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Khazanah Sosial
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is an open access and peer-reviewed journal. It publishes current and original research on various contemporary social and political issues, including: Gender politics and identity Digital society and disruption Civil society movement Community welfare & social development Citizenship & public management Public policy innovation International politics & security Media, information & literacy Economic & political issues Educational problems (not teaching procedures) Governance & democracy Radicalism & terrorism Sociology
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Articles 286 Documents
Empowerment of Farmers' Resources as an Effort to Prevent and Address Food Insecurity in Mamuju Tengah Regency Asmira DM; Syahruddin Hattab; M.Nur Alamsyah; Ikhtiar Hatta
Khazanah Sosial Vol. 7 No. 3 (2025): Khazanah Sosial
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15575/ks.v7i3.49384

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This study aims to examine how the empowerment of farmers' human resources (HR) is carried out as an effort to prevent and address food insecurity in Mamuju Tengah Regency. A qualitative approach was used. Qualitative research involves methods to explore and understand the meaning that individuals or groups assign to social issues. The data used include both primary and secondary sources. Data collection techniques involved observation, interviews, and documentation. Informants were selected using a purposive sampling technique. Data analysis followed the Miles, Huberman, and Saldana model, which consists of data collection, data display, data condensation, and conclusion drawing. Based on the research findings, it is concluded that the empowerment of farmers’ human resources as an effort to prevent and address food insecurity in Mamuju Tengah Regency has been implemented but is not yet optimal. Improvements are needed, especially in farmer involvement in decision-making, provision of training based on farmers’ actual needs, building cross-sectoral networks, and structured evaluation through training programs. The aspect of accountability in the empowerment process has not been fully applied. This stage should focus on assisting farmers in managing workloads, establishing clear standards and performance indicators for HR empowerment, and ensuring continuity in implementation.
Investigate The Relationship Between ICT Adoption and SME Performance with Digital Literacy Serving as A Mediator Variable Using TOE Framework Uus Muhamad Husni Tamyiz; Munir Munir; Chairul Furqon; Puspo Dewi Dirgantari
Khazanah Sosial Vol. 7 No. 3 (2025): Khazanah Sosial
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15575/ks.v7i3.49432

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The current study investigates the relationship Information Communication Technology (ICT) and social media adoption, with Small Medium Enterprise (SME) performance in West Java, Indonesia, utilizing digital literacy as a mediator variable.   The Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) paradigm was utilized in conjunction with Diffusion of Innovation (DOI) theory to evaluate the impact of nine technological, organizational, and environmental features on ICT adoption.  To collect data, an online questionnaire was distributed to 396 small business owners, executives, and supervisors in West Java, and the results were analyzed using Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling. According to the findings, organizational and contextual variables had a substantial impact on both ICT acceptance as well as digital literacy, but technological factors only influenced ICT adoption. The study found that ICT usage improves SME performance both directly and indirectly through the mediation of digital literacy.  The study broadens the TOE framework by incorporating previously underutilized factors like interactivity, visibility, and the bandwagon effect, while also providing empirical evidence of digital literacy's critical role in improving the relationship between technology adoption and business performance.  These findings provide useful insights for SME stakeholders in emerging economies looking to capitalize on digital transformation for a competitive advantage, emphasizing the significance of complete digital literacy development alongside technology adoption efforts.
Empathizing With Cabetican: Elevating Flood Management Through Design Thinking Patria Hena P Lagason; Janine T Panlilio; Elisa Faye I Baldevarona; Marie Joyce P Catalan; Maria Margarita R Lavides; Rosanne Marie G Echivarre
Khazanah Sosial Vol. 7 No. 2 (2025): Khazanah Sosial
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15575/ks.v7i2.49545

