Musik Indie Sebagai Praktik Perlawanan Terhadap Rencana Reklamasi Teluk Benoa, Bali

Abstract

This study aimed at analyzing indie music movement as an anti-reclamation
movement at Benoa Bay, Badung Regency, in 2013 – 2018. There were three problems analyzed
in this study; the representation of indie music as a resistance practice towards Benoa Bay
reclamation plan, the ideology behind the music as a resistance practice towards Benoa Bay
reclamation plan, and the significance of the resistance practice towards Benoa Bay reclamation
plan. This study applied qualitative method with interviews, document studies and observation as
techniques of collecting data. The obtained data were analyzed by using the theories of
Knowledge Power, Practice and Semiotics.
There were three conclusions drawn from the analysis. Firstly, in its movement of
refusing reclamation plan at Benoa Bay, the indie music made efforts to represent people’s
aspirations through the lyrics of the songs performed in the anti-reclamation demonstrations.
Through the articulation of the anti-reclamation message in music, the people felt that their
aspirations were represented in the music. Secondly, the ideology behind the anti-reclamation movement was environmental conservation ideology and culture. The lyrics of the songs
articulated that the reclamation would damage the environment and disrespectful to the Balinese
culture. Thirdly, the significance of the indie music’s resistance practice was seen from the
intense aspirations from the people to cancel Presidential Regulation 51 in 2014, so that
reclamation plan could be cancelled.