Pesantren-Based Economic Empowerment in Rural Javanese Community

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.201113.034How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Economic empowerment, Pesantren-based community, Javanese rural society

Abstract

Poverty is not only limited to economic issues, indicated by limited skills, access to education, business and capital facilities, but also includes cultural and spiritual issues. As a matter of fact, most people in Grumbul, Karangtengah, a village close to a touristic destination of Baturaden, Banyumas, Central Java, have an income below the local’s minimum standard. This may be due to their limited resources in economy, culture, and spirituality. Their lacking in these factors have possibly caused them to become vulnerable to trafficking, prostitution and crime. This paper is aimed to analyze economic empowerment activities by a pesantren-based community in Grumbul, which covers the enhancement of the villager’s spirituality, business awareness, skills and knowledge, that are in line with their potentials and the available natural resources. The methods that are used are Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), observations, direct interviews, sustainable livelihood analysis (SLA), and Focus Group Discussions (FGD). The results show that these activities have significantly changed the mindset of these communities, and their spirituality supporting to such mindset. This is indicated by the improvement of their skills in using the natural resources around them, which goes and in hand with the rising intensity of religious practices in their daily lives.

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© 2020, 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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TY  - CONF
AU  - Naqiyah
AU  - Erina Pane
AU  - Hartono
AU  - Muh. Hanif
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/11/13
TI  - Pesantren-Based Economic Empowerment in Rural Javanese Community
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st Raden Intan International Conference on Muslim Societies and Social Sciences (RIICMuSSS 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 179
EP  - 184
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201113.034
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201113.034
ID  - 2020
ER  -