Judul: Pemberdayaan pengrajin ekonomi kreatif kerajinan Sutera di Perdesaan Provinsi Sulawesi Selatan
Abstrak: Community empowerment is an effort to improve standard and status of a community stratum that currently within the poverty and backwardness. Creative economy craftsman (silk) is a person who work in the making of silk handicraft by changing the raw material or unfinished goods into valuable goods to fulfil their needs and increase their income. Empowerment is beneficial for the development and utilization of talent and skill of every individual. Many works are designed and built by a group or organization hoping that members of the group or organization can utilize the situation to improve their performance. However, only small proportion of their ability that leads to desperateness. Empowerment can overcome traditional obstacles by supporting economy creative craftsmen who face different situation from the past; therefore, allow them to have improvement in relation to their attitude in livelihood. Empowerment gives opportunity to everyone to obtain and receive additional skills and responsibilities. Empowerment process needs time because a different skill and motivation. Therefore, integrative study is needed to gain information about things that underlie the empowerment of creative economy craftsmen. The research is conducted in Wajo and Bulukumba Regencies in South Sulawesi Province, which is area of creative economy business development. The research is conducted to all creative economy craftsmen as the prominent actor of creative economy. Reasons in selecting Wajo and Bulukumba Regencies as the research location are: (1) the areas have product development, (2) they absorb employment, (3) they produce product from all creative economy business with characteristic of Bugis and Makassar ethics. In general, the research aims to analyze entrepreneurship behavior of silk craftsmen as the prominent actor of creative economy in increasing their income and prosperity. In specific, the research aims to: (1) map the ability level of creative economy craftsmen in securing their business sustainability based on economic, social, environmental and institutional dimensions and the behavior of creative economy business in South Sulawesi Province; (2) analyze the determinant factors of business sustainability of creative economy craftsmen as the prominent actors of creative economy in South Sulawesi Province; and (3) design an empowerment model of creative economy craftsmen as the prominent actor of creative economy in South Sulawesi Province. The research is conducted using survey method, literature study and interview. Field survey is conducted to collect primary and secondary data. Survey method is used to collect primary data using field observation and measurement, in-depth interview and FGD. Secondary data is obtained from report documentation of various related institutions. Data collection method used to formulate sustainability frame and sustainability assessment is multidimensional scaling (MDS) method in Rapfish-modified Rap UEK software. In term of the determinant factors of sustainability, prospective analysis is used. Research results show that sustainability frame of creative economy craftsmen business is needed in order to evaluate the business sustainability especially in facing social, economic, environmental and institutional developments and entrepreneurship behavior. General frame of the sustainability of creative economy business in this research is built based on economic, social, environmental and institutional dimensions and entrepreneurship behavior. Rap-UEK simulation to find out about the sustainability grade of creative
Keyword: The Empowerment, Creative Economy Craftsmen, Silk Handicraft

Judul: Local economic system of wajo community (case study on weavers at Wajo Regency South Sulawesi Province)
Abstrak: Weaving activity in Bugis Wajo Community has been in the area since thirteen century. World trade activity, marked with the introduction of capitalism economic and market economic systems into the community economic system, has influenced weaving community’s life order. The change in the community’s life is also influenced by development on weaving technology with the introduction of improved handlooms (Alat Tenun Bukan Mesin/ATBM) in 1950. This condition has divided the weavers into three groups, gedogan (primitive looms) weaver, ATBM weaver, and weaving entrepreneur. These three groups have different action in social and economic lives. These symptoms are the basic for author to study the Local Economic System (sistem ekonomi lokal/SEL) developed by weavers in Bugis-Wajo Community South Sulawesi Province. The research aims to examine and analyze: (1) local wisdom-based economic system of weavers in Wajo Regency (2) economic-moral ethic shaping the local economic system under the influence of market economic (3) economic action embeddednes of weavers in personal and social structure networks. Theoretical approaches used to understand realities on field are embeddedness theory and network theory from Granovetter (1985; 1973; 1992). Qualitative approach is used as methodological tool to uncover and analyze data using constructivist paradigm (Guba and Lincoln, 2000). Data collection is conducted with in-depth interview and observation. Data analysis is conducted through processes of data reduction, data presentation and conclusion (Miles and Huberman, 1994). To find out about the validity of data, the study uses four ways, credibility, transferability, dependability and confirmability. Research results show that local wisdom in Bugis weaving tradition is exist in the function and meaning of woven cloth as clothing, gift, status symbol and as part of goods for customary ceremonies. Local wisdom is also exist in the weaving activity itself such as a myth about Walida as a weapon for women having meaning as a protection system for women’s status. A myth on menganai (massau), which is an activity to stretch the yarn to make a warp threads for weaving, having a meaning of discipline and carefulness. The research proposes a theoretical formulation on “mix rationality” action. Mix rationality action is an action presenting formal rational action along with moral rational action in one real action. However, this action is not paradox in nature, instead, it is unite and compromise action. Several concrete proofs are proposed to support the theoretical argument, as follow: 5. Gedogan (primitive looms) weavers tend to set out cultural values in producing woven clothes; however, they also gain economic advantage from woven clothes they produced. 6. Capital collection conducted by weaving entrepreneurs is not merely toward world’s matter (business development), but the capital is also used to help others in social-religious activities. 7. Weaving entrepreneurs who have stronger economic power compare to two other weaver groups do not shut down and exploit weaker weavers, instead, they build partnership with ATBM and gedogan weavers. The partnership involves solidarity (moral) and brings economic advantages to each party. 8. The presence of patron (entrepreneurs and ATMB weavers) gives social guarantee, jobs and salary to clients (labors), in which they can work as long as
Keyword: Local Economic System, Weavers, Wajo Community

Judul: Infeksi Virus Parainfluenza Pada Anjing
Abstrak: Virus parainfluenza anjing termasuk famili Paramyxoviridae, berbentuk pleomorf dengan ukuran bervariasi (bergaris tengah antara 100-500 nm), berpembungkus peka ether, berisi genom RNA dan secara serologis mempunyai kesamaan dengan virus SV-5 kera; dikenak sebagai salah satu kausa penting dari sindrom "kennel cough". Infeksinya dapat mengenai anjing semua umur yang belum pernah terinfeksi atau mendapatkan vaksinasi mengakibatkan gejala klinis ringan yang terbatas pada traktus respirasi atu infeksi yang secara klinis tidak memperlihatkan gejala nyata. Gejala klinis yang nampak setelah masa inkubasi (1-5 hari) terlewati berupa batuk yang tidak berat selama beberapa hari, berbagai tingkat tonsilitis dan pharyngitis dan kadang-kadang ditemukan kenaikan temperatur rektal antara 1-2 derajat C dari temperatur normal rat-rata. Anjing terinfeksi mengandung virus pada traktus respirasi bagian atas dan bawah serta limfonoduli sampai hari ke 9 setelah infeksi. Penyebaran virus antar anjing terjadi secara aerogen.
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