Individual Paper
6. Using the Arts, Media and Culture: Contestations and Collaborations
The overall goal of this study is to describe the tactics used by contemporary Batak and Christian sects (Charismatic churches) to win over Batak Toba communities that accepted ulos and cultural practices as the symbolic capital and the cultural identity in the field of Christianity. The focus of this study is on the religious and cultural heritage of the Batak Toba, as evidenced by responses from Batak people who still regard ulos as a sacred object in traditional churches as seen in mailing list comments from the Silaban Brotherhood. Both research literature and qualitative ethnography methodologies will be used in this investigation. perspective theory will be used to draw identity as the mental representation objectives toward practices that are carried out by social agents and as the subjunctive which reflects objectivity that is demonstrated by symbolic manipulation methods in order to provide a solution to this question. The presence of the power field and the occurrence of symbolic capital among social agents promote the development of identity.
Eva Gultom
Universitas Halu Oleo, Indonesia