Local Culture in Environmental Conservation: An Ecocritical Overview of a Novel Set in Meratus Mountains, South Kalimantan

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10.2991/assehr.k.211021.008How to use a DOI?

Keywords

green literature, local culture, environmental conservation, ecocritic

Abstract

Environmental issues that we face today encourage efforts to increase ecological awareness. The green literature movement is used as a medium to raise awareness by voicing criticism of the environment. This movement highlights the increasing environmental damage along with the anthropocentric perspective on the exploitation of nature for the sake of fulfilling needs and profits. In this case, local culture plays a role in environmental conservation strategies in South Kalimantan. This study aims to explore the local culture of the Dayak Meratus community, which plays a role in ecological conservation strategies of the novel set in Meratus Mountains, South Kalimantan. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method using an ecocritical approach. The research data are the novel written by Aliman Syahrani, Palas, and the novel written by Eva Liana Mawinei. The steps of work are to classify data, analyze, and conclude. The results showed that two novels set in the Meratus Mountains, namely: Palas and Mawinei (1) describe the local culture of human relations with nature in the form of the recital of natural signs; (2) perform a ritual of gratitude towards nature; (3) use nature wisely for the necessities of life and living equipment, such as housing and means of transportation; and has customary rules in the form of a forest ban and (4) a ban on cutting certain trees. This local culture needs to be preserved to conserve the environment in the Meratus Mountains, South Kalimantan, amid natural exploitation that impacts the environmental crisis.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Derri Ris Riana
AU  - Jahdiah
AU  - Rissari Yayuk
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/10/23
TI  - Local Culture in Environmental Conservation: An Ecocritical Overview of a Novel Set in Meratus Mountains, South Kalimantan
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Education, Language, Literature, and Arts (ICELLA 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 48
EP  - 57
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211021.008
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211021.008
ID  - Riana2021
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