Semen vs Samin: the Impact of “Change.Org” Online Petition in Perspective of Laudato Si’

Purnama, Finsensius Yuli (2017) Semen vs Samin: the Impact of “Change.Org” Online Petition in Perspective of Laudato Si’. Semen vs Samin: the Impact of “Change.Org” Online Petition in Perspective of Laudato Si’, LII (157). pp. 803-814. ISSN pISSN: 0115-9577 eISSN: 2651-7418

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Abstract

In Chapter III, the Encyclical Document of Pope Francis, Laudato Si’: on Care for Our Common Home, explains about the Church’s position by placing technology in the perspective of creativity and power. The Pope states how technology (medicine, engineering and) communications has “overcome the bad things that would hinder and restrict human.” This paper views the internet technology, especially the petition on line of change.org, in perspective of the optimist. In some cases, public demands have been successfully accepted by the parties that petitioned. One petition which is still in fighting today is cement (semen) versus Samin. It is a dispute of Kendeng Mountain communities, in Rembang, Central Java (called the Samin) with PT Semen Indonesia and Indocement Group (2014) that obviously shows injustice in its most basic form: the exploitation of nature by depriving human beings as subjects of ecological management. Women with their feet in stocks made of cement box express their protest against the existence of a cement plant that damages not only the ecology, but also their social life. In addition, there is another protest with a similar concern: Melanie Subono who has started a petition at Change.org since February 14, 2015. In line with the Laudato Si’, there is hope that the internet technology can help voice the Samin community especially through Change.org. Until this article was written, there have been 27,876 people who have signed the petition of “Stop the cement plant operations that displace the people in Kendeng Mountains, Rembang, Central Java!” Technology becomes a new hope to help the Samin struggle to maintain their homeland.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Laudato Si’, online petitions, change.org, Kartini Kendeng, Samin
Subjects:	Communication Science
Divisions:	Journal Publication
Depositing User:	F.X. Hadi
Date Deposited:	30 Aug 2023 05:43
Last Modified:	13 Sep 2023 04:55
URI:	http://repository.ukwms.ac.id/id/eprint/36654

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