Forms Of Togetherness Research Articles

Navigating the Legal Landscape, a comprehensive study on Live-In Relationships in India

A concept live-in-relationship progressed with the changing times and with the changing social rules of society. As we can see a crucial change in our Indian Culture and in its social construction in the recent years. That crucial change is called live-in-relationships. It means the cohabitation of individuals without formal marriage. But, still these type of bonds doesn’t have any legal recognition and considered taboo in India. As it is considered against the rituals and the norms of any society and culture, but in today’s times, these relationships are being accepted in various places of India. Historically, Indian society primarily adhered to the sanctity of marital institutions. However, societal changes of shifting mindsets and legal development have gradually reshaped perceptions surrounding live-in relationships. In today’s time live-in relationships are not considered as a criminal offence and they are not illegal. Every culture of society is subject to change and so has the Indian society. The form of togetherness and love has taken a different form known as live-in relationships. My research aims to overview the acknowledged status of live-in relationships in India.

Pengembangan Desain Bentuk Dan Makna Pembuatan Kapal Pinisi Berbasis Kearifan Lokal

Pinisi can be said to be a symbol and symbol of extraordinary technical progress and is still based on high artistic values ​​and traditional culture. Because of the nature of the pinisi boat, it is not only used as a means of transportation or as a means of high value export commodities, but is also something of a symbolic nature. Because of its symbolic nature, in the process of making it as well as in the processes of launching it and its use it is required in traditional ceremonies which are based on belief in a power. By understanding the form and meaning of the Pinisi shipbuilding ritual, efforts can be made to preserve and develop this culture. Apart from that, this research can also provide deeper insight into the local wisdom and unique culture of the Bulukumba people. The distinctive and unique shape of the pinisi ship contains symbols that symbolize strength, courage, beauty and skill. The symbolism in the ritual of making pinisi ships in Bulukumba Regency illustrates the importance of the values ​​of togetherness, cooperation and collaboration in society. Apart from that, the ritual of making pinisi boats also has a symbolic meaning as a form of togetherness, cooperation, hierarchy and obedience to authority in society. Pinisi ships also have

SEMAR (An Analysis of God's Form of Togetherness with Javanese Society)

This paper aims to find out by analytically describing Semar as a form of God's togetherness with Javanese society. In order to reach the desired goal, one question was asked: how is Semar a form of God's togetherness with the Javanese people? The method, or way to obtain Semar as a form of God's togetherness with Javanese society, is carried out using hermeneutics, semiotics, dialectics and referentics in accordance with existing forms, where Semar has words or language, symbols and behavior. Semar's approach as a form of togetherness between God and Javanese society is a makrifat philosophy, namely a human understanding of God. The result of this writing is that Semar is a form of God's togetherness with the Javanese people, his surah and sirah always chant: 1. God, 2. goodness, and 3. humans. Chanting God, in Surahs: 1). the gender is neither male nor female, 2). parents, 3). around him. In sirah: 1). namur kawula, 2). calm, 3). if the weapon farts. Chanting goodness, in the surah: 1). hands are accusing, 2). left hand grasps. In sirah: 1). namur kawula, 2). memayu hayuning Bawana, 3). patience, 4). wearing a pole. Chanting humans, a. in the surah: 1). with a white tip pointing upwards, 2). wearing a Kawung batik sarong, 3). wearing earrings, necklaces, bracelets and anklets. In sirah: 1). If you start saying: lae-lae mbegeg ugeg-ugeg sadilita heml-heml.

Performance of Ngupati Tradition in Javanese Communities at Wawoosu Village, Kolono Sub-District, Konawe Selatan Regency, Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia

This study aims to describe the process of implementing of ngupati tradition in the Javanese community in Wawoosu Village, Kolono Sub-district, Konawe Selatan Regency, Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia. The method used in this study is a qualitative method with an empirical phenomenon approach in the field. Data collection was carried out using observation, interview and documentation techniques. In determining informants, the researchers used the snowball technique or collected information from one informant to another. The data obtained WERE then analyzed with the following steps: 1) data reduction, 2) data presentation and, 3) conclusion. The results of the study showed that ngupati tradition in the Javanese community at Wawoosu Village, Kolono Sub-district, Konawe Selatan Regency is as follows. First, calling relatives to help with the process of cooking the ingredients to be used in the tradition, Second, inviting family, relatives, and neighbors to carry out reciting a prayer for ngupati tradition, Third, this ngupati tradition is carried out and led by the village priest or which is entrusted by the family carrying out the tradition, Fourth, reciting the prayer, which begins with tahlil to send prayers to the family who has died. Fifth, the reading of surah ngupati at Wawoosu village is only Surah Yusuf, Surah Maryam, and Surah Yasin, Sixth, after finishing reciting the prayer, there is a joint eating activity as a form of togetherness. The seven participants in the tradition who will go home when the tradition is over will be given a blessing (a food parcel given as alms to the family at home) which contains side dishes of rice and ketupat. There are two kinds of ketupat used at Wawoosu village, namely ketupat kepel and ketupat sinta.

