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POLITIK DAN SENSIBILITAS TARIAN SUFI DI INDONESIA: KOMUNITAS, GENDER, DAN EKONOMI RITUAL
This dissertation examines the politics and ritual sensibilities of Sufi dance, focusing on community development, women's involvement, and the commodification of religion in Indonesia. The study centers on two communities: the Nusantara Sufi Dance Community and the Mafia Sholawat Sufi Dance Community, both of which have experienced rapid growth over the past decade. Although founded by two different actors, each of these communities was established by preachers who share a common profession. Both promote Sufi dance performances associated with popular culture, integrating these performances as a fundamental part of their religious outreach. Data for this dissertation were gathered through a phenomenological ethnographic approach over approximately one year, involving twelve informants, including six key informants, three beginner dancers, and three general audience members. The research was conducted in Ponorogo, East Java, its surrounding cities, and Semarang, Central Java. The dissertation explores the development of Sufi dance in Indonesia, emphasizing its political and sensibility dimensions. Here, "politics" refers to two aspects: first, everyday politics, which involves the diverse tactics and strategies dancers use to perform Sufi dance, and second, practical politics, which pertains to interests and connections with political elites. From a sensibility perspective, this dissertation reveals that Sufi dance practice embodies the experience of heightened religious sensitivity and sentiment. The study finds that Sufi dancers situate their practice not only within a ritual framework but also within a broader political context encompassing the dissemination of Sufi dance, gender aspects highlighting how female dancers claim public space, and economic dimensions related to self and community development. This study is positioned within academic debates on embodiment, focusing on themes of sensation, emotion, and affect, as well as on ritual economy involving commodification and ethical self development. In this dissertation, embodiment studies are linked to understanding the practice and experience of forming religious sensations through sensory engagement, particularly through bodily movements, sounds, and listening, as well as spatial and temporal arrangements. Additionally, ritual economy connects public performances of Sufi dance to encounters with the Islamic market, commodification, and politics. The study argues that the popularity and extensive spread of Sufi dance in Indonesia are closely tied to intersections of politics, popular culture, and women’s participation in public spaces. The presence of Sufi dance rituals in public spaces signifies the importance of space in cultivating religious feelings that activate affective bodies. Rather than merely focusing on bodily movement and sound (and listening) as primary drivers of religious sensitivity, this study shows a series of alignments in the form of continuous conditioning of piety within an interactive process that coproduces space. Ultimately, the main argument of this research asserts that Sufi dance, as part of ritual performance, should not be viewed solely as a form of commercial commodification but as a ritual process that also generates experiences of sensibility and piety.
PASCASARJANA, UIN SUNAN KALIJAGA YOGYAKARTA
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297.272 Islam dan Ilmu Politik, Politik Islam, Fundamentalisme