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This study examines potential mitigation strategies that effectively address flooding issues during typhoons and heavy monsoon rainfall in Barangay Cabetican, Bacolor, Pampanga, Philippines. The authors collected initial data via extensive interviews with six key informants from the community, who expressed their perceptions of flooding, its effects on residents, and descriptions of existing mitigation efforts. The responses revealed that nature, systems, and people’s behaviors, specifically in waste management, are the primary factors influencing flood control. Employing a design thinking approach, practical, community-driven solutions were developed that align with the United Nations’ 11th Sustainable Development Goal of promoting sustainable practices to strengthen the community’s socio-economic resilience.  A community app and a rewards card were among the proposed solutions to promote proactive barangay efforts towards waste and flood management. The authors recommend actions toward cooperation between the local government unit and the community in addressing proactive measures related to disaster preparedness and flooding alleviation.
Building a Culture of Tolerance Through Sustainable Leadership, Cultural Intelligence, and Social Adaptation: Evidence from a Multicultural Community in Indonesia Neni Alyani; Lilis Rosita; M. Miftahul Madya
Khazanah Sosial Vol. 7 No. 4 (2025): Khazanah Sosial
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15575/ks.v7i4.49568

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This study aims to analyze the mechanisms through which a culture of tolerance emerges in multicultural communities by examining three key factors: sustainable leadership (SL), cultural intelligence (CQ), and social adaptation (AD). This focus is crucial because tolerance is often understood as a product of state policy, whereas empirical evidence consistently shows that tolerant practices are primarily constructed through grassroots leadership and everyday social interactions. Methodologically, this research employs a quantitative approach, collecting survey data through Google Forms from residents of Gang Luna, Bandung, West Java, and analyzing the data using Partial Least Squares–Structural Equation Modeling (PLS–SEM). The outer model was evaluated through tests of convergent validity, discriminant validity, internal reliability, and multicollinearity, while the inner model was assessed using R², Q², path coefficients, effect size, and significance testing with 5000 bootstrapped subsamples. The findings reveal three major results. First, sustainable leadership has a positive and significant effect on cultural intelligence, indicating that dialogic and inclusive leadership at the community level strengthens residents’ cultural readiness in navigating differences. Second, cultural intelligence significantly enhances social adaptation, as individuals with higher CQ demonstrate stronger abilities to adjust, recognize cultural sensitivities, and maintain intergroup harmony. Third, SL, CQ, and AD jointly shape a stable and sustainable culture of tolerance. The mediating effects of CQ and AD show that tolerance is not merely the outcome of formal policy but is produced through social learning, difference management, and everyday cross-identity interaction. The study’s implications highlight the importance of strengthening community leadership capacity, expanding intercultural literacy programs, and reformulating tolerance policies to be more responsive to the lived social dynamics of residents. In terms of originality, this research offers an empirical model that explains the pathways of tolerance formation grounded in everyday multiculturalism and community-driven leadership—an area that remains underexplored in Indonesian tolerance studies.
Exploring Narrative Warfare as a Tool of Psychological Influence in Contemporary Geopolitics Joy Mukherjee
Khazanah Sosial Vol. 7 No. 3 (2025): Khazanah Sosial
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15575/ks.v7i3.49640

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In the era of information saturation and hybrid warfare, narrative warfare has emerged as a potent psychological tool in shaping perceptions, influencing behaviours, and manipulating geopolitical outcomes. This qualitative research explores how states and non-state actors deploy narrative warfare to assert ideological dominance, undermine adversaries, and control public consciousness. Drawing on primary and secondary sources-ranging from state propaganda, disinformation campaigns, and digital storytelling-the paper investigates the use of curated narratives in recent geopolitical conflicts, such as the Russia-Ukraine war, China’s global media expansion, and the U.S. information operations in the Middle East. Using a constructivist framework and thematic analysis, this study reveals the mechanisms through which narratives alter belief systems, foster nationalistic sentiments, and polarize global discourse. Key themes include the weaponization of history, emotional appeal, enemy construction, and mythmaking. The paper argues that narrative warfare represents a subtle yet powerful extension of psychological influence, where control over meaning becomes as critical as control over territory. Ultimately, the research underscores the urgent need for geopolitical literacy, media resilience, and counter-narrative strategies in an increasingly narrative-driven global order.
Gendering Political Party Financing in Nigeria: Evidence from the 2023 General Elections Babayo Sule; Seroala Tsoeu-Ntokoane; Alouis Chilunjika; Ahmed Lawan
Khazanah Sosial Vol. 7 No. 3 (2025): Khazanah Sosial
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15575/ks.v7i3.49769