Good care and adverse effects: Exploring the use of social alarms in care for older people in Sweden.

In Nordic countries, 'welfare technology' is a concept used increasingly by policymakers when discussing the promise of digitalisation in care for older people. In this paper, I draw on data from 14 qualitative ethnographic interviews with employees in municipal eldercare in Sweden, as well as observations carried out at a nursing home, to suggest the importance of studying how good care is enacted through welfare technology, whilst simultaneously attending to the adverse effects sometimes consequent from these practices. In this article, I explore what values are supported when doing care with welfare technology, and what values are neglected in this process. The theoretical starting point for this article takes its inspiration from recent discussions of care within Science and Technology Studies (STS). Employing a double vision of care, the article argues for the importance of understanding how good care is enacted with technology, while also attending to what these care practices exclude and neglect. Focusing on the use of social alarms, the article shows that when doing care with such technology, values such as independence, safety and some forms of togetherness and availability were enhanced; while other values such as other forms togetherness and availability, a stress-free working environment and functionality were neglected.

Government Efforts in Promoting Community Participation in the Development of Village Roads

This research departs from the problem of the decreasing level of community participation in cooperation such as to maintain what already exists; in other respects, it can be said that drainage or ditches are not cared for so that water freely finds its way, causing damage to the main road and unstable soil conditions and broken roads. This study aims to determine the government's efforts to re-grow the participation of the Kaliguwo village community and the results of village road infrastructure development in Kaliguwo village, Kaliwiro sub-district, Wonosobo. The framework used in this study is development sociology and participation theory. This theory prioritizes economic and sociological aspects. Development is a process of planned and desired change. The opinion stated that development in terms of the process of change, where the change is carried out by the community itself because the desire for change itself is a community, because it is based on the existence of community needs from various aspects of everyday human life. Here, the government provides examples or describes ideas so that the community can work together with village officials to carry out activities in the form of togetherness and submit deliberations on how to do so that the community can carry out activities as usual in cooperation or activities related to this development. Even though not all people participate, road infrastructure development must continue. Because with the construction of road infrastructure, the community's economy is increasing and vehicles are getting easier in and out of the village.

From collective to association? Figurations of remembering and former state-owned enterprises in post-1989 Eastern Germany

ABSTRACT The post-socialist transformation of Eastern Germany exterted a decisive influence on the world of work. The privatization and liquidation of the State-Owned Enterprises (Volkseigene Betriebe, VEB) changed the lives of their employees. Not only was an employee’s employment status suddenly called into question, but also their everyday lives and social environment. Today, many former members of the VEB workforce remain dedicated to preserving the memory of their factories. To achieve this, they drew on their social contacts from VEB settings and formed associations, initiatives, and interest groups. This article explores the new forms of togetherness and social cohesion created by those active in these groups, in addition to their motivations for establishing these associations. Adopting an actor-centred perspective, the article introduces two case studies drawn from a broader body of interview material gathered as part of a three-year ethnographic research project. Both case studies illustrate the interconnections between individual life stories and involvement with specific associations. The case studies are followed by a discussion of open-ended interpretive approaches that present possible ways of deepening the analysis of this material. With reference to the case studies, I suggest describing the groups and their activities in terms of “figurations of remembering.”

