Discourse Analysis on the Representation of Poverty in Southern Nias Culture

DOI

10.2991/icosop-17.2018.87How to use a DOI?

Keywords

discourse; poverty; representation; culture; southern nias.

Abstract

This paper is part of a more comprehensive study addressing the inequality in interpretation of poverty meanings more inclined to global narratives of poverty, constructed by dominant actors, like academic institutions, donor agencies, governments, etc., who unilaterally claim positions as regimes of truth and at the same time marginalize local narratives derived from the perspective of the poor in seeing themselves and the conditions they are experiencing. Given limited space for discussion, the writers will focus more on describing a local narrative on poverty, derived from the textual comparison between the discourses of poverty in Nias language with the representation of poverty discourse in some social practices of traditional society of South Nias. Through this inter-textual approach, the writer hopes to unite some traditional cultural pieces of Southern Nias society scattered in various social practices, to make an interpretation to explain what is meant to be poor in traditional perspective of Southern Nias society.

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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