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Journal of Southern Sociological Studies
Published by Universitas Negeri Surabaya
ISSN : -     EISSN : 31090443     DOI : https://doi.org/10.26740/jsss.v1i2
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The journal is dedicated to sociological knowledge by publishing original research articles and critical review essays that address a wide range of social issues. These issues may arise from southern country, such us Asian, African, or other countries. We welcome both theoretical and empirical contributions that deepen understanding of social dynamics. Our scope includes, but is not limited to, the following sociological topics : urban and rural communities, democracy, religion, conflict, gender, family and relationships, social inclusion, culture, digital society, social development, social movements, economy, organizations, education, and epistemological perspectives unique to southern contexts.. We also accept new theoretical approaches, or new approaches in understanding social problems in the perspective of southern countries, or new methodological approaches in studying these social issues. Of course, all of that is within the framework of sociological studies
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The Role of the Turun Tangan Lampung Community in Empowering Vulnerable Communities through Social Action Oktavia, Destiana; Zarkasi , Ahmad; Salim, Luthfi; Fitria, Vany
Journal of Southern Sociological Studies Vol. 2 No. 1 (2026): Southern Perspectives in Contemporary Sociology
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The Turun Tangan Lampung Community is a volunteer community that focuses on social activities and humanitarian actions for people in need. The Turun Tangan Lampung Community exists as a response to various social problems that have not been optimally addressed in the community, such as limited access to humanitarian assistance, minimal educational support for children, high social inequality and unequal opportunities for vulnerable communities to develop. The purpose of this study is to determine the programs run by the Turun Tangan Lampung Community and to determine the role of the Turun Tangan Lampung Community in building social awareness in vulnerable communities. This study uses a descriptive qualitative research type and uses a psychological and sociological approach. Data analysis was carried out using Max Weber's Social Action theory. The results of the study show that the Turun Tangan Lampung Community runs various programs, including Food Alms, Friday Sharing, Orphanage Assistance, Disaster Care Action, World Kaleidoscope, Milk Distribution, Book Donation, Beach Clean Up, Thousand Trees Project, Trash For Fruit. The role of the Turun Tangan Lampung community in fostering awareness among vulnerable communities includes empowerment, direct assistance, and education and literacy resources. Overall, the approach taken through these programs and roles has had a positive impact on vulnerable communities, improving their quality of life, fostering independence, and strengthening self-confidence.
Publicness Between State and Market: The Struggle of Female Ojol Drivers Amid Intersectional and Sustainable Vulnerability Setianingrum, Nurima; Nabil Falah, Afkaar; Margareta, Diah Pitaloka
Journal of Southern Sociological Studies Vol. 2 No. 1 (2026): Southern Perspectives in Contemporary Sociology
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The digitalization of the public transportation sector has opened opportunities for many citizens, including women, to become ride-hailing motorcycle taxi (ojol) drivers, working flexibly as partners of a company without fixed contracts. This participation allows women to enter the public sphere through employment. However, women’s presence in the public sphere reveals multiple layers of precarity. Stemming from inadequate welfare and safety guarantees, exposure to harassment, and economic pressure under the partnership scheme for freelancers in the gig economy. This study focuses on the experiences and struggles of female ride-hailing motorcycle taxi drivers in the city of Yogyakarta as they face risks in the public sphere. It also seeks to understand the relationship between the state and corporations that shape their working conditions. This research also aims to answer two main questions. (1) How do female drivers confront multiple layers of precarity in both digital and physical publicness? (2) How are basic worker rights advocated by female ride-hailing drivers, and to what extent does this advocacy mitigate the vulnerabilities they face? These questions will be answered using qualitative methods, particularly through participatory observation and in-depth interviews. This study will contribute to the literature on women’s precarity in the freelance gig economy by highlighting the inequities in protective guarantees and public rights that should be ensured by the state. Its findings are expected to yield policy recommendations to improve protection and justice for female ride-hailing drivers as vulnerable workers in the public sphere.
