Intercultural Communication of the Ampel Village Community

Abstract

Kampung Ampel Surabaya is one of the villages in Surabaya, precisely in the Semampir sub-district, Surabaya city. Precisely in the religious area of ​​Sunan Ampel and also known as the Arab village because it is inhabited by the majority of Arab ethnicities, but in it there is ethnic diversity. The purpose of this study was to find out how the process of cultural acculturation occurred in the Ampel village community, Surabaya. This study uses a type of research that is descriptive qualitative, the source of data used is primary data in the form of interviews and observations on informants directly and secondary data in the form of books, literature, and documentation. Data collection is done by interview, observation, and documentation, with data analysis techniques. using data reduction, data presentation, and drawing conclusions and testing the validity of the data using source triangulation. The results of this study are (1) the process of intercultural communication goes well, with mutual respect and willingness to learn and know other ethnic cultures. (2) the acculturation process also runs smoothly because in the initial phase, the personal communication of each ethnic individual in the Ampel village can do well so that it affects the social communication they do and is supported by an ideal communication environment. (3) there are two acculturation models or levels of acculturation in the Ampel village community, namely the integration of Javanese, Madurese, Arab, and Banjarese ethnicities. While the Chinese ethnic at the level of marginalization acculturation.

Keyword : kampung Ampel Surabaya, intercultural communication, acculturation.