Tradition, Social Solidarity, Religion and Culture

Tradition, social solidarity, religion and culture The tradition of reading the book of Barzanji has actually been practiced for a long time in Muslim society. The existence of the tradition of zanji in society can increase solidarity so as to create good friendship and facilitate the broadcasting of Islam to the community. The tradition of reading the book of barzanji is an activity that is usually carried out once a week and every time there is a thanksgiving event. The purpose of this research is to examine and examine the barzanji tradition in increasing solidarity and its influence in the village of Salakbrojo. This study applies a qualitative approach with a descriptive method. The method of analyzing data is based on explanations from primary and secondary data. The results of the study prove the tradition of reading the book of Barzanji Salakbrojo which is based on the solidarity of the whole community. The existing solidarity is created in the form of togetherness regardless of social class and collaboration between communities in protecting the existence of the barzanji tradition to this day.Tradition, social solidarity, religion and culture The tradition of reading the book of Barzanji has actually been practiced for a long time in Muslim society. The existence of the tradition of zanji in society can increase solidarity so as to create good friendship and facilitate the broadcasting of Islam to the community. The tradition of reading the book of barzanji is an activity that is usually carried out once a week and every time there is a thanksgiving event. The purpose of this research is to examine and examine the barzanji tradition in increasing solidarity and its influence in the village of Salakbrojo. This study applies a qualitative approach with a descriptive method. The method of analyzing data is based on explanations from primary and secondary data. The results of the study prove the tradition of reading the book of Barzanji Salakbrojo which is based on the solidarity of the whole community. The existing solidarity is created in the form of togetherness regardless of social class and collaboration between communities in protecting the existence of the barzanji tradition to this day.

You are where I am not, and I am where you are not

This article reflects a four-year artistic research process between us, choreographers Sabrina Huth and Ilana Reynolds. In the frame of our artistic research project Imagined Choreographies we circulate around questions of how to encounter a body that is physically absent. What are the conditions and modalities of such a being-with? And what might be its implications for the way we build and shape relationships nowadays? By presenting three different artistic manifestations in the field of dance and choreography, the article articulates the creative strategies and artistic research methods we have developed to address these questions; such as alternative space-time structures and material traces as intermediaries to the absent other. The methodology behind our research strongly focuses on the »act« within our practice, the embodied knowledge produced from those actions, and the documentation of those actions. For example: setting up shared performance events without coming together at the same time and place, developing extensive written reflections/observations and documentation towards the working process and performative setups. As artistic practitioners positioning ourselves in dance and choreography, our research aims to build creative potential for the mind and body to explore layers of imagination, the fiction of another person, and potentially new forms of togetherness. Through this work, we believe to offer new perspectives on discourses around »bodily closeness« within not only the artistic realm but also the social sciences.

Berührung auf Todeshöhe: Maurice Blanchots Uneingestehbare Gemeinschaft (Bataille, Nancy, Duras)

Abstract Focusing on Maurice Blanchot’s La Communauté inavouable (1983), this text investigates possibilities of thinking and performing communities that interact with and constitute one another “à hauteur de mort” (Bataille).Following the twofold structure of Blanchot’s text, the first part of the essay in its first part unfolds the notion of communitas in order to show how Maurice Blanchot, Georges Bataille, and Jean-Luc Nancy formulated a new concept of community by distinguishing it from liberal, socialist, Christian or fascist forms of community that all had become extremely problematic by the beginning of the Second World War at the latest. By doing so they themselves performed an ‘unavowable community.’The second part of the essay engages with Marguerite Duras’ La Maladie de la mort, a novella that is the main subject of the second part of La Communauté inavouable. Here, the performative power of language is delineated by means of the idea of a ‘community of lovers’ that manifests itself, in contrast to romantic forms of togetherness and unity, precisely in the breakdown of communicatio and communitas.

Conviviality and its others: for a plural politics of living with difference

ABSTRACT Over the past 15 years, a range of scholarship exploring how people live with difference in their everyday lives has come to mark a multi-disciplinary ‘convivial turn’. This article suggests that while such work has been generative, there has been a prevalent tendency to imagine the capacity to live with difference in relatively singular terms. This article begins by unpacking two ‘major’ themes within the convivial turn: the negotiated deconstruction of bounded identities, and the cultivation of public civilities. It suggests that despite important differences, both approaches imagine the capacity to live with difference in terms of general orientations towards a generic other. The article draws out the limits of these approaches by interweaving an ethnographic exploration of relations at a community café in the London neighbourhood of Kilburn with a review of various ‘minor’ themes within the convivial turn: boundedness, care and joint commitment, opacity, and interweaving. The article argues that each of these themes, major and minor, characterises a distinctive mode of relating, each marked by its own possibilities and limits. In doing so it argues for a more plural understanding of difference and forms of togetherness, connected to a more expansive politics.

