Marginalized ldoor-to-doorr Streetmusicians A Case Study of Street Musician in Surabaya

Abstract

Social change is more visible in urban areas. The city is identical to luxury, industry, crowds, job opportunities and places of fate. That is why many productive working age groups are urbanizing to the city to bet their fortune. The phenomenon of the city as the destination of urbanization hit all the big cities. The real impact of urbanization is the emergence of various social problems in Surabaya, such as many homeless people, beggars, and various crimes. Some people who have ordinary skills in music try to be street musicians to earn a living. The number of street musicians in Surabaya has increased nowadays about hundreds. How the life and existence of street musicians who marginalized in the society are very interesting to be studied and explored, so it can reveal factors that led to the shifting culture of singing in Javanese society, the background of a person choosing a profession as street musicians, and the description of forms of art activities done by the street musicians.