The phenomenon of self-improvement books is mushrooming among early adult readers or students. Many students spend their time reading self-improvement books as a way to improve their self-quality. For this reason, the Student Creativity Program (PKM) team in the field of Social Humanities Research (RSH) Gadjah Mada University researched the effectiveness of self-help books and their influence on readers with members Annisa Safira Azzahra (Psychology 2021), Bolivia Rahmawati (FIB 2021), Lazuardi Choiri Imani (FIB 2021), Ridho Alfadri (FIB 2022) and Hilmy Azka Zul Amali (Psychology 2022) accompanied by Ardian Rahman Afandi, S.Psi., M.Psi., Psychologist.

Annisa, as chairman, admitted that this idea emerged from her observations of her friends in the lecture environment who were increasingly reading self-improvement books. “Many friends even claim to feel development or change after reading self-improvement books,” he added. Lazuardi, as a student of the Indonesian Language and Literature study program, said, “My friends are also starting to follow the trend of reading self-improvement books under the pretext of developing themselves.” Apart from that, Ridho, one of the team members admitted that his friend could even spend millions of rupiah to buy self-improvement books.

The team with the research title “Illusion of Progress: The Effectiveness of Self-Help Books and Its Implications for Early Adult Readers” carried out a research process on UGM students in August-September 2023. The effectiveness of this self-improvement book was assessed using the Rosenberg self-esteem scale. In the research process, this five-member team received full support from accompanying lecturers, faculty, and the university. The team also targets to be able to submit their scientific articles to be uploaded to the Q1 journal.

Gadjah Mada University (UGM) Social Humanities Research Student Creativity Program Team (PKM-RSH) consisting of Destriananda Safa Aina (FH ’21), Bolivia Rahmawati (FIB ’21), An Nuur Khairune Nisa (FIB ’21), Muh Faqihuddin M . (FH ’20), Putri Pertiwi (FH ’21), accompanied by Almonika Cindy Fatika Sari, S.H., M.A., as supervisor lecturer researched the values of customary law-based land tenure in the Tenganan Pegringsingan Traditional Village, Bali.

Destriananda as Team Leader said that the research was motivated by the uniqueness of the Tenganan Pegringsingan Traditional Village which maintains traditional values regarding the land tenure system which is in line with the agrarian reform agenda to date. The team consisting of five people carried the research title, “Opportunities for Integrating Customary Law-Based Land Tenure Systems into the Agrarian Reform Agenda: Study in Tenganan Pegringsingan Traditional Village, Bali.“

The PKM-RSH team measured the achievement of implementing agrarian reform values in the Tenganan Traditional Village using 4 indicators described by Sangkoyo (2001), namely indicators of authority, use, production, and consumption. Based on field research, the PKM-RSH Team discovered the fact that indicators of authority, use, and production systems implemented by the Tenganan traditional law community could be integrated into the national agrarian reform agenda. The aim is to make the national agrarian plan more effective through the redistribution of land ownership, control, and use.

In its research, the PKM-RSH Team obtained regulatory information regarding the power of attorney, use, production, and consumption systems of land in the Tenganan Pegringsingan Traditional Village which is accommodated in customary rules both written and verbal. Context

Power of attorney is reflected in the guarantee of access and protection of village community rights to existing land. Then, use can be seen from the implementation of a neat spatial planning system and there has been no land conversion since the traditional village existed. This ensures the protection of the natural ecosystem in the Tenganan Pegringsingan Traditional Village.

The achievement of production management indicators is demonstrated through the production process and utilization of natural resources carried out communally and cooperatively by the Subak group. Meanwhile, its relation to consumption regulations is reflected in the Tenganan Pegringsingan awig-awig which regulates that jackfruit, tehep, candlenut, pangi, cempaka, durian, and enau can only be consumed when they fall from the tree. These regulations were made as a manifestation of the social function of natural resources and also to preserve nature. This regulation aims to ensure that every member of the Tenganan MHA can access and fulfil their daily local food needs.

In obtaining this data, the PKM-RSH Team collaborated with kliyang, the community, and sharecroppers in the Tenganan Pegringsingan Traditional Village. Through this research, the PKM-RSH Team also prepared a policy brief that it hopes can be used as a consideration for stakeholders to make the implementation of agrarian reform more effective by local community values.