Exploring Instructors’ Experiences in Human Resource Development at the Vocational and Productivity Training Center in Sidoarjo Jasmiarto, Dicky; Sudrajat, Arief
Journal of Southern Sociological Studies Vol. 2 No. 1 (2026): Southern Perspectives in Contemporary Sociology
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Improving the quality of human resources (HR) is an important requirement in facing the demands of the ever-evolving world of work and industry. The Sidoarjo Vocational and Productivity Training Center (BPVP) acts as a competency-based training institution in preparing a skilled and ready workforce. This study aims to analyze the experiences of instructors in improving the quality of human resources through vocational training at BPVP Sidoarjo. This study uses a qualitative method with a descriptive phenomenological approach based on Alfred Schutz's phenomenological theory. The research subjects include instructors from the smart creative, smart manufacturing, smart office, and cake and bakery majors. Data were collected through observation and in-depth interviews, then analyzed by tracing the instructors' motives for action, namely the because motive and the in-order-to motive. The results of the study show that instructors interpret their role not only as technical teachers but also as facilitators and mentors in shaping the competencies, work ethic, and readiness of participants. Instructors also face various social challenges during training. This study confirms that the success of improving human resource quality is greatly influenced by the ability of instructors to interpret their role and manage the social dynamics of training.
The Role of Village Disaster Preparedness Teams (TSBD) in Engaging Vulnerable Groups for Tidal Flood Risk Reduction: A Case Study of Taman Ayu Village Rizky, Wanda; Komalasari, Maya Atri; Awalia, Hafizah
Journal of Southern Sociological Studies Vol. 2 No. 1 (2026): Southern Perspectives in Contemporary Sociology
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Vulnerable groups such as people with disabilities, the elderly, women, and communities with limited access often face greater risks when disasters occur. This study aims to analyze the role of the Village Disaster Preparedness Team (TSBD) in involving vulnerable groups in disaster risk reduction activities at the village level. Therefore, their involvement in the disaster management system is an important aspect in building community resilience. This study uses a qualitative approach with a case study method. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with VDRT members, village officials, and vulnerable groups, field observations, and analysis of village disaster documents. The results show that the VDRT plays an active role in involving vulnerable groups through various mechanisms, such as village discussion forums, direct invitations to disaster activities, and their involvement in the VDRT organizational structure. In addition, vulnerable groups are also involved in the process of preparing village disaster documents so that their needs and perspectives can be accommodated in disaster mitigation planning. The findings of this study indicate that the involvement of vulnerable groups is not only symbolic but also provides a space for participation that allows them to contribute according to their capacities and abilities.
Sustainable Development: Case Study of Customary Law and Land Acquisition Rejection in Kekeran Village Ni Made Ayu Nindya Damayanti; Moh. Mudzakkir; Putri Dwi Permata Indah; Sugeng Harianto
Journal of Southern Sociological Studies Vol. 2 No. 2 (2026): Southern Perspectives in Contemporary Sociology
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26740/jsss.v2i2.52386

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Kekeran Village maintains a robust customary policy to protect its living space, specifically through the traditional prohibition of selling agricultural land to external parties. This study aims to analyze the strategies of the Kekeran indigenous community in navigating land acquisition pressures from investors and preserving their agrarian sovereignty. Utilizing a descriptive qualitative approach, data were gathered through participatory observation, documentary studies of awig-awig regulations, and in-depth interviews with customary leaders. Max Weber’s social action theory is applied to examine the motives underlying community resistance. The results indicate that the rejection of land acquisition is an integration of value-rational and traditional actions, where land is perceived as a spiritual identity transcending economic commodity value. Collective strategies identified include strengthening social bonds, tightening customary sanctions, and synchronizing local rules with government regulations. In conclusion, local sovereignty supported by adherence to customary law is the primary key to achieving inclusive sustainable development. The synergy between technocratic policies and local wisdom effectively minimizes land conversion for the welfare of future generations.