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The funding of political parties during the electoral process in Nigeria is gradually undermining democratic competition, accountability, transparency and opportunities for the weak and dominated sections of the society. The legal provisions in both the 1999 Constitution and the Electoral Act 2022 unequivocally set out the ceiling on expenditure, description of legal sources of campaign expenditure, ceiling on contributions and associated penalties for violations. Unfortunately, experience, particularly in the 2015, 2019 and 2023 parliamentary elections, has shown excessive spending, breaches of the rules and impunity for violations that were not sanctioned by the relevant authorities. This study therefore examines how the party funding process has disadvantaged and excluded women from participating in elective offices, resulting in an extremely small number of women winning in the recently concluded 2023 general elections. The study is based on a qualitative-descriptive research design. Data was collected through in-depth interviews with informants and focus group discussions as well as personal observation of participants. The data collected was grouped into themes and discussed using tables, charts and empirical analyses. The study reports that women are marginalised, dominated, overshadowed and oppressed by men in Nigerian politics because of men's overspending. The study recommends, among other things, that policies, including harsh penalties, should be applied to offenders who spend beyond the limit in order to control money politics and create a level playing field.
Cancel Culture and the Reconfiguration of Public Legitimacy in Indonesia’s Digital Public Sphere Qisthy Rabathy; Robby Rachman Nurdiantara
Khazanah Sosial Vol. 8 No. 1 (2026): Khazanah Sosial
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15575/ks.v8i1.49891

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Abstract This study aims to examine how cancel culture operates as a structured mechanism of digital power that produces material consequences within Indonesia’s creative industry, using the controversy surrounding actor Abidzar Al Ghifari in the Indonesian adaptation of A Business Proposal as a study. The urgency of this research lies in a significant gap in the literature, which predominantly frames cancel culture as a psychological or moral phenomenon without systematically mapping its power relations, operational patterns, and economic impacts within networked publics. This study employs a qualitative approach using a virtual ethnography design. Data were collected from 300 primary posts on the X platform between January and March 2025, supplemented by interaction metrics. The findings demonstrate that cancel culture in the Abidzar case unfolded through five operational stages: the triggering controversial statement, narrative diffusion through fandom and anonymous accounts, public opinion consolidation dominated by professionalism criticism (53.67%), collective action in the form of boycott calls (9.67%), and discursive normalization within digital memory. The accumulation of interactions reached 57.5 million views, 523,274 likes, and 95,028 retweets, indicating the dominance of propagative rather than deliberative communication patterns. This digital public opinion hegemony translated into tangible economic consequences, including a reduction in cinema screens from 1,270 to 551 and a decline in the IMDb rating to 1/10. The study argues that digital participation can transform symbolic capital into measurable economic outcomes through algorithmic amplification. Theoretically, this research contributes by formulating an operational cycle of cancel culture and demonstrating the integration of capillary power relations, algorithmic mediation, and symbolic capital struggles within the digital public sphere. Practically, it recommends strengthening platform moderation policies, developing algorithmic literacy–based crisis communication systems, and promoting critical digital literacy programs. The originality of this study lies in its empirical demonstration of the conversion of symbolic power into commercial failure within Indonesia’s creative industry.
Local Language Vitality in Indonesian Tourism Destinations: Tourism-Driven Language Shift and Preservation Abdul Muin; Arma Arma; Muhamad Afif; Herlina Pratiwi; Fitri Hilmiyati; Aan Ansori
Khazanah Sosial Vol. 8 No. 1 (2026): Khazanah Sosial
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15575/ks.v8i1.51178

