| dc.description.abstract | This research is entitled "The Role of Ruang Kreatif Siantar in Improving Youth
Creativity in Pematang Siantar City". The purpose of this research is to find out the role
of Ruang Kreatif Siantar, to find out what programs and activities are carried out by
Ruang Kreatif Siantar in an effort to increase youth creativity, and to find out the
obstacles experienced by Ruang Kreatif Siantar in carrying out programs and activities
to increase youth creativity. This study used a qualitative research method with a
descriptive approach. This study uses the concept of the role of a change agent according
to Spergel and Zastrow (in Adi, 2008, p. 141), namely as an enabler, intermediary
(broker), educator (educator), expert (expert), Social planner, advocate and activist.
Data collection techniques used are in-depth interviews, observation and documentation.
There were eight informants in this study, namely six members of the Ruang Kreatif
Siantar as the main informants and two members of the Siantar Kpopers community and
the Dakwah Islam Pelita Quran community as additional informants. The results of this
study indicate that Ruang Kreatif Siantar only performs four roles, namely those of
enabler, broker, educator and expert. The programs owned by Ruang Kreatif Siantar in
an effort to increase youth creativity are SiantarDigifest, SiantarDigischool, and
ErkaEsport, which are original programs from Ruang Kreatif Siantar. There are other
programs that are collaborative programs or situational programs. The obstacles
experienced by Ruang Kreatif Siantar in carrying out its program of activities are time
constraints and funding constraints. | en_US |
