During the Palembang Sultanate, the Sammaniyah order was the official religion of the Palembang palace. Sammaniyah tariqa scholars were also made officials and advisers to the sultan. This article aims to discuss the power relations of the Palembang Sammaniyah ulama in terms of continuity and change in the regime of power. From the 19th to the 20th centuries, the Sammaniyah tariqa lived and developed under five regimes of power, namely the Sultanate of Palembang Darussalam, the Dutch colonists, the Japanese invaders, the Old Order and New Order. Palembang Sammaniyah tarekat scholars who are considered conservative (kaum tuo) have to deal with modern scholars (kaum mudo) because of the khilafiyah problem. As a result, there was a great shift by the Sammaniyah ulama in maintaining and developing the Sammaniyah order in Palembang. Firstly, the shift occurred in the role and function of the ulama of the tarekat, changing from religious leaders who teach Islamic religious knowledge to multifunctional scholars in dealing with modernism by utilising public space. Secondly, the charismatic nature of the Sammaniyah tarekat ulama formed the authority of the ulama so that the ulama could play a role in sociopolitical affairs in each power regime. Thirdly, contemporary tarekat scholars and Sammaniyah tarekat scholars who are considered conservative scholars could compete with mudo people who were considered religious reformers. Besides, the ongoing Islamisation challenged the Sammaniyah tariqa scholars in maintaining and developing the Sammaniyah tariqa.Contribution: This research will contribute to determining the relationship between power and the existence of scholars. The question that the article tries to explore is how the identity and existence of the ulama could survive every change of power in Palembang. This article will discuss the changes in power that have occurred in each period that caused a change in mindset and a shift in the identity of the ulama. This study discusses the power relations of the Palembang Sammaniyah ulama in changing regimes of power and finds the fact that power can affect the order.

Kemiskinan merupakan isu yang selalu menarik untuk dibahas, karena hampir tidak ada satu negara di dunia ini yang terbebas dari masalah kemiskinan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis determinan kemiskinan serta melihat pengaruhnya terhadap kemiskinan di Jawa Timur. Data yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah data Survei Sosial Ekonomi Nasional (Susenas) Provinsi Jawa Timur tahun 2013, sedangkan metode analisis yang digunakan adalah Generalized Structured Component Analysis (GSCA). Hasil analisis menunjukkan bahwa karakteristik individu rumah tangga, karakteristik komunitas rumah tangga dan karakteristik wilayah rumah tangga berpengaruh terhadap kemiskinan di Jawa Timur. Berdasarkan indikator terkuat maka determinan kemiskinan yang secara signifikan memberikan pengaruh terbesar terhadap kemiskinan di Jawa Timur adalah jumlah anggota keluarga, fasilitas telekomunikasi dan status wilayah rumah tangga. Merujuk pada hasil analisis tersebut maka program penanggulangan kemiskinan harus dikaitkan dengan determinan kemiskinan agar menghasilkan kebijakan yang tepat sasaran. Oleh karena itu, penelitian ini merekomendasikan untuk membuat kebijakan utama penanggulangan kemiskinan dengan memprioritaskan pada program pengendalian laju pertumbuhan penduduk, pembangunan infrastruktur dan pembangunan wilayah pedesaan.

The development of radical Islamic understanding amongst abangan society is a paradox because there is a dichotomy between santri and abangan. This study aims to describe and analyse the transformation of preman or thugs into members of the radical Islamic army in Solo, Central Java. This research reveals why Solo is the base of a radical Islamic Laskar, how premans are predisposed to become members of the Islamic Laskar, and the types of radical Islam of this former preman. This type of research uses qualitative methods and a descriptive phenomenology approach with the social construction theory from Peter L. Berger and Thomas Luckmann. The results reveal that the rise of radical Islamic Laskar organisations is because of the local conditions of the community life in Solo. They are the leaders of Islamic troops, as an essential role of agents is to lead the social construction of preman to become members of the Laskar. Meanwhile, the type of Islamic radicalism of the preman was categorised as pseudoradicalism and fake radicalism.Contribution: This research contributes to the study of radicalism formed by religious organisations. This study describes and analyses in depth the transformation of the preman into members of the radical Islamic army in the city of Solo and the base of the radical Islamic Laskar. The most important finding of this article is the Islamic radicalism of the preman, which is categorised as pseudoradicalism and fake radicalism.

This study examines the suitability concept of destination branding with existing models of Malang tourism promotion. This research is qualitative by taking the data directly in the form of existing promotional models of Malang, namely: information portal sites, blogs, social networking, and video via the Internet. This study used SWOT analysis to find strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats on existing models of the tourism promotion. The data is analyzed based on destination branding's concept indicators. Results of analysis are used as a basis in designing solutions for Malang tourism promotion through a new integrated tourism advertising model. Through the analysis we found that video is the most suitable media that used to promote Malang tourism in the form of advertisements. Videos are able to show the objectivity of the fact that intact better through audiovisual form, making it easier to associate the viewer thoughts on the phenomenon of destination. Moreover, video creation of Malang tourism as well as conceptualized ad is still rare. This is an opportunity, because later models of audiovisual advertisements made of this study is expected to be an example for concerned parties to conceptualize the next Malang tourism advertising.

Celebrity students, namely students whose duties besides studying at tertiary institutions also work as celebrities, among others as models, singers, endorsements, celebrities, etc. This study aims to find out how the role of celebrity students in Malang Brawijaya University, the causes and impacts. This study uses a qualitative phenomenological approach that is described descriptively with data sources consisting of University of Brawijaya University Malang celebrities. Data collection techniques in this study are observation, interviews, and documentation. The subject selection technique used was purposive sampling and snowball technique. The research subjects were 10 celebrity students from various faculties at Brawijaya University Malang. The validity of the data in this study uses source triangulation techniques, and data analysis uses Milles and Hubberman's interactive analysis. The results of this study indicate that the students of Celebrity Brawijaya University Malang. Students are not only expected to be able to contribute their knowledge to the community in the surrounding environment but also in the campus environment as an example of the students described above. From various student labels, in this study, students contribute to campus activities at. Celebrity students in this study play a role with Miss Universe Universitas Brawijaya, MC at campus events such as Graduation events, Dies Natalis etc., there are also those who come to the invitation on behalf of students outside the institution, there are also those who love, dance at every performance held on campus .