The Social Capital Transformation Women Trader in Lok Baintan Floating Market, Banjar Municipality, South Kalimantan Province

Abstract

This research aims to investigate the trading mechanism of Women Trader and how socialconnection is bonding among the Women and transforms into social capital in Lok Baintan Floating Market. The objection of this research is documenting aunique social relation in Floating Market and develops as mutualism symbiosis between traders and traders and consumers. The existence of floating market develops as adaptation mechanism of Banjarese with geographical areas surrounding this area. Unfortunately, the existences of floatingmarket slowly become vanish according to modernity in term of advance in development of science and technology. Lok Baintan Floating Market has different experience compared with other floating markets. The visitors of Lok Baintan are increase from time to time and they experience the novelty of floating market. The local government support the existence by appreciating the local culture as “Local Tourist Destination” The research questions are; How are survival mechanism of Women Traders in Lok Baintan Floating Market and how it mechanism develops social relation among women and transform into social capital. This research is using qualitative method with more emphasis in a case study. Data was gathered by participant observation and interview. Researchers undertake fieldwork by mingling with Trader in floating market. Informant was selected by purposive and snowball technique. This research identify that Traders have their own manner and strategy to maintain their existence by applying barter mechanism with similar traders. This mechanism becomes catalyst to maintain social relation among traders. The relation is importance since they transform into social capital that can be useful to get mutual helps with society gradually.