Desa Gentan berpotensi untuk dikembangkan menjadi destinasi pariwisata karena memiliki daya tarik geowisata. Potensi wisata yang dimiliki desa Gentan meliputi potensi alam, budaya, sejarah, kuliner, wisata minat khusus maupun wisata buatan. Akan tetapi, potensi tersebut belum dikelola secara optimal. Deretan pegunungan yang melingkupi Desa Gentan adalah bagian Unesco Geopark Gunung Sewu Gunung Kidul-Wonogiri-Pacitan. Gunung dan bukit “batuan memanjang”, bahkan folklore lisan Desa Gentan tidak terpisahkan dengan legenda keberadaan Gunung Segendong dan Gunung Sepikul, legenda batu seribu, mitos sendang lele, mitos platar ombo, dan mitos embung pacinan. Folklore sebagian lisan yang berkembang di Gentan yaitu upacara bersih desa, dan folklore bukan lisan meliputi makanan khas (tiwul, bothok mlanding, pecel gendhar), jamu, dan rumah joglo. Tujuan pengabdian yaitu mengembangkan Kawasan Geowisata berbasis folklore yang menitikberatkan pada diversifikasi bentuk dengan menggali potensi alam dan kearifan lokal warga desa. Metode yang digunakan dalam pengabdian ini adalah observasi, diskusi, pelatihan dan pendampingan secara langsung. Kegiatan pengabdian meliputi pelatihan pembuatan storytelling folklore lisan, Pembuatan guide book “Buku Saku Gentan Geopark Village”, pendampingan pembuatan paket wisata, pelatihan guiding untuk pemandu lokal, pelatihan pembuatan makanan khas, penataan lokasi atraksi wisata. Kegiatan pengabdian menghasilkan Guide Book “Buku Saku Gentan Geopark Village”, paket wisata, storytelling folklor lisan, penambahan atraksi wisata, dan pemberdayaan ekonomi masyarakat dengan terbentuknya Asosiasi Boga Citra Gentan.
SMS Bunda is a text-message service for pregnant women and postnatal mothers to reduce maternal and infant mortality. This paper examines the effectiveness of the Short Message Service (SMS) Bunda as used by the Regent of Brebes in Central Java to reduce maternal mortality. Using a combination of qualitative research methods - participant observation, interviews and document reviews, the results indicated that SMS Bunda reflects the formulation of innovation policies that are fundamentally pedagogic in changing the mindsets about women’s reproductive rights.
The perception of Gentan Villager that is unaware and unprogressively oriented on developing the existence of the potential site as cultural heritage site and a natural tourism village (geoheritage) is a concern. The low capacity of Gentan Village human resources is a factor causing their inability to manage and optimize the existence of the site as an asset that has added economic value. The purpose of this paper is to describe the natural potential of Gentan Village, analyze the opportunities, challenges, strengths and threats in an effort to organize and develop Gentan Village as a nature-based tourism village. This paper uses a qualitative descriptive method that relies on observational data, qustionnaires and interviews with three different social classes of people in Gentan Village. The purposive technique was chosen in taking samples of three informants consisting of community leaders, tourists and local residents. The results of this study indicate that the low index of human resources of the Gentan Villager has influenced their perception on the conservation, management and utilization of cultural heritage sites. Changing the perception of Gentan Villager into a society that is aware on developing cultural heritage into a natural tourism village (geoheritage) requires the participation of many stakeholders. The conclusion of this research was the perception of Sukoharjo Gentan villager doesn’t reflect as a community who has attention to its cultural heritage and doesn’t oriented to make its village to be natural tourism destination.
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