THE ANALYSIS OF SOCIAL AND GENETIC RELATIONSHIP CHANGES AMONG BURU COMMUNITY FROM CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE

Abstract

Social change in the community certainly has more or less an impact on the kinship conditions of a group in certain places along the changing times. This qualitative study analyzed the social change and kinship conditions of the Buru people in a contemporary perspective on the Buru island of Maluku Province. To understand these changes, a series of data collection was carried out through observation, in-depth interviews and or focused group discussion (FGD). The results found that kinship in the Buru community can be seen from the kinship of family lineages, the kinship of the origin of history and marital kinship. Changes in the value system as a culture in Buru society can be seen with the emergence of changes in lifestyle, attitudes-individualistic and materialistic society. In the Buru community, solidarity helps others begin to fade. This can be seen with the beginning to fade a sense of caring, meet each other greet and the loss of togetherness between families. The loss of a sense of togetherness according to the findings of this study was due to the development of communication facilities so that face-to-face meetings are no longer considered important. On the other hand, the need for promotional information encourages people to use communication technology tools such as mobile phones. Kinship in the process of housing construction called "ngepu ngeso" also began to fade and was replaced by a commercialization system. The entry of modernization in the midst of society resulted in the disappearance of kinship and togetherness such as mutual cooperation culture and other social relations.

Keywords

• Social change
• Buru People genetic kinship
• contemporary perspective