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The Flexibility of Connubium Relationship Among Minangkabau Matrilineal Clans: A Study of Pariaman Rantau Communities in Kota Bekasi Fachruliansyah, Iman; Sayfa'at, Riyan Habie; Febrian
Biokultur Vol. 14 No. 2 (2025): Intersecting Perspectives: Anthropological Studies of Identities, Space and Hu
Publisher : Universitas Airlangga

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This study explores how Minangkabau perantauan (migrant) communities in Bekasi, West Java, reinterpret the traditional circulating connubium, a system of marital alliances between matrilineal clans, through adaptive practices such as the Bajapuik dowry tradition and intra-group clans’ marriage. Using a focused ethnographic approach, we conducted a series of preliminary, informant identification, and data collection through observation and in-depth interviews with members of the Pariaman community. While classical structural anthropology models frame the Minangkabau kinship through ideally exogamous marriage rules, we document how urban migrants strategically modify these norms to sustain matrilineal identity. Ethnographic data reveal that prohibited unions (e.g., Koto-Piliang marriages) and flexible Bajapuik payments reflect what we call the flexibility of connubium: a dynamic process wherein adat (custom) persists through selective adaptation rather than cultural erosion. Theoretically, we extend Sahlins’ (2013) notion of “mutuality of being” to argue that these practices embed migrants into shared existential projects, transcending geographic displacement. Our findings challenge the assumptions that urbanization erodes tradition, showing instead how kinship evolves through sasamo awak (“among our own”) alliances that prioritize clan solidarity over classical exogamy.
MERAJUT “KAMPUNG HARAPAN”: PENDEKATAN BUDAYA DAN PARTISIPATORIS DALAM RESOLUSI KONFLIK LATEN DI KAWASAN TRANSMIGRASI TELUK WONDAMA, PAPUA BARAT Nurrahmi, Iflah Hayati; Vermanda, Diva; Fasya, Muhammad Ilham; Subarkah, Mohammad Gama; Fachruliansyah, Iman
Bhakti: Jurnal Pengabdian Masyarakat Vol. 3, No. 1
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The Werianggi-Werabur Transmigration Area in Teluk Wondama, West Papua, faces challenges of social integration in the form of latent conflict between Indigenous Papuans (OAP) and transmigrants. This tension is manifested in residential segregation and recurring disputes regarding crop damage caused by livestock ("cattle vs. garden"). This community engagement activity aims to initiate culture-based conflict resolution through the "Damai Kita, Sejahtera Kita" Participatory Workshop. We used Participatory Action Research (PAR) as method. The pre-implementation phase utilized Social Network Analysis (SNA) to map key actors, as mediators, followed by social intervention through Focus Group Discussions (FGD) using Problem Tree and Conceptual Model tools. The results show three main achievements: (1) The strategy of commensality (eating together) successfully broke down psychological barriers and shifted interaction patterns from segregative to inclusive; (2) Problem tree analysis revealed that the root of the conflict was not ethnic sentiment, but a regulatory vacuum at the village level; (3) The establishment of the Sane Siri (One Heart) Forum, which integrates restorative customary sanctions into the village governance structure. This program concludes that a cultural approach placing the community as the subject of the solution is more effective in maintaining social cohesion in transmigration contact zones.