Revitalizing Local Wisdom to Enhance Community Resilience in Post-Terrorism Contexts: A Qualitative Structural Analysis

Mukari Mukari, Mudjia Rahardjo, Ali Maksum, Mohamad Anas

Abstract

This study aims to examine the role of local communities in building collective resilience in response to terrorist attacks on religious symbols. Drawing on structuration theory and social capital theory, it explores the complex relationship between community resilience and local wisdom in a post-terrorism context. The research was conducted in Solo, Indonesia, and involved 15 purposively selected participants, including religious leaders, interfaith community leaders, cultural practitioners, government officials, youth activists, and survivors. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, participatory observation of cultural and interfaith activities, and analysis of policy documents and program archives. The data were then analyzed thematically using an interactive analysis model. The study identifies four main themes. First, local wisdom and cultural practices serve as the primary basis for restoring interfaith relations. Second, the structuration process occurs through collaboration between local agents, including the FRH, the Ministry of Religious Affairs, the city government, communities, young people, and universities, and institutional structures and religious moderation programs. Third, the revitalization of public space and cultural practices functions as a means of promoting peace, strengthening social trust, reducing the stigma of violence, and fostering a new habitus of tolerance, thereby enhancing social resilience. Fourth, challenges remain in sustaining community engagement in resilience-building efforts related to pluralism and interfaith dialogue. The study highlights the importance of a local wisdom-based social reconstruction approach in developing religious moderation policies and preventing extremism at the local level.

 

Keywords: religious tolerance; local wisdom; community resilience; religious moderation; post-terrorism; social structuration.

 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.55463/hkjss.issn.1021-3619.67.3


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