Every civilization has knowledge about health. From the beginning until now the most vulnerable groups in terms of health are toddlers and pregnant women. In the Wakatobi community, the health of children or toddlers is also an important aspect that is a priority of the local government to improve the quality of children's lives. In an effort to improve the quality of life for toddlers, the Wakatobi community has a culture as a traditional stunting that has been growing and developing in the community. This study used an ethnographic approach, so the data collection of data analysis uses ethnographic principles. This approach was expected to reveal how the Wakatobi community views health and quality of life for toddlers. The results of this study indicated that the Wakatobi community has had a traditional earrings concept called the Hedole Dole. Through the Hedole Dole ritual, toddlers have special treatment from a sando or traditional birth attendant. After experiencing the Dole Dole ritual, Wakatobi children possessed strong endurance. They will have strong endurance to fight various weather changes. Wakatobi believes and believes that this tradition has improved the quality of life and endurance of their toddlers. They also assume that healthy children are children who have a healthy body and mind. Wakatobi people think that through the ritual tradition of Dole Dole food can have a strong immune system. The process of their idols will be given various types of herbs and treatments that make their bodies stronger and resistant to various diseases.

Penelitian ini untuk mengetahui pengaruh pengetahun, sikap kerja, dan pengalaman kerja terhadap kinerja karyawan pada Kantor BPJS Ketenagakerjaan Cabang Makassar, serta untuk menganalisis apakah pengetahuan, sikap dan pengalaman secara bersama-sama berpengaruh terhadap kinerja karyawan pada Kantor BPJS Ketenagakerjaan Cabang Makassar. Penelitian ini menggunakan data kuesioner atau angket-angket, yang dilakukan dengan menyebarkan angket kepada pihak yang dijadikan responden dalam penelitian ini. Sedangkan teknik analisis data adalah uji kualitas instrumen, uji asumsi klasik, analisis regresi linear berganda, serta pengujian hipotesis. Hasil penelitian menemukan bahwa pengetahuan berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kinerja karyawan pada Kantor BPJS Ketenaga-kerjaan Cabang Makassar. Sikap berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kinerja karyawan pada Kantor BPJS Ketenagakerjaan Cabang Makassar, hal ini dapat dikatakan bahwa sikap memberikan pengaruh yang bermakna dalam peningkatan kinerja karyawan. Pengalaman kerja berpengaruh positif dan signifikan terhadap kinerja karyawan pada Kantor BPJS Ketenagakerjaan Cabang Makassar, hal ini  dapat dikatakan bahwa pengalaman kerja dapat memberikan pengaruh yang berarti terhadap peningkatan kinerja karyawan. Berdasarkan hasil pengujian secara serempak yang menunjukkan bahwa pengetahuan, sikap dan pengalaman kerja secara bersama-sama berpengaruh terhadap kinerja karyawan.

Food is a critical aspect of community resilience. The Covid-19 pandemic, however, has affected the natural environment, making food supply scarce and ultimately impacting economic and national stability. Despite this, the Mowewe community shares a local culture by which its people get empowered to maintain food security. Therefore, this study aims to discover and describe the local community's culture in Mowewe District in establishing a food security system. The method used was ethnography with a qualitative approach. Data were collected through participant observation, in-depth interviews, and documentation, after which the data were analyzed using qualitative descriptive techniques. The findings revealed that the local culture of the Mowewe community was built upon the concept of Mekambare, principles of gotong royong (cooperation), and ecological adaptation. The Mowewe community was of deep concern for the pattern of life balance during the pandemic. They took advantage of natural resources by clearing agricultural land to grow rice, corn, patchouli, and sago and keeping bees in the forest to produce honey for an additional source of income and immunity

The socio-cultural situation of the Mekongga people in Kolaka is known to have a lot of oral literature, one of them called folklore. The importance of strengthening character education in Mekongga community is carried out through the use of local folklore as a basis for inculcating moral values. Scientific studies on the phenomenon of moral values in folklore are still scarcely carried out, especially in Mekongga folklore. To that end, this study aims to analyze and describe the moral values of the Mekongga folklore in Kolaka Regency. This study uses a qualitative approach with the technique of determining the informant is a purposive sampling technique. Data collection methods in this study include the methods of observation, interviews, and documentation. Meanwhile, the data that has been collected is analyzed through qualitative descriptive techniques. The results of this study indicate that there are various forms of character education values contained in the mekongga folklore starting from the value of responsibility, trustworthiness, honesty, patience, love, courage, caring, humility, wisdom, courtesy, and trust. The values of character education are used in forming a wise and humane person, moreover, as an effort to realize harmonization, harmony, and unity in social life in Kolaka, Southeast Sulawesi which is multicultural.

The tourism sector is an opportunity for the community to create innovations to increase the economic capacity of the family. The uniqueness of an area if managed properly can become a new tourist destination for tourists. Such is the case with Jati Bali Village in West Ranomeeto District, South Konawe Regency. A village with unique potential with Balinese cultural characteristics, but located in the Southeast Sulawesi Region of Indonesia. In addition to its unique culture, in Jati Bali Village there is also a historical site in the form of a Dutch colonial heritage bunker. By Halu Oleo University, this area is used as a forum to devote knowledge to the community in the form of the KKN Tematik (Thematic Community Service Program). This program is held as an effort to foster collective awareness and community innovation power in the development of historical and cultural tourism to improve the economy. It was identified that the potential for historical and cultural tourism in Jati Bali Village apart from bunkers, there are also temples for worshiping Balinese Hindus, performing arts accompanied by gamelan music, as well as traditional Ngaben ceremonies which are still being maintained. Meanwhile, in terms of natural management, this village has agro-tourism potential with modern agriculture, because basically agriculture is the main source of income for the Jati Bali’s community, who originated to be transmigrants from Bali. The participatory approach is used as a method of assisting the community to prepare for the development of tourism objects in the village. Thus, the Thematic Community Service Program in the form of counseling, training, and empowerment based on historical and cultural tourism has become a strategy and effort for academics from Halu Oleo University to increase people's sources of income, especially the people of Jati Bali Village.