The Influence of Peer Social Environment and Type of Vape as a Medium of Self-Image among Late Adolescents: A Study in Bandar Lampung Hero Satria Novara Cahya; Pairulsyah; Damar Wibiosono
Journal of Southern Sociological Studies Vol. 2 No. 2 (2026): Southern Perspectives in Contemporary Sociology
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This study examines the influence of peer environment and types of vape devices on the self-image of late adolescents who use vape in Bandar Lampung City. A quantitative survey method was employed involving 50 respondents selected through purposive sampling. Data were analysed using multiple linear regression. The t-test findings indicate that the peer environment variable (X1) yields a significance value of 0.054 (> 0.05), suggesting no statistically significant effect on self-image (Y), whereas the type of vape device (X2) yields a significance value of 0.016 (< 0.05), indicating a statistically significant effect. Simultaneously, the F-test reveals that both variables jointly demonstrate a significant influence on self-image, with a significance value of 0.001 (< 0.05). The correlation coefficient (R) of 0.515 indicates a moderate association, whilst the coefficient of determination (R Square) of 0.265 suggests that 26.5% of the variation in self-image is explained by these variables, with the remaining 73.5% attributed to factors beyond the scope of this study. The peer environment primarily plays a role in adolescents' initial decision to engage in vaping, whereas the type of vape device exerts a more substantial influence on shaping self-image as a form of self-expression within social contexts. Situating these findings within a Global South perspective further reveals that weak regulatory frameworks, social media marketing, and peer network dynamics collectively amplify the symbolic role of vape type in adolescent identity construction, reflecting structural patterns shared across rapidly urbanising societies beyond the Indonesian context.
From Femininity to Resistance: Re-signifying Pink in the 17+8 People’s Movement in Indonesia Wahyu Mahesa Miarta; Muhammad Abduh; Raesita Rakhmawati Rosadi; Jauhar Wahyuni; Rizqi Mutqiyyah; Muhammad Danu Winata; Muhammad Zawil Kiram
Journal of Southern Sociological Studies Vol. 2 No. 2 (2026): Southern Perspectives in Contemporary Sociology
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This article examines how pink is re-signified from a gender-coded color associated with softness and femininity into a symbol of solidarity, civic courage, and nonviolent resistance within Indonesia’s 17+8 People’s Movement. It asks how street practices and digital circulation reshape the meaning of pink, support collective identity, and connect gendered symbolism to demands for economic justice and governmental accountability. The study combines semi-structured interviews with three participants—a field activist, a digital poster artist, and a homemaker—participant observation, and analysis of protest clothing, placards, profile frames, social media images, and movement narratives. Drawing on Barthesian semiotics, feminist visual analysis, and Southern sociology, the findings show that pink operates as a care-based counter-sign that converts associations of care, domesticity, and femininity into public courage. It also functions as a vernacular semiotic infrastructure linking embodied protest, household economic pressures, religious respectability, youth creativity, and networked media. Pink lowers the threshold of recognition and participation and translates concerns about prices, labor, inequality, and state legitimacy into a culturally legible form. Its rapid circulation, however, creates risks of aestheticization, decontextualization, and commercial co-optation, making continual anchorage to the 17+8 demands essential. By theorizing from the Indonesian case, the article treats Global South actors as producers of concepts and contributes to visual social movement studies, feminist sociology, digital activism, and Southern sociological perspectives.
Sufism in Contemporary Scholarship: Mapping the Evolution and Knowledge Production of Sufi Studies through Bibliometric Analysis Firdaus Wajdi
Journal of Southern Sociological Studies Vol. 2 No. 2 (2026): Southern Perspectives in Contemporary Sociology
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This study maps the evolution and geopolitics of knowledge production in contemporary Sufi studies through a bibliometric analysis of 2,180 Scopus-indexed documents published between 1894 and 2025 across 613 publication sources. Using the Bibliometrix package in R, the analysis examines publication growth, authorship, country distribution, collaboration patterns, and thematic development. The findings indicate an annual publication growth rate of 3.59%, demonstrating sustained scholarly interest in Sufism. Religion and the human remain central themes, while more recent publications increasingly engage with Islamism, politics, modernity, and Muslim identity. Nevertheless, the global visibility of Sufi scholarship remains uneven. Publication and authorship networks are concentrated in Anglophone academic centres, particularly the United Kingdom and the United States, while Pakistan emerges as an important Southern node. This pattern reveals a disparity between the regions in which Sufi traditions are historically embedded and the academic institutions that acquire authority to classify, interpret, and circulate knowledge about them. The dataset also contains engineering publications using SUFI as an acronym, underscoring the need for more rigorous bibliographic curation. From a Southern sociological perspective, this study argues that Sufism should not be treated merely as an empirical object located in the Global South. Southern archives, languages, concepts, institutions, and scholarly communities must also be recognised as sources of sociological theory and epistemic authority. The study contributes to debates on the geopolitics of knowledge in Islamic studies and proposes a more reflexive and regionally grounded agenda for future Sufi scholarship.
