Pemberdayaan Masyarakat melalui Ekonomi Kreatif Membatik di Desa Pematang Johar Kabupaten Deli Serdang

Abstract

This research is entitled "Community Empowerment Through the Creative Economy of Making Batik in Pematang Johar Village, Deli Serdang Regency". The purpose of this study was to see the empowerment process that occurred in two groups of batik craftsmen in Pematang Johar Village. These two groups have differences, namely the Liza Mangrove Batik Studio group is empowered by individuals and the Batik Sawah batik group is empowered by the village government. The author wants to see how the creative economy of batik is one of the entry points for the empowerment process for the two groups of batik craftsmen. The empowerment process observed included the knowledge and skills of batik craftsmen in Pematang Johar Village, how the organization and constraints during the empowerment process were carried out by groups empowered by individuals and by groups of batik craftsmen empowered by groups. The research method used in this study is a qualitative method that describes and analyzes the facts that occur in the field. The research techniques used in this qualitative method are observation techniques, in-depth interviews and documentation. The research findings show knowledge and skills in batik, namely in the form of knowledge of how to make batik, knowledge and skills of how to make natural batik coloring from mangrove waste by the Liza Mangrove Batik Studio, The process of applying the idea of rice fields into batik motifs by the Sawah Batik Group. The Liza Mangrove Batik Studio does not have an organization, but there is a division of tasks within it, and the Batik Sawah group has an organization in the form of forming a management structure in managing Batik Sawah. There are three obstacles in empowering the batik craftsmen group in Pematang Johar Village, namely in the section; Budget, Facilities and Infrastructure, and Community Participation.