Piil Pesenggiri Dalam Masyarakat Lampung : Antara Instrumen Bina Damai Atau Dalih Kekerasan

Structural change in rural communities and structural violence that occured by design through government policies have generated violence in Lampung society. Traditional Lampung society has an institution called piil pesenggiri that becomes the reference of its member daily live. In this study, the author wants to observe the relation between local institutions and violence in Lampung society. This scientific paper is a descriptive and qualitative analytical research on structural violence that occurs in the multi-ethnic society based on the primary data collected through series of interviews with local communities and policy makers and other supporting documents. The result shows the effectivity decrease of the independent institution to establish peace which is characterized by the slackened kinship ties and the narrow interpretation of the institution. These conditions trigger the escalation of violence in the society.