BAKU KELE: SOCIAL CAPITAL AND DISASTER MITIGATION FOR NOMADS STUDENTS OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC CRISIS IN AMBON CITY

This study refers to how the Baku Kele culture can function as a form of social capital and disaster mitigation among students when facing difficulties during the Covid 19 pandemic crisis. The research method used is descriptive qualitative with a case study approach. The informants in this study amounted to 18 people who were nomads students from several campuses, both public and private in Ambon City. The data collection techniques used in this study were observations and interviews (indept interviews) which were conducted for 1 month from July 8-July 31, 2021. The results showed that the meaning of Baku Kele for nomads students in Ambon City refers more to difficult conditions or life crises experienced together, giving rise to feelings of empathy and compassion among nomads students to share, support each other (hand in hand) to go through life crises together and prioritize common interests over interests personal. The application of social values contained in the Baku Kele culture in the form of togetherness and unity values, sincerity values, and brotherhood values. The efforts to mitigate the spread of Covid 19 are carried out by students by jointly cleaning the environment around their homes and boarding houses, especially if they are on vacation. Along with technological advances digital technology that is very much attracting the attention of today's young generation could be that the Baku Kele cultural wisdom began to be eroded and no longer practiced so that over time it would disappear with the disappearance of social sensitivity in the community. For this reason, parents, educational institutions, and community leaders should continue to internalize the values of local cultural education to the generations of our nation so that they grow into individuals of character and noble character. Keywords: Baku Kele; Social Capital; Nomads Students; Covid 19 Disaster Mitigation.

MOTIVASI PEREMPUAN BERGABUNG DALAM PARTAI POLITIK

Democracy as a political system has necessitated the spirit of equality and togetherness in order to achieve the common good, in the form of state and community life, participation is needed as a form of togetherness and inclusion in the political process. Specifically for women to fulfill the policy requirements of Law Number 10 Year 2008 which requires politics to include a representation of women of at least 30% both founders and central level management. The fact is that based on data from the National Unity and Politics Agency, the presence of women in parliament, especially the Ogan Komering Ulu District DPRD, has decreased from 4 in the 2014-2019 period to 2 in the 2019-2024 period. The purpose of this study was to determine the motivation of women to join political parties.
 This study used a descriptive qualitative method with a research approach and research focus. This research was conducted at the Office of the United Development Party and the Democratic Party of Ogan Komering Ulu. Primary data sources and secondary data, data collection techniques by interview, observation and documentation. Based on the results of data prosessing in the field about the motivation of women in political parties has been successful because it has fulfilled the needs of political parties, but in a political party there are still thos who use a family or dynastic interest system. The suggestions that can be given to political elites have steps so as not tu use the dynastic system in political parties.

Urgency of Strengthening Women Participation in The Building of Gender Justice Based Village

Village building is part of national building which is regulated in Law No. 6 Year 2014 on Village. People participation is necessary in the building of villages, including the participation of women which is still considered very low particularly in generating their aspiration to build villages. Therefore, strengthening women participation in village building is necessary so that policies regarding women issues can be well accommodated in order to realize village building which is based on gender justice. Law research method was appllied in this study using literature approach in order to collect accurate data. The result of this study shows that it is necessary to strengthen women participation in village building which is based on gender justice because it is indicated that political law in Indonesia tends to support the issue corcerning legal protection toward women position as citizens. This is regulated in constitutional foundation in Article 27 section (1), Article 28D section (1), and Article 28I section (2) The 1945 Constitution of The Republic of Indonesia and Article 55 No.6 Year 2014 Law on Village. Women representation in villages aims to solve various issues related to women justice particularly on issues around violence cases which seems like a tip of an iceberg and are unresolved. The efforts to strengthen women participation in village building are built through the form of togetherness, growing from root, trust and openness.

We are in the World and the World is in us

Existence must always be some form of togetherness.

NILAI-NILAI EKONOMI ISLAM DALAM TRADISI MALAN MASYARAKAT DAYAK BAKUMPAI

The Malan tradition or farming of Bakumpai Dayak society is a hereditary tradition handed down by ancestors. Malan is a social activity in agriculture, especially in farming, starting from clearing fields, cutting down forests, burning fields, planting rice and harvesting rice. This study was a field research with a qualitative approach in the form of phenomenology and contextual Islamic economics. The informants were people who farmed around Murung Raya Regency. Sources of data were primary data and secondary data. Primary data were data from observations and interviews. While secondary data were data in the form of documentation. The results showed that in Malan tradition of Bakumpai Dayak society, Islamic economic values were found in the form of togetherness and balance, help each other, cooperation, sharing and kindship. Malan activities were activities that form the basis of society in fulfilling basic needs (rice). The inhibiting factor for Malan's current activities was the government regulation that strictly prohibits burning forests and land. Malan activity was an activity that really helped rural communities in fulfilling their foods. The economic contribution to the Malan Tradition was enormous for society.

