Social Reconciliation: Re-establish Post-conflict Social Ties in Kendeng Mountain Area

摘要

This study discusses the efforts of community reconciliation after the conflict in the plan to build a cement factory in Sukolilo District, Pati Regency, Mount Kendeng Area. The purpose of this study was to determine the background of the emergence of a conflict over the plan to build a cement factory in Sukolilo, to find-out the social conditions of post-conflict communities, and to discover post-conflict community reconciliation efforts. This research uses qualitative research method; based on observation, in-depth interview, and documentation techniques. The results show that the emergence of conflicts caused by differences of opinion related to the pros and cons over the plan of the construction of a cement factory in Sukolilo District. There are still suspicions among member of the communities and they anticipate of the conflict re-emergence. Social relations among ordinary people of this communities in the began to improve, but reconciliation was difficult to achieve among leaders of the movement groups. The top-down reconciliation efforts have been undertaken by several parties, namely communities, government, PT Semen Gresik and the mass media. Besides that, people also improving bottom-up reconciliation by using their ties in everyday life.