PENGARUH STRATEGI PEMECAHAN MASALAH DAN PEMAHAMAN BUDAYA TERHADAP PARTISIPASI MASYARAKAT DALAM PELESTARIAN KAWASAN LINDUNG TROWULAN, MOJOKERTO

Abstract

A lot of damage due to excessive exploitation has been done on the prominent archaeological site of
Trowulan, and this may partly be attributable to the minimum involvement of the community in the conservation
efforts. The experimental study aims to assess the different effects of the two community- based conservation
methods—Participation Rural Appraisal (PRA) and Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA)—on the community
participation in the preservation of the site. Four questions were raised as to (1) whether there is any difference
between the participation of the community applying the PRA method and that of the community applying the
RRA method; (2) whether there is any difference between the participation of the community with high level
cultural understanding applying the PRA method and that of the community with high level cultural
understanding applying the RRA method; (3) whether there is any difference between the participation of the
community with low level cultural understanding applying the PRA method and that of the community with low
level cultural understanding applying the RRA method; and (4) whether there is any interaction between problem
solving strategy and cultural understanding in the participation of the community in the conservation of the
Trowulan archaeological site. The 2x2 factorial design was applied on a sample consisting of 60 randomly
selected adult and married respondents from two villages in Kecamatan Trowulan. The study found (1) a
significant difference between the participation of the community applying the PRA method and that of the
community applying the RRA method; (2) no difference between the participation of the community with high
level cultural understanding applying the PRA method and that of the community with high level cultural
understanding applying the RRA method; (3) no difference between the participation of the community with low
level cultural understanding applying the PRA method and that of the community with low level cultural
understanding applying the RRA method; and (4) interaction between problem solving strategy and cultural
understanding in the participation of the community in the conservation of the Trowulan archaeological site.