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The fast fashion trend is gaining popularity due to the presence of fashion influencers on social media despite its adverse impact on environmental sustainability. This research aims to explore the fashion influencers communication strategy, assess how fashion influencers endorsements contribute to the formation of consumptive culture, and investigate fashion influencers endorsement concepts that are more ethical. The qualitative research is used by employing the observations on six Indonesian fashion influencers Instagram accounts, and the interviews with three informants confirmed as being with three informants confirmed as affected by fashion influencers endorsement. The data were analysed using media content analysis and thematic analysis. The study concluded with three main findings. Firstly, fashion influencers employs persuasive and interactive communication strategies. Secondly, the formation of a consumptive culture results from the fashion expertise of influencers, which nurtures consumer satisfaction by promoting a consumptive lifestyle among consumers, even though they ultimately assess their consumption. Lastly, fashion influencers can be aligned to reconstruct more ethical endorsement by applying responsibility, sanctity, and sustainability principles. Tren fast fashion saat ini semakin populer karena kehadiran fashion influencer di media sosial meskipun memiki dampak buruk terhadap keberlanjutan lingkungan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengeksplorasi strategi komunikasi fashion influencer, menemukan pola konstruksi konten promosi fashion influencer terhadap budaya konsumtif, serta memberikan kerangka endorsement oleh fashion influencer yang lebih etis. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan metode pengumpulan data berupa observasi terhadap enam orang fashion influencer Indonesia serta wawancara terhadap tiga orang yang terkonfirmasi telah terdampak oleh konten promosi fashion influencer. Data yang ada kemudian dianalisis menggunakan konten analisis media dan analisis tematik. Hasil penelitian menghasilkan tiga temuan utama. Pertama, strategi komunikasi fashion influencer yakni persuasif dan interaktif. Kedua, terbentuknya budaya konsumtif berawal dari keahlian fashion influencer yang kemudian menimbulkan kepuasan konsumen dengan mempromosikan gaya hidup konsumtif, meskipun pada akhirnya konsumen mengevaluasi pola konsumsinya. Terakhir, fashion influencer dapat diarahkan untuk merekonstruksi pendekatan endorsement-nya agar lebih etis, dengan menerapkan prinsip tanggung jawab, sakral, dan keberlanjutan.

The relationship between science and democracy has been an interesting and important issue in the study of philosophy as well as political science. Democracy does not only apply in the political realm but can also be seen in the context of science. This paper uses a political-philosophical approach to explore the relationship between science and democracy from the perspective of Philip Kitcher. As far as the philosophical research model used in this research is the concept of figure thinking by using primary sources in the form of Philip Kitcher's two main works among other works, namely: Kitcher's Science, Truth, and Democracy (2001) and Science in a Democratic Society (2011), as well as secondary sources such as books, journal articles and sources relevant to the concepts of the relationship between science and democracy. This paper concludes that the relationship between science and democracy according to Kitcher is based on the concept of a partnership model. This model emphasizes that scientists should consider how knowledge can be applied in a social and practical context, as well as enabling the active participation of the public democratically in the process of scientific research. The relationship between science and democracy, according to Kitcher, relates to the epistemological and socio-practical significance to be taken into account in scientific decision-making, as well as taking into account the public perspective in decision-making. In Kitcher’s perspective too, integration between science and democracy became essential to forming a normative framework for more transparent, democratic scientific research, and producing high-quality knowledge.

Menurut data World Economic Forum (2020), tingkat kesetaraan gender di Indonesia masih rendah yaitu peringkat 85 dari 153 negara. Indonesia sesungguhnya memiliki kebudayaan yang secara simbolik menempatkan laki-laki dan perempuan secara setara, yaitu budaya lintas gender. Salah satunya yaitu Tari Lengger Lanang Banyumas (TLLB). TLLB merupakan kesenian lintas gender asal Banyumas Jawa Tengah yang memiliki nilai filosofis yang relevan untuk menjawab isu ketimpangan gender di Indonesia. Namun, saat ini para penari justru mendapatkan perlakuan yang kurang pantas dalam masyarakat. Tujuan penelitian ini, yaitu mengeksplorasi nilai filosofis TLLB, merelevansikan nilai filosofis dalam konteks ketimpangan gender, serta mengeksplorasi dinamika TLLB di tengah perubahan masyarakat Indonesia. Metode penelitian yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah penelitian kualitatif dengan pengumpulan data melalui wawancara mendalam dan observasi. Hasil yang diperoleh dalam penelitian ini, yaitu bahwa nilai-nilai filosofis dalam TLLB mengemukakan pandangan mengenai konsepsi nilai universal yang meliputi relasi hidup manusia dengan manusia, manusia dengan alam, dan manusia dengan Tuhan. Nilai-nilai dalam TLLB ternyata dapat direlevansikan dalam konteks ketidaksetaraan gender di Indonesia, diantaranya nilai keseimbangan; keterbukaan dan fleksibilitas; ketuhanan; serta kebersamaan. TLLB mengalami hambatan dalam mempertahankan eksistensinya di tengah masyarakat. Akan tetapi, mereka memiliki resiliensi, ekspresi berbagai bentuk adaptasi.