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This study examines the development and vitality of local languages in four major tourism destinations in Indonesia—Bali, Yogyakarta, West Java, and Banten by exploring how tourism-driven dynamics contribute to language shift and reshape cultural identity. The research is motivated by the growing dominance of Indonesian and English within tourism spaces, which progressively replaces the communicative functions of local languages and weakens intergenerational transmission, particularly among younger speakers. The primary aims of this study are to map the vitality levels of local languages, identify the key drivers of language shift, and analyze community-based preservation strategies that continue to operate in each region. Employing a qualitative multi-case study design, the research draws on direct observations and in-depth interviews with 32 informants, including local community members and tourism workers. Data were analyzed using thematic content analysis to identify patterns of language use, forms of tourism interaction, and community-led preservation efforts. The findings indicate a consistent pattern across all regions: local languages remain active in domestic and ritual contexts, shift into passive use among younger generations, and become endangered in high-intensity tourism zones such as Kuta–Seminyak, Malioboro, Lembang–Pangandaran, and Anyer–Tanjung Lesung. The shift is driven by tourism communication demands, youth linguistic preferences, industry service norms, and weakening intergenerational transmission. Despite these pressures, strong preservation strategies persist within customary communities, local educational initiatives, and cultural activities. The study highlights the need for a more integrated language preservation strategy involving government policy, the tourism sector, and local communities. The originality of this research lies in its cross-regional comparative analysis that explicitly links tourism activities to the vitality of local languages in Indonesia.
Implementation of Smart Indonesia Card Policy for College at Private Universities in Palu City Sussanti Sussanti; M Syukur; Syugiarto Syugiarto
Khazanah Sosial Vol. 8 No. 1 (2026): Khazanah Sosial
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15575/ks.v8i1.51273

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This study focuses on the implementation of the Indonesia Smart Card for College (KIP Kuliah) Program in private universities (PTS) in Palu City, with the main objective of identifying factors that influence the effectiveness of the policy based on the George C. Edwards III Policy Implementation Model. The study was conducted using a qualitative approach through Literature Review and Field research. The primary data collection process involved interviews with LLDIKTI Region XVI and KIP administrators at Palu PTS. The research results found that the KIP Kuliah program has had a real impact in increasing access to higher education for economically disadvantaged groups, but still faces a number of key issues: less than optimal policy communication to recipients, limited infrastructure and human resource capacity of administrators, variations in the disposition of implementers, and an inefficient and uncoordinated administrative bureaucracy. Problems with recipient data validation and program socialization also pose significant obstacles that impact the accuracy of scholarship distribution. Recommendations for strengthening are directed at improving the quality of communication and HR training, simplifying bureaucratic procedures, and integrating a continuous monitoring and evaluation system to support the successful implementation of the program. By strengthening the four main variables of the Edwards III model, it is hoped that the KIP Kuliah program at Palu PTS will become more effective in expanding access to higher education.
The Impact of Democracy on Gender-Based Violence in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the Post-Bosnian Conflict Mika Meytasia Ito; Adhi Cahya Fahadayna
Khazanah Sosial Vol. 7 No. 4 (2025): Khazanah Sosial
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.15575/ks.v7i4.51344

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The transition from authoritarianism to democracy is often assumed to lead to improved human rights protection, including a reduction in gender-based violence (GBV). Bosnia and Herzegovina, as a post-conflict country that adopted a democratic system through the Dayton Agreement in 1995, continues to struggle with establishing inclusive and sustainable peace. This study aims to examine whether the advancement of democracy in Bosnia has contributed to the decline of GBV from 1995 to 2024. Using a quantitative correlational approach and secondary data, the research analyzes the relationship between democratic development—measured through six rule of law indicators—and trends in GBV. The findings indicate that there is no causal relationship between the increase in democracy and the decrease in GBV. In fact, GBV in Bosnia has increased over the past three decades, despite a relatively stable democracy index. This suggests that procedural democracy does not automatically translate into protection for women, especially in the absence of substantial institutional and social reform. The study highlights the need to assess democratic quality more holistically, particularly in post-conflict settings, to ensure justice and protection for vulnerable groups. These findings also contribute to the broader discussion on the limitations of Democratic Peace Theory in addressing issues of domestic and gender-based violence.