The Vulnerability and Social Resilience of Indonesian Society in Facing the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

This article discusses how the social vulnerability and social resilience of the Indonesian people in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. This research was conducted using a qualitative exploratory method. Data were collected through literature studies and field studies using observation and in-depth interviews. The COVID-19 pandemic, which has an impact on the living conditions of people in nearly 207 countries in the world, is also being felt in Indonesia. A COVID-19 pandemic is a form of danger that has the potential to threaten all aspects of people's lives. Conditions of social vulnerability (social vulnerability) are a real reality that occurs in society in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers argue that the social resilience of the Indonesian people in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic is quite strong, this is because the Indonesian people have a local culture that is not shared by other countries in the world, namely the culture of mutual cooperation. Indonesian society is known as a collective society with strong solidarity that is not shared by people in other countries who tend to be individualistic. .