Social Cohesion Potential of Pendalungan Communities Toward Urban Space Integration in Jember

Dewi Junita Koesoemawati

doi:10.15294/komunitas.v8i1.4872

Abstract

Jember downtown has pendalungan social phenomenon as a form of cultural assimilation resulting hybrid of Javanese and Madurese as a local community identity. Pendalungan communities occupy in kampongs in the melting pot with limited space that evokes the activity collectively as the potential of social cohesion. The result of previous studies on hybrid pendalungan only terms of sociology and culture. Based on the above phenomenon, this research is study about social cohesion potential of Pendalungan community at urban space integration in Jember. The research objective was to determine the specific characteristic of pendhalungan community as a potential of social cohesion and to know the concept of the urban space integration of pendhalungan community. The research approach used in this study was qualitative and quantitative. Qualitative research approach was used by reading the urban through synchronic reading to explore the potential of social cohesion of pendalungan community culture which has implications in the formation of urban space. The space integration was presented using the access graph. The result showed that the urban space integration had average height and the dominant form of asymmetry distribution. The formation of urban space in the melting pot no separation between forms a continuous space and forms a break up space, so is created social cohesion. This conditions strengthen the high value of the space integration supported its social cohesion potential

Highlights

Jember is one of cities located in Besuki residence with no specific original culture of community such as Banyuwangi with Osingnese or Madura with Madurese, etc
After Indonesia independence, some of the communities moved to the Jember down town the assimilation process is created. The assimilation between both of ethnics becomes new culture called as hybrid culture which is well known as pendalungan (Sutarto 2006; Yuswadi 2001)
Social cohesion can be measured based on the family relationship, clan and geneology in ethnicity (UNDP 2005; Syarifudin 2011)

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Introduction

Jember is one of cities located in Besuki residence with no specific original culture of community such as Banyuwangi with Osingnese or Madura with Madurese, etc. Jember communities come from migration of Madurese and Javanese. After Indonesia independence, some of the communities moved to the Jember down town the assimilation process is created. The assimilation between both of ethnics becomes new culture called as hybrid culture which is well known as pendalungan (Sutarto 2006; Yuswadi 2001). Pendalungan community in Jember as the hybrid result of Madurese and Javanese which has high level of kinship and it has potential of social cohesion. Intra community of social cohesion was formed through social interaction mechanism. Inter community of social cohesion was formed through mechanism of economy pragmatics, with neighborhood atmosphere and mutual assistance (UNDP 2005; Syarifudin 2011)

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