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Sri Alem Br Sembiring
Department Of Social Anthropology, Faculty Of Social Sciences And Political Science, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan Indoensia
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‘Gambilng’ Cropping Patterns: Understanding Karo’s Vegetable Farmers Point of View to Cope with Risks and Uncertainties Sri Alem Br. Sembiring
PERSPEKTIF Vol. 12 No. 1 (2023): PERSPEKTIF, January
Publisher : Universitas Medan Area

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31289/perspektif.v12i1.8267

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This paper aims to discuss the coping mechanisms of a community in dealing with risks and uncertainties in new situations that have never been part of their local knowledge. The problem is focused on how the subject (farmer) formulates risk and uncertainty, and shows their coping mechanisms to deal with the complexity of the problem. The cultural approach is an important reference for understanding the empirical phenomenon being studied, combined with the concept of dynamic local knowledge and the concept of risk. Data were collected through fieldwork using an emic view approach with observation-participation techniques as well as in-depth interviews and qualitative data analysis processes. This study concludes that farmers have a risk conception which they call “try it out” on 4 sources of risk (air, pest, price, volcanic ash of Mount Sinabung) and develop coping mechanisms through variations in cropping patterns, even the type of 'gambling' as an opportunity for the complexity of the risks that occur. The risk symbols are also classified into 2 types of distribution; individual and communal. The ability to cope with each type proves the innovative capacity of the subjects, which is related to the dynamics of knowledge and the learning process in their community.
Story of Conservation: Integrating Ethnobotanical Knowledge, Healer, and Sacred Area in Daulu–Karonese, North Sumatera Riziqo, Reza Anggi; Purba, Kerin Nasrani Kislow Br; Surbakti, Brando Rivaldi; Fahlisyah, Mutiara; Purba, Intan Sarapina; Sembiring, Sri Alem Br.
PERSPEKTIF Vol. 13 No. 1 (2024): PERSPEKTIF January
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.31289/perspektif.v13i1.10749

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This article aims to explain the conservation mechanisms of a community to protect village forests; and how actors can create communities that maintain the value of forests as spaces for life's needs. This article focuses on ethnobotanical knowledge (especially medicines), transmission, healing practices, and forest protection mechanisms. The relationship between these four things is a story of sustainable conservation, both in-situ and ex-situ. This mechanism turns out to be related to mythology, sacredness, and sacred areas. This phenomenon was found in Karonese, Daulu Village, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The cognitive anthropology approach with the concept of culture in mind becomes an important tool for analyzing how knowledge is constructed and transmitted. Ethnographic research methods with an emic approach, participant observation, in-depth interviews with key informants, and completeness of filed notes are one way to capture the native point of view. Data analysis was carried out qualitatively through ongoing analysis. The conclusion of the study found that the capacity of actors, especially healers, and the transmission of ethnobotanical knowledge, especially medicines, and the survival of mythological stories and values about sacred areas have consequences for the sustainability of conservation of what they call the kerangen kuta or village forest.
Co-Authors Bella Selvia Hutabarat Desi Melince Purba Fahlisyah, Mutiara Hagata Fikasani Hana Anisah Ritonga HARAHAP, HUSNUL ISA Hatta Ridho MUBA SIMANIHURUK NASUTION, MUHAMMAD ARIFIN Purba, Intan Sarapina Purba, Kerin Nasrani Kislow Br Rachel Meilisa Angelina Nadeak Riziqo, Reza Anggi Rutmika L Simanullang Rutmika L.Simanullang SIMANIHURUK, MUBA Surbakti, Brando Rivaldi Vicky Rifai Adriansyah Wahyu Kurniawan Zulkifli Lubis