Inter - Ethnical Conflict in Multiple Societies in Indonesia: A Socio-cultural Overview

(A Study on Ethnical Conflict Between Samawa and Balinese)

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10.2991/978-2-494069-21-3_38How to use a DOI?

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Conflict; Ethnic; Socio-Cultural; Integration

Abstract

This research aimed to dig and comprehend the cause of ethnical conflict of Samawa and Balinese in which it is evaluated from socio-cultural perspective. To do so, applied qualitative method was used in this research that was intended to observe the ongoing ethnical conflict between Samawa and Balinese. In order to fully grasp the root problem of the ethnical conflict, a grounded theory was built which is based on the perspective of the perpetrators and the conflict of eyewitnesses. A First Order Understating and Second Order Understanding were also used in this research in which FOA is used to analyzed the actors of the conflict and then the result of FOA is analyzed and interpreted by using SOA. The data were collected through observation, documentation, circumstantial and in-depth interview. The data regarding the location of the research (secondary data) were collected by using documentation process. For the aspects related to the cause of ethnical second conflict and integration process (primary data), observation and interview were used. The collected data were analyzed by using interactive model analysis, which was simultaneously conducted through data collection, data reduction, data comparison, data presentation, and drawing conclusion. The data collecting processes involved encoding (open coding) - (axial coding) - (selective coding) - (core category) which were done simultaneously and systematically. The results, then, were formulated to become proposition/theory as research finding. Based on the data analysis, the cause of conflict from socio-cultural aspect and also the pattern of integration between both ethnics, that are: 1) if cultural factors are used as reasons to highlight and defend themselves, then cultural clashes and ethnic conflicts will occur in a multi-cultural society; and 2) conflict is part of the life of a society and conflict can only be managed to maintain balance (integration) among the various ethnic groups that live in the community.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Syaifuddin Iskandar
AU  - H. S. Heri Kurniawansyah
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/09
TI  - Inter - Ethnical Conflict in Multiple Societies in Indonesia: A Socio-cultural Overview
BT  - Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Conference of Education and Social Sciences (ACCESS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 351
EP  - 358
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-21-3_38
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-21-3_38
ID  - Iskandar2022
ER  -