Social Resilience of Indigenous Peoples in Facing the Social Change

Case study on the Marori Men Ngge Tribe, Wasur Village, Merauker District, Merauke Regency, South Papua Province

Abstract

This research discusses the Social Resilience of Indigenous Peoples in Facing Social Change. This research was conducted on the Marori Men Ngge Tribe. The Marori Men Ngge Tribe, especially those living in Wasur Village, Merauke District, Merauke Regency, have experienced very significant changes, especially since the area where they live was designated as a conservation area in Wasur National Park, resulting in limited space to fulfill their living needs where most of them still apply a hunting and gathering lifestyle. This research uses a qualitative approach with informants consisting of community leaders, indigenous peoples, local governments, and academics who understand the dynamics of the development of indigenous people's lives. The changes that occurred in the Marori Men Ngge tribe were indeed very significant, especially in the limitations of the use of customary land due to changes in status as a conservation area and also changes in the social order of the community. Indigenous people's efforts to face the social changes by implementing coping capacities where they try to face and overcome changes by utilizing the resources they have to return their living conditions to their initial conditions. Then there are adaptive capacities where they learn from past experiences and try to anticipate future risks by adjusting their habits. And finally, transformative capacities where they seek to access assets and assistance from outside to help them face social change.