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Sembiring, Sri Alem Br.
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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
Publisher : Universitas Medan Area

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.
The Cultural Meaning of Ageing: Community Health Posts as Psychosocial Arenas of Embodiment and Social Relations Rutmika L.Simanullang; Sembiring, Sri Alem Br.
Indonesian Journal of Medical Anthropology Vol. 7 No. 1 (2026): Indonesian Journal of Medical Anthropology
Publisher : Talenta Publisher

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.32734/ijma.v7i1.24550

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This article explores how community-based health service posts in Indonesia for ageing individuals – called Posyandu Lansia – become an arena for health care, and how local sociocultural practices shape their self-understanding of ageing. The study employed a qualitative ethnographic approach, with data collection techniques including participant observation, in-depth interviews with ageing individuals at the Posyandu and in their homes, and field documentation. Data analysis was ongoing throughout the research, including visits to the homes of ageing individuals, triangulation, and analysis of sociocultural issues from field notes. The results indicate that Posyandu Lansia is understood emically by ageing individuals not only as a place for routine health services, but also as a space for social interaction, sharing experiences, motivating one another, receiving emotional support, and affirming self-worth. In this context, Posyandu becomes a space for social relations for them. These situational and contextual conditions confirm the research findings that Posyandu Lansia not only plays a role in maintaining physical health but also operates in a psychosocial and cultural arena that shapes the meaning of becoming an ageing individual, making oneself valuable by forming an ageing community institutionally supported by the state
Co-Authors Fahlisyah, Mutiara Purba, Intan Sarapina Purba, Kerin Nasrani Kislow Br Riziqo, Reza Anggi Rutmika L.Simanullang Surbakti, Brando Rivaldi