The Symbolic Power of the Ex Aceh Free Movement (GAM) Combatant as the Capital Owner (Toke)

A Case Study of Symbolic Power Relation between The Owner of Factory-Farmed Chicken Bussiness and The Community Members in Gampoeng Seuneubok, Nisam Sub-District, Aceh Utara Regency

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10.2991/assehr.k.210125.060How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Symbolic Power, Toke (Capital Owner), Former Combatant, Aceh Free Movement (GAM), Gampong (Villange)

Abstract

This article intends to describe the complexity of the reality of the factory-farmed chicken business being promoted by former GAM combatants in Gampoeng Seuneubok, Nisam Sub-District, North Aceh Regency. The practice of symbolic power imaged in the figure of former GAM is not only dominant in the political, religious and cultural sphere but also in the economic realm. In the economic realm, business ventures driven by former GAM combatants are running well, however, some of them are confused with the interests of the general public. One of the former combatants’ business activities that undermines the public interest is chicken farming. The various complaints raised by residents to the village apparatus were unable to change the situation. The community did not have the courage to act more, they were only able to complain behind the owner of this chicken farm business. Meanwhile, village officials do not appear to have the courage to enforce the rules and norms of freedom of doing business without disturbing the village. The method used in achieving the above objectives is the ethnographic method. Data collection was carried out through Live In, observation, in-depth interviews, and document deconstruction. Although it is located in a settlement and disturbs the comfort of the life in the village, residents and village officials do not have the courage to take open resistance because of the labeling and symbols of the “former GAM”.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Fakhrurrazi
AU  - Nirzalin
AU  - Rizki Yunanda
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/01/26
TI  - The Symbolic Power of the Ex Aceh Free Movement (GAM) Combatant as the Capital Owner (Toke)
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Science, Political Science, and Humanities (ICoSPOLHUM 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 359
EP  - 363
SN  - 2352-5398
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