Enhancement of women crafters’ role in Madurase cultural tourism after pandemic through their female subjectivity

• Main Author: Suryani, S.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: Cultural tourism; Digital media; Females; Pandemics; Qualitative analysis; Qualitative research; Social networks; Subjectivity; Tourism; Traditions; Women
• ISSN: 0094-243X; 1551-7616
• DOI: 10.1063/5.0241704

The research aims are elaborating the manifestation of female subjectivity by women crafters to develop their role in Madurase cultural tourism after pandemic and the gendering based tradition which definition of women arises gender inequality. Mostly previous researches only focus on women batik crafters in Madura. Hence, this research fills the gap to analyze Madurase tradition creating gender inequality challenged by the women crafters in Madura by their female subjectivity to enhance their role in batik as cultural tourism after pandemic. The research is conducted in Klampar village where the women batik crafters live in the society which shows gendering based tradition and in the era of after pandemic that leads them to work smarter utilizing social media to boost their batik selling. Interviewing and recording the women crafters of their role in cultural tourism after pandemic and their resistance against gendering based local tradition are designed for the qualitative research. Main results are the women crafters join some workshop, visit some social media, and build a network to increase their capacity to involve well to cultural tourism after pandemic and challenge the tradition that limits their space in the society. Hence their female subjectivity supports them to show their existence in the society which applies tradition that leads only male owns privilege. The research may give benefit to the area of women and cultural tourism after pandemic. The research may advance the research about how women in rural area that is limited by the local tradition but their existence of the embodiment of female subjectivity enhance their role to cultural tourism. The novelty is made as the two focuses that are women batik crafter and their local tradition are interconnected to show the enhancement of women batik crafter to Madurase cultural tourism.