, WEST JAVA Johan Iskandar; Opan Suhendi Suwartapradja; Budiawati Supangkat Iskandar; Diana Budiyanti; Sidik Permana
Sosiohumaniora Vol 24, No 1 (2022): Sosiohumaniora: Jurnal Ilmu-Ilmu Sosial dan Humaniora, MARCH 2022
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24198/sosiohumaniora.v24i1.35487

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There are many species of bamboo a rural ecosystem of West Java, growing wild or being cultivated. Both bamboo species and bamboo gardens have various ecological, economic, and socio-cultural functions. However, many bamboo gardens in rural West Java have been converted to other land uses. Consequently, the reduction or loss of various ecological, economic and socio-cultural functions of bamboo. The purpose of this study was to assess the local knowledge of the rural people on the landraces, utilization, and management of bamboos among rural people of Sukamenak Village, Sumedang of West Java. The method used in this study was mixed-method, a combination of qualitative and quantitative with an ethnobotanical approach. Some techniques, including observation and in-depth interviews with competent informants were employed. Data analysis was carried out by cross-checking, summarizing and synthesizing, and building up narrative. The results showed that 9 bamboo landraces were recorded in Sukamenak Village. The nine landraces of bamboo are classified by local people according to the morphology and color of the internode, edible and non-edible shoots, and their ecological functions in the rural ecosystem. The landraces of bamboo are commonly used by rural people for economic, social and ecological purposes. The utilization and management of bamboo gardens are undertaken by rural people based on local knowledge and are strongly embedded with local culture. We suggest the further studies on bamboo ethnoecology need to be continued due to bamboos have various socio-economic, cultural and ecological functions.
TRADITIONAL MARKET AND WOMEN’S WORK IN THE BERINGHARJO MARKET, OF YOGYAKARTA Budiawati Supangkat; Rahman Latif Alfian; Johan Iskandar
Sosiohumaniora Vol 23, No 1 (2021): Sosiohumaniora: Jurnal Ilmu-Ilmu Sosial dan Humaniora, MARCH 2021
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.24198/sosiohumaniora.v23i1.29807

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Traditional market is often one of the locations for economic turnover in an area. Various goods from villages, sub-districts, and other areas around the city are sent to be traded. In this market there is a large system that makes the market “live” in which there are interrelated actors. Some of the actors in the traditional market system such as the Beringharjo Market are women who work odd jobs. To see this phenomenon, this study used an ethnographic method to delve deeper into the phenomena that occur from the point of view of stakeholders in Beringharjo Market. The results of study showed that Beringharjo Market always changes from time to time, both physically and the actors who “live it”. Women who work in al kind of work become one of the actors who play an important role in the sustainability of dynamic market activities.