The Formation of Chinese Ethnic Political Representation through Social Recognition in Local Public Spaces in Bangka Regency Frans Tory Damara Pradipta; Aliyah; Sofa Sofiyanty; Riky Ovaliansyah Harahap; Aimie Sulaiman; Novendra Hidayat; Raja Hisyamudin bin Raja Sulong
Journal of Southern Sociological Studies Vol. 2 No. 2 (2026): Southern Perspectives in Contemporary Sociology
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Political representation of ethnic minorities is often explained through electoral competition and institutional democratization, while the role of social recognition in shaping political legitimacy remains underexplored, particularly in locally grounded democracies of the Global South. This study analyzes how social recognition contributes to the formation of Chinese ethnic political representation in Bangka Regency, Indonesia. Employing a qualitative descriptive approach, the research was conducted in Sungailiat District through in-depth interviews, observation, and documentation involving members of the Malay and Chinese communities. The data were analyzed using the interactive model of Miles and Huberman and interpreted through Honneth's Recognition Theory and Pitkin's Political Representation Theory. The findings reveal that political representation is preceded by a gradual process of social recognition manifested in social acceptance, reciprocal trust, and active participation in local public spaces. Long-standing interethnic interaction has enabled the Chinese ethnic community to gain public legitimacy, which subsequently strengthens opportunities for political representation. Rather than emerging solely from electoral processes, political representation is constructed through continuous everyday relationships embedded in neighbourhood organizations, mutual assistance, and shared civic activities. The study contributes to Southern sociological perspectives by treating Bangka not merely as a site for applying Euro-American theories, but as a location from which recognition-based political representation can be theorized. It demonstrates that, in a postcolonial multicultural setting, political legitimacy is generated through historically situated and locally meaningful practices before it is expressed through formal democratic institutions.
Democracy, Leadership and Development Examined in Light of Nigerian Democracy Kingsley Patrick Omoruyi
Journal of Southern Sociological Studies Vol. 2 No. 2 (2026): Southern Perspectives in Contemporary Sociology
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The persistent crisis of governance and leadership in Nigeria has limited the capacity of democratic institutions to generate sustainable and human-centered development. This paper examines the interrelationship among democracy, leadership, and development and argues that democratic governance becomes meaningful only when it advances the common good, public accountability, and people’s material well-being. Situated within Southern sociology and Global South scholarship, the paper rejects the tendency to evaluate Nigeria merely as an incomplete version of Euro-American democracy. Instead, it interprets Nigeria as a historically constituted postcolonial formation shaped by colonial state-making, unequal incorporation into global capitalism, local political struggles, and indigenous aspirations for self-reliance. The study adopts qualitative analysis, hermeneutical interpretation, and thematic engagement with secondary literature. It finds that weak political will, corruption, elite capture, fragile institutions, and limited citizen participation obstruct the relationship between democratic leadership and development. At the same time, African intellectual traditions emphasize that development should be understood not simply as economic growth or institutional imitation, but as social transformation grounded in dignity, collective welfare, freedom, and the capacity of people to shape their own futures. The Nigerian case therefore contributes to Southern theory by showing that democracy should be evaluated through historically grounded and substantively social indicators, including access to healthcare, education, water, energy, employment, security, fair taxation, and the rule of law. The paper concludes that responsible leadership and sustainable development require democratic accountability, popular participation, epistemic inclusion, and recognition of locally grounded knowledge. It recommends people-centered governance, stronger institutions, equitable resource distribution, effective leadership training, and the protection of citizens’ rights and freedoms.

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