Sumane Bewawo Hasi Ritual: A symbolic act respecting the ancestors in South Nias Regency

Sumane bewawӧ hasi is one of the rituals in the funeral ceremony originating from the Nias Tribe that is engaged in by the people in ӧri To’ene, ӧri Mazinӧ, and ӧri Onolalu in South Nias. This study aimed to determine the symbolic meaning of each of the series of rituals to do with the giving of sumane bewawӧ hasi. This study used a qualitative descriptive research method and symbolic interaction theory. The data collection in this study consisted of interviews, observations, and documentation techniques. Furthermore, the data analysis used data reduction, data analysis, and drawing conclusions. The result of this research shows that sumane bewawӧ hasi is a symbolic act that specifically aims to pay homage to the parents or ancestors as a symbol of separation. It can also involve famolakhӧmi ya’ira sofulo (glory/dignity of the community) and appreciation of the people attending the funeral. This ritual also aims to strengthen the kinship in the family (fahasara dӧdӧ si fatifusӧ) as a form of togetherness, celebrating the involvement of the entire extended family in the implementation of the religious and familial events. The implementation process consists of several stages: orahua sifatalifusӧ, fame’e sumane and the implementation of hӧlihӧli Sumane.

Ecolinguistic Types of Traditional House Building at the Southern Border of Central Java as Javanese Sociocultural Equality

People of southern coastal border of Central Java have extraordinary features, not only biological ecology, but also ecolinguistic features that can be seen from the socio-cultural awareness community. Socio-cultural awareness of people the southern coastal border Central Java is reflected in behavior of simplicity and openness with the ecology of their immediate environment. These two things are the reflection of solidarity upheld by the community. Their closeness to nature forms the character of society full of symbolic values. This research examines the philosophical meaning and local wisdom functions of the architecture of traditional house building of people at the southern coastal border of Central Java. The orientation of this research is to interpret the form of ecological acculturation reflected in the traditional house buildings of southern coastal border communities of Central Java. This research constitutes a qualitative type with contextual descriptive method. In answering socio-cultural problems, ecolinguistics and cultural anthropology were used as the basis of this research analysis. The results of this study indicate the unitary environmental orientation of the basic concept for the construction of traditional houses in the southern coastal community of Central Java, spiritual orientation counterweighting the strength of traditional house buildings, and economic orientation as the form of togetherness and openness of the southern coastal communities Central Java.

The study group method - how cooperative learning among peers contributes to experiential entrepreneurship education

The aim of this study is to analyse how the study group method aids student entrepreneurs when developing entrepreneurial knowledge through the experiential learning process, and why it is important to stimulate peer learning in an experiential entrepreneurship education context. Due to a more experiential perspective on learning, the environment in which students learn, what students learn and why students learn has changed, which creates new learning arenas that must be understood in order to advance our research on instructional methods in entrepreneurship education. This study analyses cooperative learning and provides insights on how it could be used as an instructional method in entrepreneurship education. The study addresses how different study groups create fruitful debates and discussions among students that provide arenas for developing self-awareness, equality toward peers and a space for sharing experiences bound to the entrepreneurial project. The sharing space creates a form of togetherness among students in the often lonely process that entrepreneurs face. (Less)

Foams of togetherness in the digital age: Sloterdijk, software sorting and Foursquare

Abstract. The article brings together Peter Sloterdijk's theory of spheres and literatures on the socio-spatial implications of the functioning of software. By examining the growing personalization of search results for recreational places on spatial media like Foursquare, we make the case for Sloterdijk's conceptualization of “foam” offering an interesting contribution to the analysis and critique of contemporary algorithmic life, in particular with regard to the liquidity and fragility of the forms of togetherness in “co-isolation” created by such applications. In emphasizing the impermanence and ambiguities of these fleeting mediations, the article also points to the politics of these algorithmic foams, whose logics of categorization and socio-spatial sorting become increasingly difficult to understand, politically address or challenge.