Proceedings of the International Conference on Economic, Management, Business and Accounting, ICEMBA 2022, 17 December 2022, Tanjungpinang, Riau Islands, Indonesia

Research Article

Power Relations Between Uwa in the Tolotang Community in Sidrap District

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.17-12-2022.2333211,
        author={Muh Tommy Anugro Haryum and Andi  Jacob and Sukri  Tamma},
        title={Power Relations Between Uwa in the Tolotang Community in Sidrap District},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the International Conference on Economic, Management, Business and Accounting, ICEMBA 2022, 17 December 2022, Tanjungpinang, Riau Islands, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ICEMBA},
        year={2023},
        month={6},
        keywords={power relations-1; traditional-2; please-3},
        doi={10.4108/eai.17-12-2022.2333211}
    }
    
  • Muh Tommy Anugro Haryum
    Andi Jacob
    Sukri Tamma
    Year: 2023
    Power Relations Between Uwa in the Tolotang Community in Sidrap District
    ICEMBA
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.17-12-2022.2333211
Muh Tommy Anugro Haryum1,*, Andi Jacob1, Sukri Tamma1
  • 1: Hasanuddin University, Indonesia
*Contact email: muhtommy24@gmail.com

Abstract

Every human community has a social structure or agreed on standard order and functions attached to each part of that social structure. Because in a society, it is vital to have a pattern that regulates the behavior of every member of society. The case with the Tolotang community structure in Amparita Village, Tellu Limpoe District, Sidenreng Rappang Regency. Source of the power of Uwata and Uwa in the community structure of the Tolotang community and Knowing the political relationship between Uwa in the form of the Tolotang community. Data was collected by interviewing key informants who could answer the horizontal and vertical relationships between Uwa in Amparita District, Sidrap Regency. The approaches, concepts, and theories used are the Concept of Power Theory and the Concept of Leadership. D found the structure of the Tolotang indigenous people in the Amparita District, which has vertical and horizontal forms of power relations. Uwatta has absolute power as the highest leader in the structure of the Tolotang indigenous people. This vertical relationship is usually in the form of decisions related to formal events and religious rituals. Meanwhile, horizontal power is built between customary stakeholders based on their territories in the relationship between Uwa.