THE GENDER DIMENSION OF PERCEIVED CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION: A NARRATIVE INQUIRY OF POMELO FARMERS AND MERCHANTS IN DUWET, MAGETAN

• Main Author: Yuwono, Jennie
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/40428
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Climate change is considered as a major global development issue. Studies on climate change have shifted from natural science-centered studies to a more diverse sphere that also include the social perspective, including the gender dimension, considering that climate change is not only about the phenomenon that occurs of atmospheric activities. The importance of incorporating the gender dimension into climate change analysis of the agricultural sector lies in the vulnerability. However, the gender dimension itself is more than just a binary identity that dichotomize human into category of male or female. To respond the emerging debate that argue gender should not be determined as a singular identity that affect the proximity of one’s ability to adapt with climate change, this study is purposed to explore the gender dimension of the climate change adaptation based on the case of Duwet, Magetan, a village that is renowned for its pomelo but also prone to drought, as a climate change hazard. The pomelo farming was chosen to represent the subsector of fruit crops, which is often neglected from the discourse on climate change in the agricultural sector. Through using the in-depth interview that is build based on the combined approach of narrative inquiry and sustainable livelihood, the result of this study are as follow: (1) gender in the agrarian setting is constructed through a longtime process where male and female can be exposed to homogenous life experience, but resulting in different virtues; (2) the ability of an individual to recognize climate change depends on his/her proximity to the circumstance of the agricultural landscape, while as a part of a household, climate change adaptation is related with the accessibility and ownership of various assets and capacity in managing them; (3) the linkage between the gender dimension and the climate change adaptation in the pomelo setting is built by personal virtue, power relation between husband and wife, and ownership and management of capitals.