The focus of this paper is a discussion of the concept of freedom according to Jean-Jacques Rousseau, one of the philosophers of the Enlightenment. Rousseau's concept of freedom is always interesting to discuss in the context of a country that applies democracy as its political system, one of which is Indonesia. In discussing the concept of Rousseau's freedom, it is relevant to Indonesia's current democracy, which is in a state of flawed democracy according to the research results of The Economist Intelligence Unit in 2020. The goal to be achieved is to find new ideas as a solution to improve the quality of Indonesian democracy for the better. The method used in this paper is a qualitative method in the form of literature review. The findings in this paper is that the quality of freedom in Indonesian democracy is still very low, especially in the fields of religion and education. The task to fight for this freedom is first of all in the hands of the leaders of the nation and state.
The Bauma Batahutn tradition is the local wisdom of the Dayak Kanayatn tribe in West Kalimantan. Bauma Batuhutn is an agricultural activity of planting rice traditionally in fields and paddy fields. The Dayak Kanayatn people in this modern era still carry out agricultural activities in this traditional way. The purpose of this research is to explain more comprehensively about the Bauma Batatutn tradition and find the meaning contained in it. The methodology used in this study is an ethnographic study with the thick description theory of Clifford Geertz. The location of this research is Dano Village, Kaca’ Lengkuas Hamlet, Garu Village, Mempawah Hulu District, Landak Regency, West Kalimantan Province. This study uses three data sources namely: (1) the author's direct experience; (2) results of in-depth interviews with farmers and traditional leaders; (3) literature review. This study found that the local wisdom of the Bauma Batahutn tradition of the Dayak Kanayatn tribe contains the meaning of transcendental awareness, ecological awareness, democratic awareness, mutual cooperation and visiting, as well as the collective awareness of an agrarian society which appears in resemblance to the agricultural traditions of other ethnic cultures.
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