Pemaknaan Stigma Negatif para Pekerja Penyandang Tuna Daksa di Industri Kerajinan Mutiara Handycraft Desa Karangsari, Kecamatan Buayan, Kebumen

Inggar Mayang Sabrina , Silverius Djuni Prihatin

2015 | Skripsi | Pembangunan Sosial dan Kesejahteraan (dh. Ilmu Sosiatri)

ABSTRACT Negative stigma that attached to the body of physically disabled regarded as the ringleader of their exclusion from social life. Physical differences was portrait of weakness, dependency, and helplessness which put them into the second class. Negative stigma is socially constructed perceived significantly present in the form of discrimination both in social and economic life. Relating to the problems, this research wants to probe meaning of the negative stigma by physically disabled workers who are members Mutiara Handycraft Industry. The meaning outlined by perceiving and responding to the negative stigma. Phenomenological approach suitable in order to know things that are hidden in the patterns of behavior of the physically disabled workers in the meaning of a negative stigma. It’s to find out the truth shapes of the meaning of the negative stigma by workers. Based on the results of research, workers perceive a symbol of disability in two typology who optimistic view of his ability and believes that stigma is a result of the hegemony of the ideology of normality, and the pessimists who believe in his ability and have negative self interpretation. Both of them agreed to choose a response in the form of "work activity" in Mutiara Handycraft. This action means to proving the capability and competence of the physically disabled with expectation in future can reduce negative stigma. But in fact, based on the achievements of outcomes and impact assessment of the activities of the work, it was found that there is gap of the impacts and benefits between physically disabled workers as founder with the physically disabled workers as partners. Based on the overall indicator founder gain impact and benefits greater than the physically disabled workers as partners. Selection of a response in the form of action works by physically disabled workers in Mutiara Handycraft indicated there are commodification which done by founder on disability that them suffered. Forms of commodification can be seen in terms of revenue, the award on behalf of the founder in personally, and to get fund. If it’s associated with the theory of Symbolic Interactionism Mead, can be explained that the procurement work activity in Mutiara Handycraft has been assessed by profit-loss counting in order to respond to the negative stigma. Founder utilize the negative stigma of disability in order to seek personal gain by modifying the value of "vulnerability and weakness" physically disabled workers in the world of work becomes a commodity that can be traded. Keyword: negative stigma, workers physically disabled, commodification disability

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