Studies on the Ammatowa indigenous people have been carried out by several researchers. Unfortunately, none of these studies have focused on the role and position of women in the Ammatowa people, both in their daily lives and in regard to education. Therefore, this study fills that void. This study aims to identify the position and role of women in the life of the Ammatowa people; what specific roles are performed by women in customary areas; and how the traditions are still firmly held provide space for women to express themselves. As a study of a unique community, this study uses an ethnographic approach, by collecting, classifying, and analyzing the various positions of women in the Ammatowa Kajang community. In the traditional structure of Tana Towa, women have an important, strategic and respected position. In the structure of these customs, there is an important role played by a woman called Angrota who has the task and responsibility of preparing all the needs for traditional ceremonies, facilitating the selection of Ammatowa and inaugurating them. In the economic aspect, women have an important role in supporting the family’s financial, such as weaving, selling in the market, and farming. Meanwhile, education for Tana Towa women is still a major issue that needs serious attention. It is because the education world is related to issues of customs, and the family economy.
This article addressed identity reconstruction through an analysis of two of the most prominent fictional works by one of the Chinese Indonesian young writers, Audrey Yu Jia Hui. In encompassing the idea of identity rewriting, I addressed Hui’s second and third novels respectively, Mellow Yellow Drama (2014) and Mencari Sila Kelima (Searching for the Fifth Principle, 2015), through the post-structural concepts of Derrida’s deconstruction, and also in relation to cultural studies views on identity. The works were analyzed through close-reading technique. The novels were published during the Reformation (Reformasi) era, where politics had served to be a profound aspect that directed the cultural identity and social attitude of the society. In a range of aspects, from narrative structure to their deeper themes, Hui’s literary works were found to draw on a distinguishable set of strategies which enabled Hui to establish her own identity as someone who was liberated, culturally accepted and free to embrace local colors. This article also showed that Audrey Yu Jia Hui’s narratives have served as an acceptance of an individual’s multiple identities, which often depends on the problem at hand as well as the context of choices.
Getting an education is the right of every citizen wherever he is and from whatever socio-cGetting an education is the right of every citizen wherever he is and from whatever socio-cultural background he grows. However, in many regions of Indonesia both due to geographical, economic, and socio-cultural issues, the basic rights mentioned above can not be realized. One community group whose children can not go to school because economic and socio-cultural reasons is the Tana Toa or Kajang indigenous people in South Sulawesi. One of the reasons is related to formal school procedures that are contrary to the habits of the Kajang community. One of them is about clothes that Kajang people are generally very sacred black color, while in school must wear red (SD) and blue (SMP). Using ethnographic study to understand Ammatowa Kajang and content analysis, which attempts to analyze educational problems in Tana Toa Kajang, this paper seeks to understand a number of issues in indigenous education. With this method, this paper will identify various educational issues in the Tana Toa Kajang custom area and formulate a number of policies and initiatives that can be undertaken to address the problem.
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