On Friday, 13 October 2023, the French Language and Literature Department held a guest lecture for the Introduction to Gender class. On this occasion, Dati Fatimah, a practitioner in the field of gender, was invited as a speaker. Dati is a Gender Consultant and Member of the SRI Institute Commissioner.

As the opening of this class, Dati shared her career background as a practitioner in the field of Gender. She also explained about the SRI Institute which is a research and education institution that focuses on gender issues. Sri Institute was established to develop perspectives on equality and justice by analysing social phenomena that reflect the unique experiences of each subject of study.

Next, Dati began to direct the audience towards the topic of the lecture this time, which was about gender equality. Dati asked a reflective question, “Where are we in the gender equality that we have practised?”. Indeed, we have heard a lot about the issue of gender equality. This issue is also supported by the sustainable development programme campaign or we often hear the term SDG’s. Indonesia itself has implemented the programme, but in practice, there are often still things that are not in accordance and even out of line.

Dati said that gender construction is unequal. Moreover, in the social construction that exists in our environment, gender is standardised, making it rigid and hierarchical. “Whereas gender is fluid,” said Dati. The fact is that it is not like that, there are men who have feminine traits as well as women who have masculine traits.

The concept of masculinity and femininity is normalised in the implementation of life and makes gender functions compartmentalised. As if a man must always be masculine and a woman must be feminine. In fact, women and men must anticipate, find room for manoeuvre, negotiate. The idea of gender equality aims to humanise not only women but also men.

Students of Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) from various faculties have created a miniature temple model toy that can be played with being arranged one by one using the interlock system found in the miniature stones as found in the original ancient temple. The miniature model was named “Mandira Brick, ” a sacred building built with an array of stones.

The Mandira Brick PKM-K team was accompanied by Fahmi Prihantoro, S.S., M.A. The PKM-K team is a collaboration team from various cross-disciplines, namely Archaeology, Geodesy Engineering, and Banking at Universitas Gadjah Mada. Chaired by Ahmad Zaki, the Mandira Brick PKM-K Team consists of Krista Satya Nugraha (Archaeology 2021), Putri Zelda Prabaswari (Archaeology 2021), Muhammad Zaki Ramadhan (Banking 2021), and Muhammad Farrell Wardhana (Geodesy Engineering 2021).

The background of the idea is that there are still many misconceptions by the public regarding the construction of ancient temples in Indonesia, misunderstood information in the form of myths that are widely believed by the public regarding the construction of temples in ancient times such as temple stones that were glued together using egg whites, temple construction carried out by spirits, and so on. In fact, the temple buildings were built with a stone arrangement with a hook system (Interlock) by the ancestors of the Indonesian Nation.

Concerned by these problems, the UGM PKM-K Mandira Brick Team developed a miniature temple model product of the Ancient Javanese era that adopts a hook system as the original temple, Mandira Brick has three main points in its product, namely education on cultural heritage preservation, education on temple construction systems, and education on temple architectural art. A Mandira Brick product will consist of a baseplate, miniature temple stones, and adhesive glue.

Currently, Mandira Brick has three product variations that have a price range of 185,000 for Ratu Boko Arch, Rp190,000 for Banyunibo Temple, and 190,000 for Sukuh Temple. The temples are taken with the aim of popularising temples that are less well-known but have beauty, tourist attraction, and historical significance that is not inferior to well-known temples such as Prambanan Temple and Borobudur Temple.

Women have a significant role in the tourism sector where data obtained from the World Tourism Organization (WTO) shows that 60-70% of world tourism sector workers are women (WTO, 2008). However, unfortunately, the role of women in the tourism sector is still limited to domestic roles with typical activities such as cooking, making souvenirs or handicraft items, and taking care of the cleanliness of accommodation/lodging (Monica, 2018). Women’s involvement in business ventures in the tourism sector is also more informal on a small-medium scale. Similar to other sectors, women’s involvement in tourism at the managerial or decision-making level is still very limited.

One of the pillars of the world tourism recovery agenda from the crisis caused by the pandemic is strengthening the role of women in local communities driving tourism and tourism businesses as innovators, leaders, policymakers, and decision makers (G20 Guideline, 2022). Thus, various efforts are needed to increase the capacity and involvement of women, one of which is by allowing them to take a central position in tourism management.