Vol. 14 No. 2 (2025): Negotiating Tradition and Modernity

This volume, Negotiating Tradition and Modernity, brings together a collection of sociological and anthropological studies that examine how Indonesian communities reinterpret inherited traditions within the currents of modern transformation.
The articles featured in this issue illuminate the diverse ways religion, education, culture, and social institutions evolve through ongoing negotiations between continuity and change. The contributions include:

• The Social Construction of Sacredness and Religious Practices at Habib Sholeh’s Well: Berger and Geertz Perspectives;

• The Transformation of the Balian’s Role in Dayak Ma’ayan Society: Religious Syncretism and Social Stratification Dynamics;

• The Capture Marriage Practice (Paneta Mawinne) in Mareda Kalada Village, Southwest Sumba, East Nusa Tenggara;

• Social Reproduction in the Kokocoran Tradition of Kangean Island: Pierre Bourdieu’s Perspective;

• The Social Role of Parents in Assisting the Learning of Children with Special Needs (ABK) in Bondowoso Regency: A Family Sociology Perspective; and

• Power Relations in Indonesian Educational Politics: Freire, Gramsci, and Foucault Perspectives.
  Collectively, these works portray how communities in Indonesia creatively navigate the intersections of faith, tradition, and social change. They remind us that modernity does not simply displace tradition, but rather opens a space for continuous dialogue, reinterpretation, and synthesis—a living negotiation that defines the dynamic identity of Indonesian society today.