Conflict Disaster Risk Reduction

Perspective of Everyday Social Life in Indonesia

Conflict Reduction concept itself is rooted in the awareness that the social world, where human beings as social beings live and interact, full of potential conflict. The basis of the social world order is a conflict. Conflict is unavoidable. Therefore, the conflict cannot be eliminated. Conflicts can only be managed its resources so that the risk violent conflict can be reduced or eliminated.

 In social science, conflict is a form of social interaction. Social interaction is an encounter-an encounter in the social space between the individual and the individual, the individual with the group, or group by group. Interaction smile stretched from one another on a bus with an acquaintance to a meeting between the armies of Islam to the Christian armies of Europe in the Crusades. After the start of Mass to greet scolds fights in the terminal. Because conflict is a form of interaction, then conflict occurs only when there is an encounter-the encounter between different entities. People who live alone in a cave in the middle of the forest will not be in conflict. Carthusian monks living in the jungle huts which are difficult to reach will not conflict with others. That encounter led to a difference or distinction of self-effort.
 Difference itself has limits. Differences exist in the consciousness of identity. Identity has a limit and very liquid. Limits ranging from the physical body with all its characteristics, clothing worn, the direction you take, religion, ethnic origin, citizenship, until the outlook on life and philosophy. Identity is fluid meaning it can contract to widen. As an example of when a Islamic organization NU met Christian, Moslem identity that emerges is that person. When people met the Muhammadiyah, NU-up is to her. When met with Muslims from Saudi Arabia, then that arises is the identity as a Muslim from Indonesia. When met with fellow NU in Indonesia that could arise from the identity, age, school, and so on.
 
Differences meet each other in social life can cause tension. The sources of social tension among other wealth, status, interests, life goals, political belief, religion, gender, generation, and so on. Differences which meet at one point will bring up a conflict of interest. Conflict can be open, it could be closed.
 Since each individual has a different identity, then the conflict can not be eliminated. Then have to do? Our identity is not something that remains throughout life. We established ourselves constantly. Life is a bargain with the identity. We are creatures that have not been completed. We as human beings, just finished when we die and become 'something', whether it be a corpse, grave, or memories. Then one can define us. As long as we are still alive, the identity of the project was never completed. When one reads Marx and trust him. His friends also identify the person with Marx, Marxism, or communism. Then that person left the study Sartre and Marx. People's views changed. Our first child. In line with growing age, the identity of our childhood left behind. Continue like that. When Confucius said that the new man at the age of 40 years are in stable condition, I believe only when we are dead we are a stable identity: as an atheist.

Managing the differences (or conflict) is the activity of the soul. The streets are not simple. Sensitivity for differences and recognition of self and environment is a prerequisite. The introduction of yourself is a good capital to meet 'the other'. 'Who am I?' It is a question that could lead to understanding our identities are very much it is. Therefore, according to Socrates, the wise person is one who knows himself. Gnothi seauton! Get to know yourself! After understanding ourselves, we can organize our identity. When an identity must appear when meeting with another person's identity and when a hidden identity.
 In addition to recognizing its own identity, we must also know the identity of the 'other'. In social science we are familiar with the term stereotype or fragments of information that is believed to be the identity of the 'other'. Westerners who first met the people of Indonesia will evoke stereotypes about the West. Western people are smart, clever, sometimes sly. With the provision of stereotypes that we're a strategy how to deal with the West. Example, a Catholic who are not familiar with Islam, will take advantage of stereotypes about Muslims are taught to us by the family. And vice versa.
 
These stereotypes need. Necessary as a means to defend themselves in the early stages of the encounter. But the stereotype is not the truth itself. Others, like us, too, have utilized a variety of identity is very fluid. In addition to differences with us, other people also have similarities.
 
For example, people who will inhabit heaven are those who like a child? Instead we should be wet, but we should not have a grudge. In childhood we are angry, fight, fight. Once that's done, it's done it all. They can play together again. Do not hold grudges and prejudices in the minds of their hearts.
 May each of us who live in the world able to share the peace. Life is the embodiment of harmony between nature and humans