Good Practices for Strengthening the Social Capital of Village Communities by House Renovation Activities

• Main Authors: Widodo Sutejo K., Nestapa Yurika Ayu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: EDP Sciences 2020-01-01
• Series: E3S Web of Conferences
• Subjects: social capital; village; house renovation social gathering
• Online Access: https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2020/62/e3sconf_icenis2020_07024.pdf

The study examines how to strengthen the social capital among the village communities with the study case in Genuksari, South Semarang. It aims to reconstruct the community service activities by the Community Service Team of Faculty of Letters, Diponegoro University, which took place in 1989, 30 years ago. The method used was a historical-contemplative method, based on the community service report document. It was the research work in the form of writing related to the topic, supplemented by in-depth interviews with the interviewees. The results of good practices are in the form of a theoretical framework for the social capital utilization from the slum village community to become a community that is empowered and dignified on its own ability, able to change from a village that is originally hopelessly marked by drinking, gambling into a community which is able to build a residence through a social gathering system and mutual work and has successfully rehabilitated 22 housing units.