THE TRANSFORMATION OF INDONESIAN SECURITY GUARD UNIFORMS AS IMPLICATIONS OF HOMI BHABHA'S SOCIAL MIMICRY THEORY

Bangsa, Petrus Gogor and Sayogo, Dwisanto and Syamsi, Muhammad Danang and Jatmiko, Edi (2022) THE TRANSFORMATION OF INDONESIAN SECURITY GUARD UNIFORMS AS IMPLICATIONS OF HOMI BHABHA'S SOCIAL MIMICRY THEORY. SOUTHEAST ASIA CONFERENCE ON MEDIA, CINEMA, AND ART 2021 “Rediscovering Southeast Asia Amidst Its Multi-layered Burdens”, 6 (1). pp. 216-224. ISSN E-ISSN 2829-1425

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Abstract

Mimicry is known in the animal kingdom when a harmless species can change to resemble a dangerous species to scare off its predators. This concept is known as Bates mimicry. A species that imitates another dangerous species is referred to as a “mimic”, and a species that is imitated is referred to as a “model”. This mimicry behavior can also be found in human life. As the subject of this research is the uniform of the Indonesian security unit (Satpam) which has undergone a transformation in its shape, color, and completeness. In accordance with the Regulation of the Indonesian National Police Number 4 of 2020 concerning Independent-Security, one of which regulates the uniform and attributes of the security guard. In the latest regulation, the uniform of the security guard has changed to be similar to the uniform of the police field service. This study will examine the effect of visual mimicry on the subject and its surroundings in accordance with Bates' mimicry concept and Homi Bhabha's social mimicry theory approach. This study will try to answer the question of whether the transformation of the Indonesian security guard uniform is able to give an imitation effect of the presence of police officers in a place. This research was conducted in the period 2021 in Yogyakarta with the subject of the latest version of the security guard uniform. Data were collected through direct observation, interviews with relevant sources, and literature studies. Keywords: transformation; security uniform; Indonesia; social mimicry

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