The Role of the Tiban Association in the Dynamics of the Tiban Tradition of the Transmigrant Community According to the Perspective of Michel Foucault's Power Relations  (Study on Javanese Transmigrant Community in Sekampung District, East Lampung Regency)

Yosi linawati; Risma Margaretha Sinaga; Muhammad Mona Adha

doi:10.59890/ijels.v3i5.45

Authors

Yosi linawati Universitas Lampung
Risma Margaretha Sinaga Universitas Lampung
Muhammad Mona Adha Universitas Lampung

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.59890/ijels.v3i5.45

Keywords:

Tiban Tradition, Tiban Association, Javanese, Power Relations, and Michel Foucault

Abstract

This research aims to analyse the dynamics of the implementation of the Tiban tradition among transmigrant communities using Michel Foucault's power relations analysis framework. The research informants consisted of traditional elders, leaders of the Tiban Badak Lampung community, and transmigrant communities in Sekampung District. Data collection techniques included in-depth interviews, non-participant observation, and documentation. Data were analysed using the Miles & Huberman (1992) analytical model which includes data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. The results show that the Tiban paguyuban not only acts as a ritual actor, but also as an agent of production and control of social meaning and symbolic traditions. This finding confirms that the role of the Tiban paguyuban in the Tiban tradition is a manifestation of power relations spread in social networks, which indirectly controls the meaning, norms and behaviour of the community, while opening space for dialogue and negotiation for the sustainability of the tradition socially and culturally. This study offers a theoretical contribution in enriching the discourse of power in traditional cultural practices and provides practical implications for cultural preservation and development in the context of modernisation and transmigration.

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