Social Identity Change in Pendalungan Community

Abstract

Ethnic Madura is one of the ethnic groups in East Java actively migrate. In these ethnicgroups there are Pendalungan Madurese inhabited the horseshoe area in East Java. So calledbecause the coverage area resembles the shape of a horseshoe. Starting from the eastPasuruan, Probolinggo, Situbondo, partly Banyuwangi, Jember and Lumajang.Madurese transfer from their home regions to the other is a migration. This is a consequenceof the change in many aspects of life such as, the progress of infrastructure built, economicgrowth, and also because of the desire of individuals to improve their quality of life.Migration of individuals from one region to another, also brings changes in their SocialIdentity. Researchers are interested to observe how the Social Identity Changes inPendalungan Madurese.Pendalungan Madurese has its own characteristics, some can be seen in the form of cultureand everyday life. Those characteristics are acculturation came from a meeting betweenMadurese as a newcomer, with local Ethnic (usually Javanese).The uniqueness is an interesting thing to observe, as has been done by Inga Jasinska Lahti(1999) on the Russian immigrants in Finland. Starting from Social Identity Theory - Tajfel(1979) and Ellemers (1999), researchers will try to find answers to questions in this study.This study aimed to identify the causes and forms of Social Identity on PendalunganMadurese by develop a model of Social Identity change in Pendalungan Madurese