This paper discussed about traditional social securities in solving the problems which is faced by the poor in the fishing communities. This data is obtained from the results of our early research in the Salemo and Sabangko small islands Pangkep regency and in the coastal Madello village Barru regency....

In Indonesia, attention to culture as a potential resource for community development has become an important discourse in social policies, community development, and even in academic discourse since the end of 1990s. However, not many evidence have been shown of how the strength the local wisdom is able...

Studies on adaptation of migrants in a new urban environment have widely been explored by researchers from various perspectives and disciplines. Most of the studies focus on how migrants from socially less complex society, be it rural areas or less developed countries, adapt to a more complex urban or...

Democratization has opened a channel for Muslim women to speak out their needs as citizens. Since Muslim women are not one entity, a number of religious movement organizations increases along with the rising of Muslim consciousness in practicing Islamic values. Establishing these organizations are a...

This paper aims to analyze traditional art as local wisdom used as medium for communication to disseminate messages related to moral, ethic, social intercourse, and religion as well as to analyze obstacles found in traditional art. Approach to communication media is expected to discover potencies of...

The phenomenon of shifting the functions and roles of women from the domestic sector to the public sector is a logical consequence of the development of science and technology, as well as the growing ideology of capitalism and liberalism up to the countryside. The fishermen in the formerly isolated and...