Menalar Mantra Pemberdayaan
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https://doi.org/10.47431/sosioprogresif.v4i1.1028Keywords:
Pemberdayaan, Modernisasi, Partisipasi Semu, Pengetahuan Lokal, Genealogi PemberdayaanAbstract
Penelitian ini mengkaji ulang konsep pemberdayaan yang telah mengalami pergeseran makna dari proses emansipatoris menjadi proyek teknokratis yang direduksi oleh logika modernisasi dan pembangunan. Awalnya, pemberdayaan merupakan bahasa perlawanan yang menantang struktur kuasa dan memobilisasi aksi kolektif, namun kini sering menjadi buzzword yang dipisahkan dari konteks sosial-politik lokal serta diarahkan pada target kuantitatif jangka pendek. Melalui pendekatan kualitatif berbasis studi pustaka, penelitian ini menganalisis literatur, studi kasus, dan kerangka teoritis seperti “rendering technical” dan “efek antipolitik”. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahwa program-program seperti PNPM Mandiri, Dana Desa, dan proyek konservasi kerap gagal memberdayakan masyarakat karena meminggirkan pengetahuan lokal, memproduksi partisipasi semu, dan memperkuat dominasi elite. Reduksi pemberdayaan dalam kerangka modernisasi juga menciptakan ketimpangan epistemik, di mana pengetahuan ahli dianggap lebih sah dibandingkan pengetahuan komunitas. Penelitian ini merekomendasikan pemulihan dimensi politik pemberdayaan, pengakuan pengetahuan lokal, dan penguatan proses kolektif berbasis solidaritas sosial. Dengan demikian, pemberdayaan tidak hanya menjadi jargon, tetapi kembali menjadi praktik transformatif yang membebaskan dan menegosiasi ulang relasi kuasa.
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